Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, renewable oil producer Solazyme (Nasdaq: SZYM ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Solazyme's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Solazyme facts
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Headquarters (Founded)
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San Francisco (2003)
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Market Cap
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$836 million
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Industry
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Consumable fuels
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue
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$42.94 million
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Management
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Co-Founder/CEO Jonathan Wolfson
Co-Founder/Chief Technology Officer Harrison Dillon
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Trailing-12-Month Operating Margin
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(58.1%)
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Cash/Debt
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$266.5 million / $20.5 million
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Competitors
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ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM )
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Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 99 members who have rated Solazyme believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include TMFBiggles and All-Star brewersfan81, who is ranked in the top 6% of our community.
Just last month, TMFBiggles nicely summed up the Solazyme bull case: "I like the potential for any company that can figure out how to monetize agricultural byproducts, and algae is certainly all the rage these days in both industrial and hippie-based applications. Taking money from hippies is a win in my book."
Currently, Solazyme even sports a debt-to-equity of just 8%. That's lower than that of listed rival Exxon (10%), let alone other clean energy companies like FuelCell Energy (Nasdaq: FCEL ) (63%) and Rentech (AMEX: RTK ) (474%).
CAPS All-Star brewersfan81 elaborates on the Solazyme bull case:
1) Fuels and Chemicals
2) Nutritionals
3) Healthcare (anti-aging cream)
Any one of these three could be a big driver (obviously, No. 1 would be a huge coup). Either way, this is really a bet on two things:
-Smart Management
-SZYM's microalgae patent providing an efficient solution that gives the company a moat
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