Based on the aggregated intelligence of 160,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at RIM's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
RIM facts
Headquarters (Founded) |
Waterloo, Canada (1984) |
Market Cap |
$38.9 billion |
Industry |
Communications equipment |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$14.9 billion |
Management |
Chairman/Co-CEO James Balsillie |
Return on Capital (Average, Past 3 Years) |
33.6% |
Price-to-Cash Flow (RIMM and S&P 500) |
13.1 and 7.3 |
Competitors |
Apple |
Strategic Partners |
Oracle |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 16% of the 5,315 members who have rated RIM believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bears include MurrDogg4 and IdahoAve.
Just two days ago, MurrDogg4 reminded Fools about the gorillas that RIM has to wrestle with: "Unless RIM works on improving their software, they will be hard pressed to compete with the Application focused technologies of Apple and Google [
In a pitch from the same day, IdahoAve also said that RIM's best days are behind it:
I think [RIM] has done great amazing things for the inhabitants of planet earth. A great innovator that our communication standards forward and I will have fond memories of the Iconic blackberry setting millions of business people free from wasted time in an office environment, Bravo!
Sadly, I am choosing underperform for [RIM] because I think the world of smart phones has developed in a way that will not include [RIM] moving forward. The market has become increasingly competitive, and when [Google] and Apple are who you face you are sentenced to death.
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