Company name The Gymboree Corporation
Stock ticker GYMB
Live stock price [stckqut]GYMB[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=gymb

The Gymboree Corporation is children’s apparel specialty retailers in North America, offering collections of apparel and accessories. During the fiscal year ended January 28, 2012 (2012), the Company operated a total of 1,149 retail stores and online stores at www.gymboree.com, www.janieandjack.com and www.crazy8.com. The Company also offered directed parent-child developmental play programs under the Gymboree Play & Music brand at 703 franchised and Company-operated centers in the United States and 36 other countries. In addition, as of January 28, 2012, third-party overseas partners operated 24 Gymboree retail stores in the Middle East and South Korea, and a joint venture with Gymboree (China) Commercial and Trading Co. Ltd., and Gymboree (Tianjin) Educational Information Consultation Co. Ltd. (collectively, the Joint Venture) operated Gymboree retail store in China.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.

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Company name The Gymboree Corporation
Stock ticker GYMB
Live stock price [stckqut]GYMB[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $40.13
Target stock price (averages with growth) $36.32
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $44.26
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $43.92

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in this stock as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.