Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, patent risk management specialist RPX
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at RPX's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
RPX facts
| Headquarters (founded) | San Francisco (2008) |
| Market Cap | $674.3 million |
| Industry | Research and consulting services |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $163.5 million |
| Management | Co-Founder/CEO John Amster Co-Founder/COO Geoffrey Barker |
| Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity | 15.4% |
| Cash/Debt | $252.1 million / $0 |
| Competitors |
Acacia Research Jones Day Walker Digital, LLC |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 99% of the 72 members who have rated RPX believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this week, one of those bulls, All-Star sikiliza, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
Small, well positioned to take advantage of the patent wave. Management has years of experience and this is a strong fundamentals, growth story that could do really well in the coming years. Not enough past data to carry out any meaningful cashflow valuation but [operating cash flow] generation is up [roughly 4 times] in the last 4 years.
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