Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, robot specialist iRobot
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at iRobot's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
iRobot facts
| Headquarters (Founded) | Bedford, Mass. (1990) |
| Market Cap | $684.7 million |
| Industry | Household appliances |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $465.5 million |
| Management | Co-Founder/Chairman/CEO Colin Angle CFO John Leahy |
| Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 12.8% |
| Cash/Debt | $145.3 million / $0 |
| Competitors |
Electrolux Lockheed Martin Samsung Electronics |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 90% of the 1,234 members who have rated iRobot believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, afamiii, nicely summed up the iRobot bull case for our community:
Service automation is growing theme in our lives, following industrial automation in the 20th century and [agricultural] automation in 19th. Market for domestic robot cleaners is growing fast. ... [iRobot] has excellent revenue and EPS growth in recent year and recent quarters. High RoE, increasing margins ... no debt, positive free cash flow. Now trading at [roughly 18] times earnings.
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