Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, seismic data provider ION Geophysical
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at ION's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
ION facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Houston (1968) |
| Market Cap | $1.0 billion |
| Industry | Oil and gas equipment and services |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $454.6 million |
| Management | CEO Brian Hanson (since January 2012) CFO Gregory Heinlein (since November 2011) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | (13.7%) |
| Cash/Debt | $62.4 million / $105.1 million |
| Competitors |
CGG Veritas Petroleum Geo Services TGS-NOPEC Geophysical |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 769 members who have rated ION believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those Fools, bigmoves, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
Earning estimates and revenues up. P/E is decent, and cash flow also decent. Debt not too high, and should be able to make some decent gains. Insider buying was at closer to $6 but should still have some room to run.
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