Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, accounting software specialist Intuit
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Intuit's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Intuit facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Mountain View, Calif. (1983) |
| Market Cap | $17.8 billion |
| Industry | Application software |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $4.1 billion |
| Management | CEO Brad Smith (since 2008) CFO R. Neil Williams (since 2008) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 24.6% |
| Cash/Debt | $959.0 million / $999.0 million |
| Dividend Yield | 1% |
| Competitors |
H&R Block Microsoft Dynamics Sage Group |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 548 members who have rated Intuit believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Late last month, one of those bulls, All-Star huddaman, highlighted several of the company's positives:
It's a very steady company. Great cash flow generator. The products are sticky. Their tax prep software is excellent. Their business accounting software is topnotch and top-dog. Margins for software company are obviously phenomenal. One worry is, they are losing on the Payroll and payments processing side.
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