1-Star Stocks Poised to Plunge: Ruby Tuesday?

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 140,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, restaurant operator Ruby Tuesday (NYSE: RT) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Ruby Tuesday's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Ruby Tuesday facts

Headquarters (Founded)	Maryville, Tenn. (1920)
Market Cap	$539.2 million
Industry	Restaurants
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$1.23 billion
Management	CEO Samuel Beall CFO Marguerite Duffy
Return on Capital (Average, Past 3 Years)	6.1%
Year-to-Date Return	436%
Other Highly Rated Restaurant Stocks	McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM)
CAPS Members Bearish on RT Also Bearish on	Palm (Nasdaq: PALM) Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM)
CAPS Members Bullish on RT Also Bullish on	Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Citigroup (NYSE: C)

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 60% of the 263 members who have rated Ruby Tuesday believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bears include All-Stars 00100 and elkwingcaddis, both of whom are ranked in the top 10% of our community.

Just last week, 00100 concluded that Ruby Tuesday's negatives outweigh its positives:

Downthumb. Great cash flow. Low sales growth. Nominal debt ratio. Low cash on-hand. Tends to dilution for growth. Low gross margins. Mediocre stock.

In a pitch from one week earlier, elkwingcaddis also tapped Ruby Tuesday as a rather unappetizing opportunity:

The casual dining market is a crowded and competitive market and [Ruby Tuesday] is NEVER my first choice of where to go. They have nothing that makes them stand out. Also starting to show some early troubles on their balance sheet with a Current Ratio of under 1. Not in a good position to survive the current down economic cycle.

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