Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, video game retailer GameStop (GME -3.05%) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at GameStop and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
GameStop facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Grapevine, Texas (1994) |
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Market Cap |
$3.6 billion |
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Industry |
Computer and electronics retail |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$8.9 billion |
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Management |
CEO J. Paul Raines (since 2010) CFO Robert Lloyd (since 2010) |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
5.3% |
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Cash/Debt |
$635.8 million / $0 |
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Dividend Yield |
3.7% |
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Competitors |
Amazon.com eBay Wal-Mart Stores |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 13% of the 748 All-Star members who have rated GameStop believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those bears, fellow Fool Jason Moser (TMFJMo), succinctly summed up the GameStop underperform case for our community:
I gave this one the red thumb on Investor Beat today. Too many stores, no real fight against digital distribution, too many headwinds, this will be a long, slow bleed. Pass.
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