Based on the aggregated intelligence of 125,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, women's apparel retailer bebe stores (Nasdaq: BEBE ) has received a distressing two-star ranking. While one-star stocks have been the worst performers, our data has shown that two-star stocks still lag the market by a significant margin and should be approached with caution; conversely, highly rated stocks have outperformed the S&P.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at bebe's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
bebe facts
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Headquarters (Founded)
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Brisbane, Calif. (1976)
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Market Cap
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$518.9 Million
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Industry
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Apparel Retail
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue
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$689.8 Million
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Management
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Founder/CEO (Newly Appointed) Manny Mashouf
COO/CFO Walter Parks
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Net Income Growth (Average, Past Five Years and TTM)
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31.5% and (18.4%)
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Competitors
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Guess? (NYSE: GES )
Wet Seal (Nasdaq: WTSLA )
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CAPS Members Bearish on BEBE Also Bearish on:
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Dillard's (NYSE: DDS )
Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO )
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CAPS Members Bullish on BEBE Also Bullish on:
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Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL )
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC )
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Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 48 of the 154 All-Star members who have rated bebe -- 32% -- believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. Among the bearish population are philippalmer and CAPS All-Star TSIF.
Two days ago, philippalmer predicted that bebe "will struggle the rest of the year." Our member continues: "Now that they reduced earnings outlook and management is being shaken-up, I look for further declines."
In a pitch from the same day, TSIF follows that bearish line of thinking and writes:
[bebe] has a good reputation in [its] market, but the CEO resigning this week, difficult market and insider selling has raised a small flag. Cash flow doesn't look too bad for this market and they have no debt. I do not believe they are high risk, but I don't think they are going up anytime soon. I will have to review them the next few quarters.
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