Tuesday, December 23, 2008 2:38:02 AM
http://www.fool.com/investing/international/2008/12/19/5-star-stocks-poised-to-pop-guangshen-railway.aspx
Brian D. Pacampara
December 19, 2008
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 120,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Chinese railroad operator Guangshen Railway (NYSE: GSH) 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 Guangshen's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Guangshen facts
Headquarters (Founded)
Shenzhen, China (1996)
Market Cap
$2.65 Billion
Industry
Railroads
Trailing-12-Month Revenue
$1.72 Billion
Management
Chairman He Yuhua (Since June 2007)
General Manager Shen Yi (Since October 2008)
Return on Equity (Average, Past Three Years)
5.8%
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 521 of the 538 members who have rated Guangshen -- some 97% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These Foolish bulls include CAPS All-Star Theresewin and coregonus.
Last week, Theresewin urged our community to ride Guangshen all the way to gains: "[Get] on board while you still can ... China NEEDS its rail system to better integrate its country and is investing big bucks to do so!"
In a pitch from last month, coregonus agreed and elaborated on the strong long-term trends supporting the stock:
Backing up my faith in railways, and that China is totally committed to rail in the long term -- if you have ever ridden their hi speed mag-lev train in Shanghai you get the depth of their commitment -- they know not everyone will have cars, it would not work there. As more cities get built out, trains will too -- and at the end there are real assets in the train business and freight on rail has very long legs (or tracks).
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