5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Fluor

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 170,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, construction and engineering specialist Fluor (NYSE: FLR  ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

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

Fluor facts

Headquarters (Founded)	Irving, Texas (1912)
Market Cap	$11.3 billion
Industry	Construction and engineering
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$21 billion
Management	CEO David Seaton (since February 2011) CFO D. Michael Steuert (since May 2001)
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)	21.8%
Cash/Debt	$2.35 billion / $83 million
Dividend Yield	0.8%
Competitors	Chicago Bridge & Iron (NYSE: CBI  ) Foster Wheeler (Nasdaq: FWLT  ) Jacobs Engineering (NYSE: JEC  )

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

On CAPS, 98% of the 1,295 members who have rated Fluor believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include Recardo58 and rollotherichkid.

A few months ago, Recardo58 listed a few of Fluor's positives: "Long track record, large int'l footprint, strong financial position, proven management."

Currently, Fluor even trades at a cheapish price-to-cash flow ratio of 10.1. That represents a discount to competitors like Chicago Bridge (16.4), Foster Wheeler (14.1), and Jacobs (33.6).

CAPS member rollotherichkid expands on the Fluor outperform argument:

Fluor is the foremost leader in the construction and maintenance of power generation. This combined with their broad expertise in all forms of large engineering and construct will give them an abvantage as infrastructure prodjects expand in the US and countries like Japan.

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