Jamba, Inc. (NASDAQ:JMBA)

Expanding with little risks, will try to capitalize on the health food "craze" which should improve as the economy improves

Much of their juice ingredients come from primarily tropical sources, which will get very expensive as gas prices rise.

Also, health food people will tell you these cats are not actually "healthy juice" but, rather, dairy-free milkshake equivalents, over-pumped with turbinado sugar and strange, unnatural additives from various processed food sources. Ergo, when the marketplace learns better, the company will be no better than an ice cream stand.

Market cap does not reflect earnings leverage from growth. If this company can grow, earnings will grow much faster than revenue. Jamba is in the 2nd inning, imagine 20 years from now what this brand can becom as it's demographic spectrum becomes wider. Little downside, big upside.

I think that this company is beginning to move in the right direction. For the first time in over 3 years, this company has had back to back profitable quarters (each being .05eps) and this year has been one of their best in quite some time. I think that with the direction this company is going, they have the room to grow and potential to become the next starbuck's like company.

This is risky, but it could have some sweet rewards. Jamba is a nice company. They're community friendly, and have good quality. Equally good quality as Evolution Fresh, Starbucks' new smoothie company. What this means is that Jamba has the advantage of an established company. Starbucks is just starting. The beauty of this is that if Jamba is able to handle this right, they could successfully keep Evolution Fresh below them, and that's where the cash comes in...

With international expansion, tasty smoothies that are able to command high prices, and an earnings release due in a few days, I expect Jamba to beat and this stock to outperform. If it doesn't beat, I still think over the next few years it will rise pretty significantly as the business reaps the benefits of its tastiness and aggressive strategy.

I've been a fan of Jamba Juice, Inc. (JMBA) for years and occasionally stop in for a Strawberry Whirl fruit smoothie. Yet I deferred any serious investigation of JMBA as a potential investment because I figured that the recession would result in consumers forgoing (or at least significantly reducing) their consumption of JMBA's products. Well, JMBA's share price did get squeezed during the recession, but in my mind, that just means that JMBA is now a sweet deal for savvy investors.

I'm a huge fan of Peter Lynch and his seminal book, 'One Up on Wall Street' because in it, he advocates investing in companies whose products you understand and use. Well, JMBA has established itself as the market leader for smoothies, and given that ours is an increasingly health-conscious society, I think JMBA is poised for growth in coming years. JMBA opened a location at my alma mater fairly recently, and I know it has a presence on other college campuses as well. I like that it carries no debt -- 0.00 debt to equity and long-term debt to equity ratios -- and like the fact that it posted positive EPS for the first time in seven (7) quarters.

JMBA is also expanding overseas -- so far it is only in two (2) countries -- and has focused on increasing its number of franchised locations, so I think this might end up paying off in the long run. Finally, JMBA's share price is trading at basically a two-year low, and I think its growth prospects are starting to improve; though I may be a bit early, I'm ready to give JMBA a whirl.

Good products, healthy, always customers in line, happy employees

I love the smoothies so much it's probably clouding my judgement on the company. I just can't see a world where JMBA continues to lose money and ends up not existing anymore. The stock currently (and justifiably) trades at a discount to yearly revenue. It looks like the U.S. keeps moving in the healthy direction, and JMBA has successfully branded themselves as a healthy option. I think JMBA is heading in the right direction and has the potential to soar from these levels if the business can ever get to a decent operating margin (I believe it will).

Bought in RL for 2.39. I'm thinking that the turnaround is very much real and already underway. It should do well during summer. I'm expecting atleast a 50% return before I consider selling and am betting that it'll come within a year of writing this.

I like what management is doing to turn around the company and diversifying away from stores into products.

No debt and new management. I am excited about this stock. Going to buy Monday and then more next dip.

I think the upside is greater than the risk.

Summer time = more sales. Q2 and Q3 should be ok.. Six month play selling into Q3 earnings.. Then run and hide till next year and make same play

GREAT COMPANY WITH PLANS TO TAP OTHER MARKETS. GOES TO ATLEAST $5.00.

Plenty of potential through; franchising, international growth, licensing partnerships. They need to sort out the domestic front first though and move to a more franchise based model, which they are in the process of doing.

Superior leadership; new hot/cold food and coffee product lines will indefinitely steal market share from Starbucks. 50-70 new stores in 2011

Franchising will save this stock over time.

Edging towards profitability despite falling sales - finally a strong management team. And once they do turn a profit it'll be a long time before they pay taxes on it.