Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, social networking giant Facebook (FB +1.33%) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Facebook and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Facebook facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Menlo Park, Calif. (2004) |
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Market Cap |
$62.2 billion |
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Industry |
Internet software and services |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$5.1 billion |
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Management |
Founder/Chairman/CEO Mark Zuckerberg CFO David Ebersman |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
0.6% |
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Cash/Debt |
$9.6 billion / $2.4 billion |
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Competitors |
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Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 40% of the 1,748 members who have rated Facebook believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, OklaBoston, kindly updated our community on the Facebook bear case:
Ended a red thumb on this a while ago when I thought it had bottomed. It's gone into another downtrend since then, insiders have been selling, and the valuation numbers are still absurd. So I'm resurrecting a pick I'm not sure I should ever have ended.
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