Based on the aggregated intelligence of 160,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, furniture retailer Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE: ETH ) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Ethan Allen's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Ethan Allen facts
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Headquarters (Founded)
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Danbury, Conn. (1932)
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Market Cap
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$621.7 million
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Industry
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Home furnishings
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue
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$558.4 million
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Management
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CEO Farooq Kathwari (since 1988)
CFO David Callen (since 2007)
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Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity
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(25%)
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Year-to-Date Return
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61%
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Cash/Debt
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$76.1 million / $203.2 million
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Competitors
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Furniture Brands International (NYSE: FBN )
La-Z-Boy (NYSE: LZB )
Haverty Furniture (NYSE: HVT )
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Well-Rated Retail Alternatives
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Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT )
Costco (Nasdaq: COST )
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO )
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Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 58% of the 123 members who have rated Ethan Allen believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bears include All-Stars 00100 and tenmiles, both of whom are ranked in the top 6% of our community.
Early this month, 00100 brought Ethan Allen's frightening fundamentals to our community's attention:
Terrible cash flow. Nominal debt. Negative margins. Optimistic expectations. Largely empty parking lots.
In a pitch on the same day, tenmiles shared that bearish sentiment:
Company appears to benefiting from a modestly improving consumer trends, but I still believe its debt profile, while not in danger of a collapse, is clearly not strong. I'm not completely sold they have made the market transition to "modern chic" from stuffy old rich man's furniture. ... [T]echnicals alone suggest this one is a couple points ahead of itself near term.
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