Based on the aggregated intelligence of 140,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, diagnostic-test maker Sequenom (NASDAQ:SQNM) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

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

Sequenom facts

Headquarters (Founded)

San Diego (1994)

Market Cap

$191.4 million

Industry

Life sciences tools and services

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$39.2 million

Management

Chairman/Interim CEO Dr. Harry Hixson, Jr.
Interim CFO Paul Maier

Compound Annual Revenue Growth (Over Past 3 Years)

16.2%

Cash / Debt

$50.1 million / $3.5 million

Competitors

Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN)
Beckman Coulter (NYSE:BEC)

CAPS Members Bullish on SQNM Also Bullish on

General Electric (NYSE:GE)
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Citigroup (NYSE:C)

CAPS Members Bearish on SQNM Also Bearish on

AIG (NYSE:AIG)

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 91% of the 634 members who have rated Sequenom believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include IdahoAve and All-Star mrindependent, who is ranked in the top 2% of our community.

Late last month, IdahoAve tapped Sequenom as a speculative bet to recover from its scandalous situation: "I am gambling with this one. I am hoping the mishandlings in the Trisomy 21 test were due to incompetent oversight, rather than inadequate science."

In a pitch from last week, mrindependent expands on that sentiment:

Apparently, Sequenom's reported success for non-invasive prenatal testing was based on improperly supervised studies. … Based on the people involved, the theoretical underpinnings and on the promising (but suspect) data delivered so far, I believe that Sequenom has a better than even chance of eventually commercializing its tests (or selling itself to a larger player). If the tests are indeed viable, this company will be worth billions compared to its current market cap of $200 million. In summary, I think reward outweighs risk in this highly speculative stock.

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