Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, titanium products manufacturer Titanium Metals
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Titanium Metals' business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
TIMET facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Dallas (1950) |
| Market Cap | $2.81 billion |
| Industry | Diversified metals and mining |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $1.0 billion |
| Management | CEO Bobby O'Brien (since 2009) CFO James Brown (since 2007) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 6.8% |
| Cash/Debt | $96.0 million / $0 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.9% |
| Competitors |
Allegheny Technologies Carpenter Technology RTI International Metals |
Source: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 2,628 members who have rated TIMET believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those Fools, badducky, highlighted TIMET as a solid growth opportunity:
The future of our economy, as the baby boomers ride off into the sunset, is going to be in high technology consumer goods, and a lot of these things benefit from precious metals, rare earth minerals, etc. Titanium is going to be huge, and it's already huge. [TIMET] is a powerful, consistent player in the field.
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