Based on the aggregated intelligence of 145,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, online jeweler Blue Nile (NASDAQ:NILE) has received a distressing two-star ranking.

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

Blue Nile facts

Headquarters (Founded)

Seattle (1999)

Market Cap

$787.9 million

Industry

Internet retail

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$284.98 million

Management

CEO Diane Irvine (since 2008)
CFO Marc Stolzman (since 2008)

Total Revenue and Net Income Growth (Over Past Year)

(11.3%) and (30.5%)

Price-to-Earnings (NILE and Industry)

75 and 17.2

1-Year Return

175%

Competitors

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)
eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY)
Tiffany (NYSE:TIF)

CAPS Members Bearish on NILE Also Bearish on

Amazon.com

CAPS Members Bullish on NILE Also Bullish on

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

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 33.5% of the 310 All-Star members who have rated Blue Nile believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bears include kurtdabear and jed71, both of whom are ranked in the top 10% of our community.

This past fall, kurtdabear thought that Blue Nile was ready to lose its luster: "The next few years will not be a good time to be invested in a purveyor of high-priced, non-necessary, consumer products. [Blue Nile] has had a nice run up; now it's time to get out or to short it on its descent."

In a more recent pitch from last week, jed71 echoes that bearish sentiment:

PE and future earnings projections seem very, very aggressive. I am not sure how this company can achieve such growth in a down market, with the consumer on the ropes. Selling jewelry in a good market is difficult, much less a terrible one. ... Ice.com and some other retailers seem heavily focused on marketing to more cost conscience online consumers, which will probably cut into some of [Blue Nile's] growth.

With expected lower overall sales in the jewelry market, rising commodity prices for gold / silver, and pretty stiff competition, I would not be willing to risk any long position here. In fact, I might consider some puts or a small short position given the extent to which they are currently overvalued.

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