Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Allot Communications (ALLT 3.42%), which develops products to optimize over-the-top Internet traffic for fixed and mobile networks, has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Allot and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Allot facts
Headquarters (founded) |
Hod-Hasharon, Israel (1996) |
Market Cap |
$451.4 million |
Industry |
Systems software |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$104.8 million |
Management |
CEO Rami Hadar (since 2006) CFO Nachum Falek (since 2010) |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
(1.9%) |
Cash/Debt |
$143.1 million / $0 |
Competitors |
Cisco Systems F5 Networks Procera Networks |
On CAPS, 93% of the 767 members who have rated Allot believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those bulls, fellow Fool Rich Duprey (TMFCop), succinctly summed up the outperform case for our community:
I think Allot is losing out to Procera in many instances, but as the lead contender for [Verizon's] DPI business as it unveils its "6 strikes" policy and the possibility it is preparing itself to be acquired -- it announced it was repaying its Israeli OCS R&D grants back early (the loans prevent a sale of the company to foreign investors) -- I see its new, lower price attractive.
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