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Company name Citigroup Inc.
Stock ticker C
Live stock price [stckqut]C[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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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As reported by Investopedia:

After releasing expectation-busting quarterly earnings and boosting its outlook for 2010, shares of DVD rental company Netflix (Nasdaq:NFLX) soared more than 20% in after-hours trading on Wednesday.

The strong “thumbs-up” from investors was in response to a 36% jump in fourth-quarter net income to 56 cents per share, up from 38 cents a year earlier. The result also handily sailed past the Street’s expectations of 49 cents for the quarter.

Underlying the company’s strong profit growth has been its surprisingly strong subscriber growth. Netflix’s subscriber tally at the end of the quarter came to 12.3 million, up 31% from its year-end total in 2008, and up 10% in the last quarter alone.

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Company name Diedrich Coffee, Inc.
Stock ticker DDRX
Live stock price [stckqut]DDRX[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
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Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Poor
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Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $79.43
Target stock price (averages with growth) $18186.13
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $79.43
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $74.7

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.

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Company name H.J. Heinz Company
Stock ticker HNZ
Live stock price [stckqut]HNZ[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
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Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Fair
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Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $34.34
Target stock price (averages with growth) $39.15
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $36.24
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $28.63

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.

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According to Blogging Stocks, Tim Moran is predicting that Apple (AAPL) will soon be offering its ground-breaking iPhone on all carriers. His prediction is for 2010.

I can’t find another source of this prediction but if it does happen, it will be a major blow to every other handset vendor. The iPhone still has a significant advantage over the other phones. The biggest drawback for the phone is the network that ATT uses has created a great deal of consternation.

Yes, it could get way, way better. Tim Moran with Oppenheimer & Co. believes that the iPhone will reach all major U.S. wireless carriers in 2010. It’s as if Apple hasn’t sold enough iPhones already. That number could be punched up in a huge way if Moran is correct.

It makes sense — Apple has accomplished handset sales in the U.S. with one product (several updated versions, of course) and one carrier, completely changing the landscape of what most consumers think a cutting-edge wireless phone is. If Apple were to unleash an iPhone for all the other carriers besides AT&T (T), it could add to its $40 billion cash hoard significantly.

UPDATE: BusinessWeek is also reporting this story.