Based on the aggregated intelligence of 115,000 investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Chinese fire protection company China Fire & Security Group (NASDAQ:CFSG) has earned a coveted five-star ranking. Our data has shown that five-star stocks outperform the market by a significant margin; conversely, one-star stocks have woefully lagged the market average.

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

China Fire facts

Headquarters

Beijing, China (1995)

Market Cap

$329.6 million

Industry

Industrial Equipment & Components

TTM Revenue

$51.95 million

Management

CEO Brian Lin (since 2006)

TTM Return on Equity

40.3%

CAPS members bullish on CFSG also bullish on

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL),

Vale (NYSE:RIO),

Aluminum Corp. of China (NYSE:ACH)

CAPS members bearish on CFSG also bearish on

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX),

Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK)

Washington Mutual (NYSE:WM)

Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.

Over on CAPS, fully 413 of the 419 All-Star members who have rated China Fire -- over 98% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These All-Star bulls include TMFMattyA and GunnarVagotis, both of whom are ranked in the top 5% of our community.

In February, TMFMattyA noted that China Fire "is a small company with a tremendous market opportunity in front of it. The maker of fire safety products is quickly becoming the company of choice for many of China's major industrial giants as they upgrade their fire safety systems in response to new government regulations."

An earlier pitch from GunnarVagotis last year follows that bullish reasoning, highlighting the stock as a relatively fireproof way to play China:

People who buy chinese stocks just because they are chinese stocks are going to get caught with their hand in the proverbial cookie jar. The potential for unregulated madness and speculative frenzy in china is too great. So ask yourself why is CFSG different? I think the answer is management and market position. As chinese industry catches up to the developed world, it will follow a predictable path where safety and labor regulations are gradually adopted and fire safety is already something that is coming online there. This company appears to be well positioned to benefit from improving safety standards in China and management seems eager to step up.

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