Why Sears Holdings Is Poised to Underperform
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, department store operator Sears Holdings has received an alarming one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Sears and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Sears facts
Headquarters (founded) | Hoffman Estates, Ill. (1899) |
Market Cap | $5.1 billion |
Industry | Department stores |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $40.1 billion |
Management | Chairman CEO Edward Lampert CFO Robert Schriesheim |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | (16.8%) |
Cash/Debt | $622.0 million/$4.0 billion |
Competitors | J.C. Penney Target Wal-Mart Stores |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 36% of the 2,327 members who have rated Sears believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, TMFthump, succinctly summed up the underperform case for our community:
An unfortunate demise for this once proud brand, their retail business for both KMart and Sears is a complete mess. The best thing I can see happening to [Sears] is to spinoff the few remaining pieces of value. Craftsman and Kenmore could generate some interest, but there is little else left for the scavengers to pick at.
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