Based on the aggregated intelligence of 170,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, animated-movie house DreamWorks Animation (Nasdaq: DWA) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at DreamWorks' business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

DreamWorks facts

Headquarters (founded)

Glendale, Calif. (1985)

Market Cap

$1.68 billion

Industry

Movies and entertainment

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$730.7 million

Management

Co-founder/CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg
CFO Lewis Coleman

Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)

13.4%

Cash/Debt

$86.1 million / $0

Competitors

Sony (NYSE: SNE)

Time Warner (NYSE: TWX)

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS)

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 94.5% of the 1,151 members who have rated DreamWorks believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include alfredodr and Oatflake.

About a month ago , alfredodr tapped DreamWorks as a solid bargain opportunity: "I believe this company has a huge potential to grow, and it's currently undervalued. With all the intellectual property they have its a matter of time before they hit a home run."

DreamWorks even boasts a robust three-year average operating margin of 24.3%. That's much higher than that of rivals Sony (1.5%), Time Warner (19.6%), and Walt Disney (17.4%).

CAPS member Oatflake elaborates on the DreamWorks bull case:

It's not super clear to me this will outperform immediately, but I do think they are going to be a major player in terms of building up merchandising with an every growing stable of well known characters, especially with the recent Kung Fu Panda movies. They really need to take a hint from Disney and make something a movie about something that can easily be turned into toys (i.e. Cars).

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