Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, aerospace and defense supplier Esterline Technologies
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Esterline's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Esterline facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Bellevue, Wash. (1967) |
| Market Cap | $1.8 billion |
| Industry | Aerospace and defense |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $1.7 billion |
| Management | CEO Richard Lawrence (since 2009) CFO Robert George (since 1999) |
| Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 9.3% |
| Cash/Debt | $185.0 million / $1.0 billion |
| Competitors |
Eaton GE Aviation Meggitt PLC |
Source: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 158 members who have rated Esterline believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those bulls, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner (TMFSpiffyPop), nicely summed up the opportunity:
Relevant, aerospace-focused defense tech company based in Bellevue, WA whose stock is out of favor and underperforming over the past year. However, this has been a good steady stock over the years and appears pretty underfollowed. I am not an expert in this industry (or really, any industry), but this looks to me like a good price and a market-beater from here over the next three years.
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