Why Morgans Hotel Is Poised to Pull Back
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, hotel developer Morgans Hotel Group has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Morgans Hotel and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Morgans Hotel facts
Headquarters (founded) | New York, N.Y. (2005) |
Market Cap | $203.1 million |
Industry | Lodging |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $189.9 million |
Management | CEO Michael Gross CFO Richard Szymanski |
Return on Capital (average, past 3 years) | (1.2%) |
Cash/Debt | $5.9 million/$538.1 million |
Competitors | Boutique Hotels & Resorts International Ian Schrager |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 40% of the 117 members who have rated Morgans Hotel believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
A couple of months ago, one of those Fools, All-Star NovaTodd, succinctly summed up the Morgans Hotel bear case for our community:
Sales per employee is a paltry $41,000, and these guys have not been FCF positive since 2005. Sales and Book Value have both been in decline since 2007, and the company carries $500 million in debt (more than two times TTM Revenue). It's hard to find anything to like with this one.
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