Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, biotechnology company Sarepta Therapeutics (Nasdaq: SRPT) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.

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

Sarepta facts

Headquarters (founded) Bothell, Wash. (1980)
Market Cap $857.9 million
Industry Biotechnology
Trailing-12-Month Revenue $43.5 million
Management CEO Christian Garabedian
Principal Accounting Officer Michael Jacobsen
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) (90.2%)
Cash/Debt $24.5 million / $1.8 million
Competitors Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
GlaxoSmithKline
Isis Pharmaceuticals

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

On CAPS, 25% of the 249 members who have rated Sarepta believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just yesterday, one of those bears, All-Star pavlos1971, cautioned Fools about getting too excited over over Sarepta's Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug:

Congratulations to Sarepta (formerly AVI) for bringing a very promising technology one step closer to becoming a cure. My red thumb in CAPS marks what I believe is an exaggerated emotional reaction to a great result in the phase IIb trial. ... The importance of the fact that eteplirsen has shown no side effects thus far cannot be overstated, of course, but I still see a long path prior to regulatory approval. This is one of the few cases where I wish I am wrong in CAPS.   

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