Top Performers Year To Date ending 2009-06-09.

[Roland Rick Perry]

National Stock Review’s, Top 10 Performing Stocks.

Chicago, IL. June 9th, 2009. (Industry Wire). Chicago, IL. June 9th, 2009. (Industry Wire). The National Stock Review today released its list of the Top Performing stocks for the week ending 6/05/2009. During the year-to-date (YTD) period, the Top 10 performing companies gained an average of an 978% vs. 24% for the NASDAQ 100.

Top Performers Year To Date (YTD):

#1. Diedrich Coffee (DDRX) $17.87 up 4,863%.
#2. Universal Travel (UTA) $9.95 up 1,030%.
#3. Dollar Thrift Auto (DTG) $9.28 up 751%.
#4. Hemispherx (HEB) $2.73 up 658%.
#5. Dendreon (DNDN) $25.74 up 462%.
#6. Virgin Mobile (VM) $4.55 up 441%.
#7. Valassis Communications (VCI) $6.81 up 415%
#8. Caribou Coffee (CBOU) $6.97 up 412%
#9. APAC Customer Service (APAC) $5.74 up 374%
#10. Cott Corp (COT) $6.07 up 374%.

#1. Diedrich Coffee (DDRX) $17.87 up 4,863%. Diedrich Coffee, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale, retail, and roasting of coffee in the United States. It offers whole bean and ground coffee, as well as single serve coffee products through a network of office coffee service distributors, chain and independent restaurants, coffeehouses, other hospitality operators, and specialty retailers. The company sells its products under the Diedrich Coffee, Gloria Jean's, and Coffee People brand names. In addition, it offers brewed, espresso-based, and various blended beverages, as well as light food items, whole bean coffee, and accessories. As of June 25, 2008, Diedrich owned and operated 123 retail coffee outlets located in 28 states. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Irvine, California.

#2. Universal Travel (UTA) $9.95 up 1,030%. Universal Travel Group engages in domestic and international airline ticketing services, and cargo transportation agency services primarily in the People's Republic of China. It also provides hotel reservations, tour planning and tour guiding, ground transportation, railway and express delivery, technological solutions to travel reservations, and air delivery services through online and customer representative services, as well as owns an aviation network that provides air ticket sales network. The company is based in Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China.

#3. Dollar Thrift Auto (DTG) $9.28 up 751%. Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, rents and leases vehicles through company owned and franchised stores under Dollar and the Thrifty brand names primarily in the United States and Canada. It also operates a franchised retail used car sales network. The company provides a range of products and services, including vehicle leasing for use in the daily vehicle rental business. Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group also offers a range of products and services, including reservations; marketing programs and assistance; branded supplies; image and standards; training; and rental rate management analysis and customer satisfaction programs to its franchisees. It provides its services to leisure customers, including foreign tourists, as well as small, government, and independent business travelers. As of December 31, 2008, the company had 741 locations in the United States and Canada, of which 400 were company-owned stores and 341 were franchised stores. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

#4. Hemispherx (HEB) $2.73 up 658%. Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the clinical development, manufacture, marketing, and distribution of new drug therapies for the treatment of viral and immune based chronic disorders. The company’s products include Alferon N Injection for the treatment of genital warts; and Ampligen, an experimental drug that is in human clinical development for the treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, HIV, renal cell carcinoma, and malignant melanoma. Its products also comprise Alferon LDO, a low-dose, oral liquid formulation of natural alpha interferon for influenza and viral diseases, which is in the early stage of development; and Oragens for the treatment of viral diseases and disorders of the immune system. Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

#5. Dendreon (DNDN) $25.74 up 462%. Dendreon Corporation, a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutics to enhance cancer treatment options for patients. The company’s product portfolio includes active cellular immunotherapy, monoclonal antibody, and small molecule product candidates to treat various cancers. Its product candidates comprise Provenge (sipuleucel-T), an active cellular immunotherapy that has completed two Phase III trials for the treatment of asymptomatic, metastatic, and androgen-independent prostate cancer; and Neuvenge (lapuleucel-T), an investigational active immunotherapy for the treatment of patients with breast, ovarian, and other solid tumors expressing HER2/neu. The company also has a range of products in preclinical studies, which include CEA for the treatment of breast, lung, and colon cancer; CA-9 (MN) for the treatment of kidney, colon, and cervical cancer; Anti-Serine Protease for the treatment of multiple cancers; and Anti-HLA-DR for the treatment of hematologic malignancies, as well as TRPM8 for the treatment of lung, breast, prostate, and colon cancer. Dendreon Corporation, formerly known as Activated Cell Therapy, Inc., was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

#6. Virgin Mobile (VM) $4.55 up 441%. Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., a wireless communications services provider, offers prepaid and postpaid services for the youth market primarily in the Untied States. The company offers various products and services comprising voice services; calling features, such as voicemail and caller identification; and directory assistance and international calling services. It also develops content and offers customized content, graphics, messaging, music, and other services, including short message services, picture messaging, instant messaging, email, ring tones, text tones, alerts, artist profiles, communities, and Web browsing and search, as well as downloadable games, customized wallpaper, screensavers, and pictures. In addition, the company offers handsets purchased from third party manufacturers. Further, it provides Virgin Mobile Sugar Mama, a service enhancement and mobile media platform that allows customers to earn up to 75 minutes in airtime per month by viewing advertisements from several business partners. The company sells its products through direct distribution channels consisting of its Web site and customer care center, as well as through third-party retail distribution channels. The company is headquartered in Warren, New Jersey.

#7. Valassis Communications (VCI) $6.81 up 415%. Valassis Communications, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide various media and marketing services in the United States and internationally. It operates in four segments: Shared Mail, Neighborhood Targeted, Free-standing Inserts, and International, Digital Media, and Services. The Shared Mail segment combines the individual print advertisements of various clients into single shared mail package delivered primarily through the U.S. postal service (USPS). It also offers solo mail and other products and services, which include list procurement, addressing, processing, and the distribution of brochures and circulars for individual clients through the USPS. The Neighborhood Targeted segment provides customers with print and media placement of free-standing solo insert formats, as well as specialty print promotion products in various customized formats. It also offers newspaper-delivered or direct-to-door sampling products; door hangers; newspaper polybag advertising; and provides brokering of advertising printed directly on pages of newspapers. The Free-standing Inserts segment offers promotional booklets containing the coupons of multiple advertisers that are distributed to approximately 60 million households through newspapers and shared mail.

#8. Caribou Coffee (CBOU) $6.97 up 412%. Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. operates gourmet coffeehouses. It offers gourmet coffee and espresso-based beverages, as well as specialty teas, baked goods, whole bean coffee, branded merchandise, and related products. As of December 28, 2008, the company had 511 coffeehouses, including 97 franchised coffeehouses located in Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Wisconsin, Virginia, Colorado, Maryland, Iowa, Washington, D.C., North Dakota, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Kansas, South Dakota, Missouri, Indiana, Nevada, and international markets. It also sells gourmet whole bean and ground coffee to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, office coffee providers, airlines, hotels, sports and entertainment venues, college campuses, and online customers. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. is a subsidiary of Caribou Holding Company Limited.

#9. APAC Customer Service (APAC) $5.74 up 374%. APAC Customer Services, Inc. provides customer care services and solutions. The company offers its services and solutions through multiple communication channels, including telephone, Internet, email, fax, mail correspondence, and automated response generated through technology. It provides customer service support for various medical plans, including pharmacy, medical, dental, vision, and Medicare Part D to plan members and healthcare plan providers; delivery scheduling, delivery issue resolution, strategic account management, international services, business to business contact management and sales, account set-up and maintenance, billing research and resolution, and claims processing; and targeted inbound customer acquisition, product sales, ongoing account maintenance, billing issue resolution, troubleshooting product issues, warranty and exchange processes, product set-up services, pre-paid account inquiries, and customer retention activities for communications industry. As of December 30, 2008, it operated nine customer care centers in the United States and four off-shore customer care centers in the Philippines. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Bannockburn, Illinois.

#10. Cott Corp (COT) $6.07 up 374%. Cott Corporation, a non-alcoholic beverage company, engages in the production, packaging, and distribution of retailer brand and branded bottled and canned soft drinks. The company offers carbonated soft drinks (CSDs), flavored waters, juice-based products, bottled water, energy drinks, and ready-to-drink teas to grocery, mass-merchandise, and wholesale chains in North America, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and internationally. Cott Corporation provides CSDs under Cott, Stars & Stripes, Vess, Vintage, Mr. Fizz, Top Pop, City Club, Jarritos, Del Huerto, American Stars, Ben Shaws and Carters, D&G, and Suncharm brand names; waters under Clear Choice, So Clear, and Stars & Stripes Fruit Mist brand names; energy drinks under Red Rain, Red Rooster, Throwdown, and Aftershock brands; juice drinks under Juiceful and One brand names; and teas under Orient Emporium Tea Co. and Xingtea brands. The company was founded in 1955 and is based in Mississauga, Canada.