1-Star Stocks Poised to Plunge: Zillow?
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, online real estate marketplace operator Zillow (NAS: Z) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Zillow's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Zillow facts
Headquarters (Founded) | Seattle (2004) |
Market Cap | $1.3 billion |
Industry | Internet software and services |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $89.6 million |
Management | Co-Founder/Chairman Richard Barton |
Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity | 5.1% |
Cash/Debt | $69.6 million / $0 |
Competitors | HomeGain.com |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 60% of the 130 All-Star members who have rated Zillow believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those bears, Chemdawg, touched on Zillow's seemingly unsustainable valuation:
[I'm] curious to see how the markets react in the next few weeks to QE3 ... but the P/E on [Zillow] is off the charts ... and real discretionary income will decrease as inflation starts to rip the throats out of middle class [A]merican budgets (for those few that actually do budget). [T]his will have a deleterious effect on consumer spending. [N]ot sure how much this will affect housing, but I don't see it helping any.
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