Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, server virtualization specialist VMware (VMW +0.00%) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at VMware and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
VMware facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Palo Alto, Calif. (1998) |
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Market Cap |
$30.2 billion |
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Industry |
Systems software |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$4.7 billion |
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Management |
CEO Patrick Gelsinger (since 2012) COO Carl Eschenbach (since 2012) |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
14% |
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Cash/Debt |
$4.9 billion / $450.0 million |
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Competitors |
Citrix Systems Microsoft Amazon.com |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 92% of the 2,338 members who have rated VMware believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, AaronSmothers, tapped VMware as a particularly healthy opportunity:
With the full initiation of Obama's health care plan the medical world is scrabbling. The virtualization industry stands to profit. Also, enterprise level virtualization may provide a great cost cutting economies of scale option to mid to large companies.
