Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Web-services specialist AOL
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at AOL's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
AOL facts
| Headquarters (founded) | New York (1985) |
| Market Cap | $1.7 billion |
| Industry | Internet software and services |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $2.2 billion |
| Management | Chairman/CEO Tim Armstrong CFO Arthur Minson |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | (7.2%) |
| Cash/Debt | $407.5 million / $110.8 million |
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Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 69% of the 237 members who have rated AOL believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Last year, one of those Fools, astephan2525, seriously questioned AOL's online relevance:
Can someone tell me why this company still exists? Or at least send a screenshot proving that someone still uses AOL as their ISP? Ok so they are trying to transform into a content farm which means writing really bad short articles on a variety of subjects and surrounding them with advertisements; not exactly an inspiring turnaround pitch.
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