Monday, July 2, 2012

4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Neogen

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, food and animal safety specialist Neogen (Nasdaq: NEOG  ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Neogen's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Neogen facts

Headquarters (founded) Lansing, Mich. (1981)
Market Cap $1.0 billion
Industry Health care supplies
Trailing-12-Month Revenue $179.1 million
Management Chairman/CEO James Herbert
President/COO Lon Bohannon
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) 12.3%
Cash/Debt $61.3 million / $0
Competitors IDEXX Laboratories
Life Technologies
Strategic Diagnostics

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 97% of the 260 members who have rated Neogen believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. �

Just yesterday, one of those bulls, TMFNpugs, highlighted a few of the tailwinds working in the stock's favor: "New regulations (Food Safety Modernization Act), growing food imports, and more people with allergies will call for more widespread testing, this will benefit [Neogen]."

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