Based on the aggregated intelligence of 120,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Sears Holdings (NASDAQ:SHLD) has received a distressing two-star ranking. While one-star stocks have been the worst performers, our data has shown that two-star stocks still lag the market by a significant margin and should be approached with caution; conversely, highly rated stocks have outperformed the S&P.

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

Sears Holdings facts

Headquarters (Founded)

Hoffman Estates, Ill. (1899)

Market Cap

$5.76 Billion

Industry

Department Stores

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$48.56 Billion

Management

Chairman Edward Lampert

Interim CEO W. Bruce Johnson

Return on Equity (Average, Past Five Years and TTM)

15.8% and 2.8%

Competitors

Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT)

Target (NYSE:TGT)

CAPS Members Bearish on Sears Holdings Also Bearish on:

Citigroup (NYSE:C),

General Motors (NYSE:GM)

CAPS Members Bullish on Sears Also Bullish on:

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS),

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG)

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

On CAPS, 148 of the 390 All-Star members who have rated Sears Holdings -- some 38% -- believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bears include dexion10 and Tastylunch, both of whom are ranked in the top 7% of our community.

Last week, dexion10 noted the difficulty in the stock's value proposition: "[Too] much debt and declining earnings as far as the eye can see. [Replacement] cost of their leases is higher than market cap but you'd have to find a buyer."

In a pitch just one day earlier, Tastylunch shared that bearishness and updated our community on Sears Holdings' most recent quarter:

Did they or did they not have a big earnings miss yesterday? Sure they are closing underperforming stores and hiring new execs but common their problems go way beyond that.

Seriously [Sears Holdings] has some issues, imagine Wal-Mart-ish appearance stores with no pricing advantage, poor inventory controls, unfocused brand, little marketing and management that isn't retail focused (Buffet wanna-be Eddie Lampert).

That is Sears and it ain't so great. I doubt they will go chapter 11 unless things get really really bad, but they certainly could fall further especially after yesterday's bounce.

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