Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, French telecommunications giant France Telecom (ORAN 1.41%) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

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

France Telecom facts

Headquarters (Founded)

  Paris (1990)

Market Cap

$31.8 billion

Industry

Integrated telecommunication services

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$57.4 billion

Management

Chairman/CEO Stephane Richard

CFO Gervais Pellissier

Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)

10.9%

Cash/Debt

$9.6 billion / $51.0 billion

Dividend Yield

12.4%

Competitors

Bouygues

Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone

Vodafone Group (VOD 0.72%)

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

On CAPS, 96% of the 849 members who have rated France Telecom believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

This past summer, one of those bulls, fellow Fool Justin Loiseau (TMFJLo), offered some consumer insight into the France Telecom outperform case: "An excellent company to grab while the Euro-zone crisis looms, [France Telecom's] expansion into Sub-Saharan Africa will turn this company around in the next 10 years. I used Orange mobile Internet on my laptop in rural Uganda for a summer and it was some of the fastest Internet I've ever experienced."

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