Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, retail behemoth Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

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

Wal-Mart facts

Headquarters (Founded) Bentonville, Ark. (1945)
Market Cap $194.3 billion
Industry Discount retail
Trailing-12-Month Revenue $431.87 billion
Management

CEO Michael Duke (since 2009)

CFO Charles Holley (since 2010)
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) 22%
Cash/Debt $8.1 billion / $57.1 billion
Dividend Yield 2.6%
Competitors

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) 

Target (NYSE: TGT) 

Costco Wholesale (Nasdaq: COST)

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

On CAPS, 89% of the 7,047 members who have rated Wal-Mart believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include tbonci and TarynOne. 

A few months ago, tbonci listed several of Wal-Mart's positives: 

They have a high RoE, gobs of cash, a 7.9% earnings yield, and a low P/Sales and P/E. Looking toward future potential, Wal-Mart is seeking expansion into untapped developing markets. ... [M]anagement clearly has their eyes set on moving to the large global stage, which will only be good for shareholders.

In fact, Wal-Mart currently sports a cheapish forward P/E of 11.5. That represents a discount to fierce competitors Amazon (73.0), Target (12.4), and Costco (19.0).

CAPS member TarynOne elaborates on the bargain opportunity:

[Wal-Mart] is somewhat out of favor in the US as of late and same-store sales are slightly down. ...

I think the market, however, has its needle stuck on [Wal-Mart's] less-than-popular reputation in the US and is forgetting the fact that [Wal-Mart] has HUGE growth potential abroad (excluding Europe) in emerging market. [Wal-Mart] is just tapping the surface here and I think it will be a great long term bet.

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