1-Star Stocks Poised to Plunge: Carbonite?
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, online backup solutions specialist Carbonite (NAS: CARB) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Carbonite's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Carbonitefacts
Headquarters (founded) | Boston (2005) |
Market Cap | $233.8 million |
Industry | Internet software and services |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $66.2 million |
Management | Co-Founder/Chairman/CEO David Friend |
Trailing-12-Month Return on Capital | (384.4%) |
Cash/Debt | $68.1 million / $0 |
Competitors | Acronis |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 47% of the 36 members who have rated Carbonite believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
A couple of weeks ago, one of those Fools, All-Star BlacknGold, touched on Carbonite's seemingly unsustainable valuation:
With a fair book value of $0.78 this company is greatly overvalued. The red ink continues to get darker each quarter and shareholders' equity stands at only $20 million as of 1Q12. Furthermore, their product is easily replicated (no moat or competitive advantage). Should be an easy red-thumb target.
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