Zacks.com releases details on a group of stocks that are currently members of the exclusive Zacks #5 Rank List – Stocks to Sell Now. These stocks are currently rated as a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell): Jamba Inc. (NASDAQ: JMBA) and Vail Resorts Inc. (NYSE: MTN). Further, Zacks announced #4 Rankings (Sell) on two other widely held stocks: Cadbury Plc (NYSE: CBY) and Internap Network Services Corp. (NASDAQ: INAP). To see the full Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now visit: http://at.zacks.com/?id=92.

Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List — Stocks to Sell Now by 81% annually (+2% versus +11%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid.

Here is a synopsis of why JMBA and MTN have a Zacks Rank of #5 (Strong Sell) and should most likely be sold or avoided for the next one to three months. Note that a #5 Strong Sell rating is applied to 5% of all the stocks in the Zacks Rank universe:

Jamba Inc. (NASDAQ: JMBA) faces strong headwinds from a cash-strapped economy and rising food costs. The company swung to a net loss of $89.2 million, or $1.69 per share in the second quarter. California, one of the hardest hit housing markets, is home to 74% of Jamba’s comp base. Currently, the smoothie seller has a cash flow shortage severe enough to pose the risk of bankruptcy. Analysts have widened their full-year loss forecasts for Jamba by 27 cents to $1.71 per share in the past week alone.

Vail Resorts Inc. (NYSE: MTN) recently scaled back its annual profit expectations on gloomy indications for the next ski season. The company now sees net income of $60 million to $76 million in fiscal 2009. Consensus estimates for the current financial year were accordingly slashed by 51 cents to $1.82 per share. Vail also posted a wider-than-expected fourth-quarter loss as a residual from the battered economy. The company’s business conditions are not likely to improve under the current economic turmoil.

Here is a synopsis of why CBY and INAP have a Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell) and should also most likely be sold or avoided for the next one to three months. Note that a #4 Sell rating is applied to 15% of all the stocks ranked by Zacks;

Cadbury Plc (NYSE: CBY) earns about 25% of its revenue from UK and Ireland, but growing economic uncertainty in the two countries may hurt the company in the back half of the year. Consensus estimates for 2008 have been trimmed by 7 cents to $2.27 per share in the last month. With the chances of being acquired by Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) now looking bleak due to the financial crisis in the US, analysts see few catalysts for the stock in the near term.

Internap Network Services Corp. (NASDAQ: INAP) is experiencing softness in its content delivery network business. Much of the weakness has been caused by the economic turmoil, and forced the data centers manager to trim its 2008 guidance twice. Internap now expects revenue to grow by 9% to 13% in the year, down from its prior forecast of 13% to 18% revenue growth. The Street now estimates a loss of 6 cents per share in 2008, compared with an earlier view of a profit of 16 cents.

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