Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Internet search gorilla Google (GOOGL -1.82%) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Google and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Google facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Mountain View, Calif. (1998) |
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Market Cap |
$224.8 billion |
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Industry |
Internet software and services |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$47.5 billion |
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Management |
Co-Founder/CEO Larry Page CFO Patrick Pichette |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
19.1% |
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Cash/Debt |
$44.6 billion / $7.9 billion |
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Competitors |
Apple (AAPL -2.19%) Microsoft (MSFT -1.96%) Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 86% of the 17,945 members who have rated Google believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
A couple of months ago, one of those Fools, GenFrogKing, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
Not only has Google made some very wise, all empowering decisions, but the company has become so fundamental to American society that the word is practically synonymous with "Help me out here!" I use Google, my family uses Google, most people I know use Google! Google is also ahead of the game as far as Big Data analytics is concerned and the business continues to acquire new powerful companies. It's only a matter of time before Google owns the world.
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