Based on the aggregated intelligence of 135,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, doughnut specialist Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
With that in mind -- and to mark National Doughnut Day -- let's take a closer look at Krispy Kreme's business, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Krispy Kreme facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Winston-Salem, N.C. (1937) |
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Market Cap |
$264 million |
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Industry |
Restaurants |
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TTM Revenue |
$373.7 million |
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Management |
CEO James Morgan (since 2008) |
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Return on Equity (average, last three years) |
(50.3%) |
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3-Month Return |
240% |
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Competitors |
Starbucks |
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CAPS members bearish on KKD also bearish on |
Ford Motor |
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CAPS members bullish on KKD also bullish on |
Apple |
Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.
Over on CAPS, 378 of the 714 members who have rated Krispy Kreme -- some 53% -- believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bears include All-Stars JakilaTheHun and Jognils, both of whom are ranked in the top 5% of our community.
Last month, JakilaTheHun listed four reasons why investors would get Kremed:
(1) Their high debt in a deleveraging period
(2) Negative earnings; miniscule cash flows
(3) Rapidly declining revenues
(4) National trend toward eating healthier
In a pitch from late April, Jognils poked an even bigger doughnut hole in the bull case:
Why the enthusiasm all of a sudden? [Krispy Kreme] doesn't have the earnings to back up its price even at $3.26. Negative profit margins, below industry par in almost every area (efficiency, profitability, growth, etc.)
Seriously, take a look at their growth rate graphs and tell me why in the world I would want to own this stock except as a speculative short term bet. Would you want to own a company that has a -10.4% average revenue growth rate over the past 5 years...?
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