Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, orthopedic devices giant Stryker
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Stryker's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Stryker facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Kalamazoo, Mich. (1941) |
| Market Cap | $19.8 billion |
| Industry | Health care equipment |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $8.5 billion |
| Management | Interim CEO/CFO Curt Hartman Vice President Curtis Hall |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 17.8% |
| Cash/Debt | $3.5 billion / $1.8 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 1.6% |
| Competitors | Biomet Johnson & Johnson Zimmer Holdings |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 98% of the 1,483 members who have rated Stryker believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those bulls, valuemoneygreen, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
Stryker is like my #1 pick for the medical products industry. This company has made money forever and will no doubt in my mind continue to do so. ... 10% growth over the next 5 years. Return on capital of 16% on average over the last five years. Don't stop there look at the last 20. ... Long history and a good track record in the health care industry.
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