Why Hewlett-Packard 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, embattled IT giant Hewlett-Packard has received a distressing two-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Hewlett-Packard and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Hewlett-Packardfacts
Headquarters (founded) | Palo Alto, Calif. (1939) |
Market Cap | $37.4 billion |
Industry | Computer hardware |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $120.4 billion |
Management | CEO Margaret Whitman (since 2011) CFO Catherine Lesjak (since 2007) |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | (1.5%) |
Cash/Debt | $11.3 billion / $28.4 billion |
Dividend Yield | 3.2% |
Competitors | Accenture Dell IBM |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 10% of the 3,833 members who have rated Hewlett-Packard believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, sikiliza, succinctly summed up the Hewlett-Packard bear case for our community:
I just don't believe that Whitman will be able to save this behemoth from itself. They were caught napping, have had a ten year streak of awful decision-making and leadership and their products are not really that desirable anymore. It takes a long time to turn around an aircraft carrier and even longer to turn around one that is damaged.
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