Based on the aggregated intelligence of 120,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Indian outsourcer Infosys Technologies
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Infosys' business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Infosys facts
Headquarters (founded) |
Bangalore, India (1981) |
Market Cap |
$13.92 billion |
Industry |
IT consulting |
TTM Revenue |
$4.6 billion |
Management |
Co-Founder/CEO S. (Kris) Gopalakrishnan Co-Founder/COO S.D. Shibulal |
Return on Equity (average last three years) |
37.4% |
Competitors |
IBM
Accenture |
CAPS members bullish on INFY also bullish on |
Cisco Systems
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CAPS members bearish on INFY also bearish on |
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Toyota Motor |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's), and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.
Over on CAPS, 1,096 of the 1,126 members who have rated Infosys -- or 97% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500. These Foolish bulls include UncleSkell and sunnyman100.
Last week, UncleSkell ran down some of the stock's bullish metrics: return on equity of 34 -- well above the P/E ratio of 11.16; insider ownership pushing 20%; institutional ownership at 17.9%; and increasing earnings per share. He added that the United States is subsidizing the education and training of the workforce.
In a pitch from last month, sunnyman100 shares that enthusiasm, writing:
This is the top leading Indian Software outsourcing firm with positive cash flows and reserves.
It has a ubiquitous presence in the Indian Software arena, attracts top talent, and is the company of choice across the world for their IT and Application outsourcing decisions.
It is well diversified in its customer base (across the world), its operations base (US, India, China, Europe, South America, Russia, [Philippines], etc.), its employee base (comes from all over the world).
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