Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, online backup solutions specialist Carbonite (CARB +0.00%) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Carbonite and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Carbonite facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Boston (2005) |
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Market Cap |
$259.4 million |
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Industry |
Internet software and services |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$77.7 million |
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Management |
Co-Founder/Chairman/CEO David Friend |
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Trailing-12-Month Return on Capital |
(56.4%) |
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Cash / Debt |
$66.3 million / $0 |
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Competitors |
Acronis |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 66% of the 50 members who have rated Carbonite believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, All-Star BlacknGold, succinctly summed up the bear case for our community:
Carbonite is worth $15 million on paper and $250+ million on the market. Talk about overvalued. There is no moat in data backup technology. Why would people pay to have a company back up their files when they can keep all of their information secure and private by buying an external hard drive?
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