Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, diversified industrial company Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Hillenbrand's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Hillenbrand facts

Headquarters (founded) Batesville, Ind. (2008)
Market Cap $1.2 billion
Industry Personal services
Trailing-12-Month Revenue $933.7 million
Management CEO Kenneth Camp (since 2008)
CFO Cynthia Lucchese (since 2008)
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) 26.4%
Cash/Debt $60.1 million / $347.6 million
Dividend Yield 4%
Competitors Aurora Casket Company
Badger Meter
Matthews International

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 99% of the 342 members who have rated Hillenbrand believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just yesterday, one of those bulls, jsn1080, likened Hillenbrand to a baby Berkshire Hathaway:

Management appears to doing the right things. Current value combined with dividend % and superb [free cash flow]/[revenue] ratio. Almost seems [too] good to be true for a small growth company. The company is like a mini Berkshire Hathaway of 45 years ago. Hopefully management can exponentially increase the intrinsic value of this company like [Warren Buffett] did for Berkshire owners.

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