5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Mindray Medical

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 115,000 investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Chinese medical-device maker Mindray Medical (NYSE: MR) 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 Mindray's business, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Mindray facts

Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.

Over on CAPS, some 95% of the 227 All-Star members who have rated Mindray believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These All-Star bulls include cptsintl and pennysplants, both of whom are ranked in the top 5% of our community.

In May, cptsintl wrote that Mindray is "Quickly developing into one of the largest medical technology companies in World. Based in China, its potential is remarkable."

An earlier pitch from pennysplants shares that sentiment, indicating that some significant progress is just beginning to become visible:

[Competitive] advantages, dedication to R&D, BOTH Chinese and international markets / sales force, stellar management (all things considered), good balance sheet/financial health, and in a sector which is growing by leaps and bounds (tho margins may decline)... Yes, things may stagnate here for a while during the DataScope integration, but I can wait til '09 for increased earnings and cross-selling to become accretive. Analysts are saying 40-45% annual eps growth. I'd settle for 25% with a company of this quality and in this sector.

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