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What: Lumber Liquidators
So what: Three months ago, this discount hardwood retailer and Motley Fool Rule Breakers recommendation stunned investors with the revelation that a botched SAP
Now what: LL bulls will tell you today's sell-off makes Lumber Liquidators a bargain. Don't believe it. Even if the company succeeds in hitting forecasts for the current year, that would make for only 28% year-over-year growth -- no more than a fair price for a stock that now costs 27 times earnings. And growth always slows over time. Long term, analysts don't expect this stock to grow earnings faster than in the high teens. (And did I mention -- free cash flow has run negative for two years straight?)
Long story short, you can't build a solid portfolio with warped wood. And Lumber Liquidators? This stuff is only good for kindling.
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