Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, financial services giant Deutsche Bank (DB 8.74%) has received a distressing two-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Deutsche Bank and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Deutsche Bank facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Frankfurt am Main, Germany (1870) |
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Market Cap |
$44.3 billion |
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Industry |
Diversified capital markets |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$41.5 billion |
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Management |
Co-Chairman/Co-CEO Juergen Fitschen |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
4.9% |
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Dividend Yield |
1.4% |
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Competitors |
Citigroup |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 36% of the 647 members who have rated Deutsche Bank believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, rsinj, succinctly summed up the Deutsche Bank bear case for our community:
Wildly overvalued. Questionable dealings. Surely involved with LIBOR scandal. ... Embarking on a multi-year plan to reduce costs, when they have to expend $4 billion upfront. Likely they will spend more upfront, realize little of the publicized savings, and then will be 4 or 5 years down the road in to the next multi-year project to keep management entrenched and the media at bay.
This bank has more reorganizations and people changing rolls than a game of musical chairs.
It's a house of cards on a shaky foundation just waiting to crumble.
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