Based on the aggregated intelligence of 125,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Chinese Internet company Sohu.com (NASDAQ:SOHU) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Sohu's business, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Sohu facts

Headquarters (founded)

Beijing, China (1996)

Market Cap

$1.77 billion

Industry

Internet Information Providers

TTM Revenue

$372.82 million

Management

Founder/CEO Charles Zhang
CFO Carol Yu

Return on Equity (average, last three years)

26.9%

Competitors

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU),
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO),
Giant Interactive (NYSE:GA)

CAPS members bullish on SOHU also bullish on

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG),
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)

CAPS members bearish on SOHU also bearish on

SINA (NASDAQ:SINA)

Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.

Over on CAPS, fully 208 of the 219 All-Star members who have rated Sohu -- some 95% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include ypcheng and FoolSolo, both of whom are ranked in the top 15% of our community.

Last month, ypcheng tapped Sohu as a smart way to play a Far East turnaround:

I happen to believe that Chinese market will be the first to recover because its economic stimulus package as well as growing internal consumption. Comparing to our negative GDP now, theirs is still in the high-end single digit. This stock is the leading Internet player which should lead the recovery.

In a pitch from earlier this month, FoolSolo elaborates:

[Sohu] has been on my rule breaker screen, showing great value and strong growth potential. Financially and fundamentally, [Sohu] meets all my requirements, they have no apparent debt, good cashflow, plenty of cash on hand, and admirable sales and earnings growth.

As with all China stocks, you just can't always count on the numbers, or the business climate they operate in, so the risk factors are substantial. But I'm betting these guys will serve their huge potential market sufficiently to keep their growth going strong.

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