Whoa! These 3 Stocks Didn’t Deserve Their Gains: Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (SVA), Joe’s Jeans Inc (JOEZ), Bazaarvoice Inc (BV)

Still, shares have more than doubled from their 52-week low and it trades 25% higher than it did just a week ago. But I’ve never been enamored of the company despite it being a Hollywood Walk of Fame favorite. I think there’s still more risk now that it’s transitioned to a retail shop as opposed to being just a pure licensor of its brand. While sales were 32% higher and same-store sales were up 6% in the fourth quarter, tastes change and fashion is fickle. Having the added costs of a bricks-and-mortar operation may make it difficult to compete if its jeans fall out of favor.

That True Religion Apparel, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRLG) is pursuing strategic alternatives suggests to me the high-price demin concept is played out. Fifth & Pacific Companies Inc (NYSE:FNP), the owner of Lucky Brand jeans, Juicy Couture, and Kate Spade saw sales fall 1% in 2012, but it was really only due to the growth of Kate Spade — up 27% — that the retailer was carried higher. Lucky Brand was up just 3% and Juicy Couture was down 2%.

Without a real reason for a spike, then, Joe’s Jeans Inc (NASDAQ:JOEZ)’s is more likely than not to make a return trip down.

No justice, no peace
Maybe it was the filing of its quarterly report that caused investors to flock to Bazaarvoice Inc (NASDAQ:BV), a social media analytics business that helps companies monitor online word-of-mouth commentary. The 10-Q confirmed what it reported last month: that revenue rose 52% from last year while losses widened. Considering that it’s still undergoing an antitrust investigation by the Justice Dept. over its acquisition of PowerReviews last year — an investigation that came about two months after its CEO abruptly resigned — there’s little really to get excited about here.

The stock went public a little over a year ago but trades at less than half of what its IPO was priced at and is down 65% from its 52-week high. Until the dust cloud hanging over the analytics shop settles a little more, it’s probably best staying on the sidelines with this one.

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Fool contributor Rich Duprey has no position in any stocks mentioned, and neither does The Motley Fool.

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