Based on the aggregated intelligence of 145,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Chinese power equipment provider A-Power Energy Generation Systems
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at A-Power's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
A-Power facts
Headquarters (Founded) |
Shenyang, China (2003) |
Market Cap |
$493.2 million |
Industry |
Heavy electrical equipment |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$266.8 million |
Management |
CEO Jinxiang Lu (since 2008) |
Return on Equity (Average, Past 2 Years) |
18.4% |
Compound Annual Revenue and Net Income Growth (Over Past 2 Years) |
39.5% and 9.5% |
Cash/Debt |
$90.8 million / $27.9 million |
Competitors |
Suzlon Energy
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Citigroup |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 272 All-Star members who have rated A-Power believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include mrindependent, who is ranked in the top 1% of our community, and the fourth-ranked member in all of CAPS, UltraLong.
Just two days ago, mrindependent reminded Fools that A-Power "makes wind turbines and other electrical stuff in China." Our CAPS member concludes: "The company is growing rapidly and is still reasonably priced."
In a pitch from the same day, UltraLong reasserted his belief in the stock:
A-Power is back on sale again and I'm going to simply copy and paste my thoughts from October about the company because nothing has changed. If [A-Power] can just deliver its product (key words here) ON TIME, then they should have no problem hitting $17-18 a share which is where fair value in my eyes would be.
'A-Power provides power grids and power generation systems to industrial companies in China but I think the real potential here lies in their wind turbine production. ... The revenue growth and profit potential here are huge, the only problem I run into with [A-Power] is their inability thus far to own up to those expectations. ... If [A-Power] can get its hide into gear, they could be staring down a forward price to earnings of something like 8-9 times 2010 earnings.'
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