2-Star Stocks Poised to Plunge: Liz Claiborne?

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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, clothing retailer Liz Claiborne (NYSE: LIZ) has received a distressing two-star ranking.

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

Liz Claiborne facts

Headquarters (Founded)	New York City (1976)
Market Cap	$624.7 million
Industry	Apparel clothing
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$3.39 billion
Management	CEO William McComb CFO Nicholas Rubino
Brands	Liz Claiborne, Lucky Brand, Juicy Couture, DKNY, Kate Spade, Dana Buchman, Mexx
Trailing-12-Month Return on Capital	(1.5%)
Cash/Debt	$52.9 million / $717.6 million
3-Month Return	112%
Competitors	Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) Gap (NYSE: GPS) Coach (NYSE: COH)
CAPS Members Bearish on LIZ Also Bearish on	Citigroup (NYSE: C)
CAPS Members Bullish on LIZ Also Bullish on	General Electric (NYSE: GE)

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

On CAPS, 28% of the 262 members who have rated Liz Claiborne believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bears include All-Star ksiu1, who is ranked in the top 5% of our community, and Neuteboomc.

Just last week, ksiu1 urged Fools to try something else on for size: "debt, badly managed with aquisitions bought high and sold low, continuing losses from operations. this company is too big and clumsy to navigate itself around this recession."

In a pitch from two weeks earlier, Neuteboomc also argued that the stock was all worn out:

Liz Claiborne Inc. is nothing more than a short-term dying cash cow. The exclusive contract they just signed with [J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP)] and QVC will only bloat your stock numbers for a few days max. Unless there is extensive restructuring of management or some kind of flawless ad campaign coming soon, I see nothing more than a day traders play thing for a few hours.

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