Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, luxury handbag maker Coach
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Coach's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Coach facts
| Headquarters (founded) | New York (1941) |
| Market Cap | $16.6 billion |
| Industry | Apparel, accessories and luxury goods |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $4.6 billion |
| Management | Chairman/CEO Lew Frankfort President/COO Jerry Stritzke |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 49.3% |
| Cash/Debt | $929.7 million / $23.5 million |
| Dividend Yield | 2% |
| Competitors |
Ralph Lauren
Talbots Tiffany |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 93% of the 2,519 members who have rated Coach believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, JohnCLeven, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
People will always want to display high social status. Coach is not a trend, it is a well crafted, long lasting brand that represents wealth and social status. ... It has sustained epic [return on invested capita] for the past decade and longer. It is a cash cow and a consistently high grower w/ very low capital intensity. ... Coach is truly an all-star company selling at a great price.
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