Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, digital phototography e-tailer Shutterfly (Nasdaq: SFLY) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.

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

Shutterfly facts

Headquarters (Founded)

Redwood City, Calif. (1999)

Market Cap

$1.86 billion

Industry

Internet retail

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$348.2 million

Management

CEO Jeffrey Housenbold (since 2005)
CFO Mark Rubash (since 2007)

Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)

2.4%

Cash/Debt

$75.9 million / $0

Competitors

Eastman-Kodak (NYSE: EK)
American Greetings (NYSE: AM)

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

On CAPS, 47% of the 270 members who have rated Shutterfly believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bears include All-Star Guin3666, who is ranked in the top 15% of our community, and Jeffrey2012.

Earlier this month, Guin3666 touched on Shutterfly's seemingly unsustainable stock price: "Not the kind of company that can hold valuation in a slowing economy."

In fact, Shutterfly currently sports a rather lofty price-to-sales multiple of 5.4. That represents a clear premium to industry peers like Kodak (0.1), American Greetings (0.5), and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) (1.2).

CAPS member Jeffrey2012 elaborates on the Shutterfly bear case:

This company is clearly a fad and when the tide recedes, they will clearly take a serious hit. Charging money to make some gift cards online is not exactly the greatest business model. The only reason why I can see this company even going to ever astronomical values is due to the fact they have a social expression component in the business. I bet if there were rumors of facebook or some other ridiculous social company wanting to purchase them, they would probably be worth 10-20 billion too.

As you can see, I believe this is clearly a bubble in the making and their bubble burst will clearly make a lot of sad investors face reality.

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