2-Star Stocks Poised to Plunge: Gannett?
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, newspaper publisher Gannett (NYS: GCI) has received a distressing two-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Gannett's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Gannettfacts
Headquarters (founded) | McLean, Va. (1906) |
Market Cap | $3.1 billion |
Industry | Publishing |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $5.2 billion |
Management | CEO Gracia Martore |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 23.7% |
Cash/Debt | $157.5 million / $1.7 billion |
Dividend Yield | 6% |
Competitors | The McClatchy Co. |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 27% of the 444 members who have rated Gannett believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, CoreAndExplore, succinctly summed up the bear case for our community:
There's a clearly defined ceiling, but no floor whatsoever with declining revenues and high levels of debt. The newspaper business is consolidating to the point where only a couple of national papers ... and a bevy of low-profit regional papers survive, and even then the outcome for those is not exactly rosy.
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