Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, 3-D movie technologist RealD
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at RealD's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
RealD facts
| Headquarters (Founded) | Beverly Hills, Calif. (2003) |
| Market Cap | $481.6 million |
| Industry | Movie production |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $263.8 million |
| Management | Co-Founder/Chairman/CEO Michael Lewis COO/CFO Andrew Skarupa |
| Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity | 10.6% |
| Cash/Debt | $32.5 million / $25.0 million |
| Competitors |
Dolby Labs IMAX NVIDIA |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 33% of the 83 members who have rated RealD in believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this week, one of those Fools, All-Star kkconway, explains why RealD's upside is limited:
Most 3-D content is pedestrian and poor (i.e., they are still poking objects out of the picture plane, into the face of the audience; I've seen that in 50s movies, thanks anyway. There will never be enough Avatars to make a market for this gimmick. "Hugo" was a great movie I saw in 2D in December. I read that the 3-D version had issues, so I felt justified to go to a closer showing in dinosaur mode. If the inimitable Martin Scorcese can't make 3-D work, the industry is doomed.
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