Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, electronics retailer Best Buy
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Best Buy's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Best Buy facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Richfield, Minn. (1966) |
| Market Cap | $8.2 billion |
| Industry | Computer and electronics retail |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $50.7 billion |
| Management | CEO Brian Dunn (since 2009) CFO James Muehlbauer (since 2008) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 16% |
| Cash/Debt | $1.2 billion / $2.2 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 2.7% |
| Competitors |
Amazon.com Apple Wal-Mart |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 19% of the 3,458 members who have rated Best Buy believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this year, one of those Fools, ValueOfTime, summed up the bear case for our community:
I love going in to Best Buy to slobber over all the cool things that are arriving at my doorstep tomorrow compliments of Amazon.com's free 2-day shipping. Best Buy is good for 4 things: Their comical "tech support", The show and tell that a brick-and-mortar store provides, their Geek Squad computer repair (for people who don't know how to use Google search) and the convenience of a nearby electronics store if you need a tech accessory really fast. The amount of tech-savvy people in the world will continue to increase and the amount of tech not-savvy people (e.i. Best Buy shoppers) will decrease. Now would be a good time for Best Buy to buy some of its own "black tie protection" because no warranty covers the damage this company is/will continue to suffer.
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