Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, medical device giant Medtronic
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Medtronic's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Medtronic facts
| Headquarters (Founded) | Minneapolis (1949) |
| Market Cap | $40.6 billion |
| Industry | Health-care equipment |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $16.4 billion |
| Management | Chairman/CEO Omar Ishrak CFO Gary Ellis |
| Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 20% |
| Cash/Debt | $2.17 billion / $10.3 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 2.5% |
| Competitors |
Boston Scientific Johnson & Johnson St. Jude Medical |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 1,802 members who have rated Medtronic believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those bulls, troym72, highlighted the stock as a healthy bargain pick:
Medtronic's stock has been somewhat over slashed by the market downturn this [past summer] -- I hesitate to call it a crash -- and I think the stock is headed to the mid 50s by the end of 2012. Forward earnings supports a mid 50s share price and Medtronic's dividend yield is near 2% to boot. I think this makes Medtronic an easy thumbs up since I've heard no bad news recently.
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