Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, shopping mall owner General Growth Properties (GGP) has received a distressing two-star ranking.

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

General Growth facts

Headquarters (founded)

Chicago (1986)

Market Cap

$17.9 billion

Industry

Retail REIT

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$2.8 billion

Management

CEO Sandeep Mathran
CFO Michael Berman

Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)

(13.7%)

Cash / Debt

$638.0 million / $16.3 billion

Dividend Yield

2.3%

Competitors

CBL & Associates
Macerich Company
Simon Property Group 

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

On CAPS, 27% of the 546 members who have rated General Growth believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just last week, one of those Fools, AygHead, succinctly summed up the underperform case for our community:

While [General Growth] runs some great retail properties, retailing values in general are on a long term secular decline owing to a shift to online retailers such as Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). So, [General Growth] properties may do OK, but rents they can charge will lag to keep competitive. This will mute future / long term stock appreciation.

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