Based on the aggregated intelligence of 165,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, navigation device maker Garmin (Nasdaq: GRMN) has received a distressing two-star ranking.

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

Garmin facts

Headquarters (Founded)

Camana Bay, Cayman Islands (1990)

Market Cap

$6.36 billion

Industry

Consumer electronics

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$2.94 billion

Management

CEO Dr. Min Kao (since 2002)

CFO Kevin Rauckman (since 2000)

Compound Annual Revenue and Net Income Growth (Over Past 2 Years)

(6.3%) and (10.4%)

Cash/Debt

$1.31 billion / $0

1-Year Return

56.5%

Competitors

TomTom

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG)

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 7.6% of the 5,151 members who have rated Garmin believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bears include dougfunk and WPThatcher.

Just last month, dougfunk tapped the stock as a not-so-smart opportunity: "Garmin and other GPS companies are really going to start hurting with all of the newer smart phones being equipped with turn-by-turn directions."

A secular decline in demand for personal navigation devices continues to hurt Garmin. With giants like Apple, Google, and Research In Motion continuing to improve the turn-by-turn directions and GPS-enabled features offered in their smartphones, our community just doesn't see those trends reversing anytime soon. Garmin remains a rock financially, but as CAPS member WPThatcher writes, its growth prospects just aren't as bright as they once were:

Without a doubt, Garmin is the industry leader and is gaining in Asia and Europe in particular. They have a great balance sheet. I am worried by the decreased operating margins of Q1 of this year. I am also worried by their determination to make an acquisition. Don't make a move to just to make a move, unless there's an outstanding value somewhere. Why not increase the cash pile? If they must do something, they should increase the dividend or do another share buyback. To make a long story short, there are better places to put one's money than a company in a fairly mature market where Google is eating away at the margins.

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