Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, steel pipe products manufacturer Tenaris
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Tenaris' business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Tenaris facts
| Headquarters | Luxembourg |
| Market Cap | $27.4 billion |
| Industry | Oil and gas equipment |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $8.4 billion |
| Management | CEO Paolo Rocca (since 2002) CFO Ricardo Soler (since 2007) |
| Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 15.1% |
| Cash/Debt | $1.6 billion / $1.3 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 1.5% |
| Competitors |
ArcelorMittal U.S. Steel |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97.5% of the 836 members who have rated Tenaris believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include secondo and JPAKolypse86.
Earlier this year, secondo touched on the big tailwind working in the stock's favor: "Oil- and Gas pipelines are in strong demand the world over and Tenaris will be one of the main suppliers."
Currently, Tenaris even sports a particularly low debt-to-equity of 12%. That's much lower than that of other steel stocks like ArcelorMittal (41%), U.S. Steel (96%), and Nucor
CAPS member JPAKolypse86 elaborates on the Tenaris bull case:
I just happened upon this Luxembourg based steel company by chance. Pretty cash rich for a steel stock. ... They have a relatively low debt/equity for the steel industry. ... And from what I have read, they mainly focus their services in building energy infrastructure (which will have to see a building boom at some point in the near future to keep up with rising energy demand overseas). And they pay a dividend.
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