Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, aerospace and defense conglomerate United Technologies
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at United Tech's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
United Tech facts
| Headquarters (Founded) | Hartford, Conn. (1934) |
| Market Cap | $69.6 billion |
| Industry | Aerospace and defense |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $58.1 billion |
| Management | Chairman/CEO Louis Chenevert CFO Gregory Hayes |
| Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 21.5% |
| Cash/Debt | $6 billion / $11.4 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 2.5% |
| Competitors |
Boeing General Electric Textron |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 1,589 members who have rated United Tech believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those bulls, RondoAZ, tapped the stock as a solid selection:
[United Tech] is one of a few conglomerates that has stayed true to the businesses. Carrier is HVAC, Otis moves people safely, Pratt Whitney is jet engines. All of them have a service content. All of them are global leaders. All of them have global leaders in their businesses and are managed that way. [United Tech] never fell into the trap of putting too much into side adventures, and their management while confident and competent always has healthy paranoia. Look for a 5 year double in the price of the stock after a probable split.
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