Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, middleware and infrastructure software specialist TIBCO Software (TIBX.DL) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at TIBCO and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
TIBCO facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Palo Alto, Calif. (1985) |
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Market Cap |
$3.3 billion |
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Industry |
Application software |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$1.0 billion |
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Management |
Founder/Chairman/CEO Vivek Ranadive CFO Sydney Carey |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
12.3% |
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Cash/Debt |
$806.7 million / $563.4 million |
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Competitors |
IBM Oracle Progress Software |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 539 members who have rated TIBCO believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, PuddinHead42, tapped TIBCO as a potentially attractive bargain opportunity: "Predictive software and big data are real, but 3 quarters of disappointment have [TIBCO] owners crying. Maybe expectations are low enough and the economy is growing well enough to reverse the trend."
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