Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, online retailer Overstock.com
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Overstock's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Overstock facts
| Headquarters (Founded) | Salt Lake City (1997) |
| Market Cap | $231.4 million |
| Industry | Internet retail |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $1.09 billion |
| Management | Chairman/CEO Dr. Patrick Byrne CFO Stephen Chesnut |
| Return on Capital (Average, Past 3 Years) | 1.5% |
| Cash/Debt | $82.7 million / $44 million |
| Competitors |
Amazon.com eBay Wal-Mart |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 69% of the 1,042 members who have rated Overstock believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bears include chinamantsan and TMFBiggles.
Just last week, chinamantsan touched on a few of Overstock's negatives: "Just can't compete in the online marketplace now. With receiving less traffic to their website and fewer conversions on sales, I think Overstock will be going away soon."
Currently, Overstock even trades at a particularly lofty PEG ratio of 4.8. That represents a premium to rivals Amazon (3.6), eBay (1.3), and Wal-Mart (1.1).
CAPS member TMFBiggles elaborates on the Overstock bear case:
If you can't do well selling supposedly bargain-basement stuff in the current Grouponzi economy, then why expect a turnaround when people eventually decide to loosen the belt buckle?
P/E is high and earnings trending south, double whammy for future drops. Angry, defiant CEOs are never (or very rarely) confidence-builders.
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