Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, atmospheric and process gas producer Praxair (NYSE: PX ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Praxair and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Praxair facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Danbury, Conn. (1907) |
| Market Cap | $33.9 billion |
| Industry | Industrial gases |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $11.3 billion |
| Management | Chairman/CEO Stephen Angel CFO James Sawyer |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | Hot Cheap Companies To Buy Right Now24.7% |
| Cash / Debt | $113.0 million / $8.7 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 2.1% |
| Competitors | Air Products & Chemicals |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 695 members who have rated Praxair believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, TMFTailwind, succinctly summed up the Praxair bull case for our community:
-Customers sign long-term contracts that are indexed for inflation, which will protect margins over time (especially so in an inflationary period)
-Provides a vital product (gas) to numerous manufacturing/processing industries
-Generates strong operating cash flows and solid profit margins, and looks set to do so for a long time
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