And the Worst Stock for 2007 Is

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And the Worst Stock for 2007 Is

(According to Motley Fool)

poster_boy

11:40 pm on Dec 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

Since Google came public, it's had a monstrous run-up by any measure. Google's total returns since that August 2004 IPO trail only China Life Insurance (NYSE: LFC) and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) among large-cap companies.

Despite those gains (and even flirting with $500 per share for the past few months), Wall Street remains bullish on the company. According to Thomson/First Call data, 34 of the 39 analysts covering Google rated it a "buy" or "strong buy."

So you could say we were more than a little surprised when Motley Fool CAPS investors voted Google as the worst stock for 2007.

Motley Fool article [fool.com]

BillyS

12:40 am on Dec 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

At $500 per share, GOOG is speculative at today's close it's selling at a P/E ratio of 58.2. Compare that to the S&P's average of around 17 and you'll know why many investors are staying away from Google.

And thanks for the article because it's got another one of my "stay away" from stocks - Sirius Radio. They've doubled their revenues and doubled their expenses. Even worse is that they've got a lot of debt that they can't pay back.