Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Internet search gorilla Google (GOOGL 2.81%) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Google, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Google facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Mountain View, Calif. (1998) |
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Market Cap |
$268.6 billion |
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Industry |
Internet software and services |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$50.2 billion |
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Management |
Co-Founder/CEO Larry Page Co-Founder/Assistant Secretary Sergey Brin |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
18.7% |
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Cash/Debt |
$48.1 billion / $7.2 billion |
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Competitors |
Apple Microsoft Yahoo! |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 86% of the 18,052 members who have rated Google believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those Fools, JoeArizona, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
Google is far more than a search engine ... with the Chrome browser, Android operating system, the Play store, and a new crop of netbooks running the Chrome OS, Google has a lot to offer. The picture will only improve as Google figures out more and better ways to monetize clicks for smartphones and mobile users.
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