1-Star Stocks Poised to Keep Plunging: Zynga?
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, online social games operator Zynga (NAS: ZNGA) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Zynga and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Zynga facts
Headquarters (Founded) | San Francisco (2007) |
Market Cap | $1.8 billion |
Industry | Home entertainment software |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $1.3 billion |
Management | Founder/Chairman/CEO Mark Pincus |
Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity | (40.5%) |
Cash/Debt | $1.2 billion / $100.0 million |
Competitors |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 40% of the 879 members who have rated Zynga believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this month, one of those Fools, GenFrogKing, succinctly summed up the bear case for our community:
Zynga has some fun games, yes, and it's powered by Facebook (NAS: FB) , yes. However, the fact that it relies mostly on eCommerce that is optional does not make for a very good business model. Plus, although Facebook is integral to the Internet presently, Facebook has also been declining a lot in popularity (it's just not hip anymore).
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