Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, home-appliances and electronics retailer hhgregg (HGGGQ) has received a distressing two-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at hhgregg and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
hhgregg facts
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Headquarters |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
Market Cap |
$452.1 million |
Industry |
Computer and electronics retail |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$2.5 billion |
Management |
CEO Dennis May (since 2003) CFO Jeremy Aguilar (since 2009) |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
16.1% |
Cash/Debt |
$48.6 million/$0 |
Competitors |
Amazon.com Target Wal-Mart Stores |
On CAPS, 20% of the 324 members who have rated hhgregg believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those bears, fellow Fool Matthew Argersinger (TMFMattyA), succinctly summed up the underperform case for our community:
Another big box retailer destined to join the likes of Circuit City, Borders and (soon) Office Depot in the retail graveyard. It's simply too difficult for hhgregg and other companies to compete with mass merchants (such as Target and Wal-Mart) and e-commerce giants (namely Amazon). Investors can say all they want about hhgregg's cash flows and apparent asset value, but if sales are destined to decline over time, there is no helping the company or the stock over the long term.