Based on the aggregated intelligence of 145,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, reinsurance and insurance provider Validus Holdings (NYSE:VR) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

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

Validus facts

Headquarters (Founded)

Hamilton, Bermuda (2005)

Market Cap

$3.46 billion

Industry

Insurance

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$1.54 billion

Management

CEO Edward Noonan (since 2005)

CFO Joseph Consolino (since 2006)

Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity

26.1%

Cash/Debt

$988 million / $304 million

Dividend Yield

3%

Other Highly Rated Insurance Stocks

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) (NYSE:BRK-B)

Aflac (NYSE:AFL)

CAPS Members Bullish on VR Also Bullish on

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ)

Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG)

CAPS Members Bearish on VR Also Bearish on

Chubb (NYSE:CB)

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

On CAPS, 96.5% of the 85 members who have rated Validus believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include Laustcozz and All-Star greenwave3, who is ranked in the top 3% of our community.

Just last week, Laustcozz wouldn't let Fools ignore Validus' particularly paltry price: "Low P/E, Low Debt, Low P/E, Solid Dividend. Did I mention ridiculously low P/E (even for their depressed industry)?"

In a pitch from two weeks earlier, greenwave3 follows that bullish line of thinking:

[Validus] is trading at a significant discount to their already discounted peers. Cash flow is outstanding, they recently closed an accretive acquisition (and beat out Buffett's bid in the process), forward P/E relative to current price is extremely low, and they recently approved a $400 million stock buyback (more than 10% of outstanding shares at current prices). If the stock price doesn't move up, [Validus] is itself a prime target for acquisition.

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