5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Plum Creek Timber

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

Plum Creek facts

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.

Over on CAPS, 557 of the 594 members who have rated Plum Creek -- or
94% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
These bulls include maudipearl and nrlbuild, who is ranked in the top 7% of our community.

Three weeks
ago, maudipearl highlighted several of the stock's positives: "HUGE
private timber inventory, environmentally friendly and responsible,
strong reputation in the forestry business. Plus the added value of the
real estate makes this a pick for me."

In a pitch from last month, nrlbuild also taps Plum Creek as a fabulous way to play in the forestry:

I like the fact that you are buying both real estate
and lumber with this stock. The timber can be left to grow while the
lumber market is soft, so inventory is increasing at little to no cost
while you wait! The real estate can be used for both continued lumber
operations or other development as the market develops. You are
basically invested in two commodities in which the whole is greater
than the sum of its parts … they add value to each other. I like the
dividend in my retirement account.