Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Asia Entertainment & Resources (Nasdaq: AERL), which promotes VIP gaming rooms in Macau, has received the dreaded one-star ranking.

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

Asia Entertainment facts

Headquarters Wanchai, Hong Kong
Market Cap $225.8 million
Industry Casinos and gaming
Trailing-12-Month Revenue $250.6 million
Management CEO Leong Siak Hung
CFO Li Chung Ming
Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity 63.3%
Cash/Debt $16.7 million / $108.9 million
Competitors Genting Berhad

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 40% of the 40 members who have rated Asia Entertainment believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just last month, one of those bears, FinerPoints, cautioned Fools about getting excited over the company's prospects:

Beware of the legitimacy of business and how they came to listing on the equity markets. Many prior "questionable" Chinese companies were here today, gone tomorrow. Buybacks are empty promises UNLESS the company acts upon them. It's usually a quick way to falsely boost stock interest and valuation.

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