Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, enriched uranium supplier USEC
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at USEC's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
USEC facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Bethesda, Md. (1993) |
| Market Cap | $169.6 million |
| Industry | Consumable fuels |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $1.9 billion |
| Management | CEO John Welch (since 2005) CFO John Barpoulis (since 2006) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 1.3% |
| Cash/Debt | $117.9 million / $615.0 million |
| Competitors |
AREVA British Nuclear Fuels Cameco |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 1,379 members who have rated USEC believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this month, one of those Fools, doinitmyway, succinctly summed up the USEC bull case:
Domestic Natural Gas and Oil production will continue to increase for geo-political reasons. We need to rely less on foreign energy sources. Nuclear energy will play an important role and the [Department of Energy] is funding additional research for the USEC's American centrifuge project. ... Our energy future includes nuclear fission and this company could be a multi-bagger in the very near future. Some risk involved and hurdles to overcome.
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