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 0.35%) 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

Headquarters (founded)

Mountain View, Calif. (1998)

Market Cap

$297.5 billion

Industry

Internet software and services

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$53.5 billion

Management

Co-Founder/CEO Larry Page

Co-Founder/Assistant Secretary Sergey Brin

Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)

18.4%

Cash/Debt

$50.1 billion / $7.4 billion

Competitors

Apple

Microsoft

Yahoo!

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 86% of the 18,139 members who have rated Google believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just last month, one of those Fools, Gainster, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:

Google is an extremely innovative company and their areas of expansion are often ground breaking and game changing. ...

Google is also integrating their products, which makes it easy to just be and stay within the Google eco system. Google also has a very high brand recognition and brand loyalty, which also makes people like to stay within this eco system. ...

They trade at a premium (a P/E of around 26), but their product [portfolio], their past expansion and their future expansion potentials are worth the premium. There are other companies with far less potential trading at much higher multiples. ...

Their stock might take a dip, but I'm putting a long on this company, picking up more if it takes a dip.