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Veronika Hirsch
Sherritt International Corp.
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DON'T BUY
Sep 27, 2013
$3.740
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This is a zero, although not priced there yet. That is where it is going. It has been a lousy company for a long time. Madagascar will prove to be their undoing. They defaulted on their debt in February. Their debt is currently worth 54 cents on the dollar so the stock is worth zero.
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It is certainly not beyond possibility. Bloomberg default ratio is 7.36%, which is very high for that indicator. Cash flow was negative in the last quarter, yet 12-month interest expenses were $36.1M net. With its small size and Cuban and other issues, we are not sure it could raise a lot of money with a dilutive equity issue. Most debt matures in 2026. Certainly any investment here needs to be considered extremely risky.
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Thinks Teck Resources (TCK.B-T) assets are way more attractive. Has a new mine in Madagascar that is coming into production, and even that is causing issues because Madagascar is one of those poor countries with very few successful assets and operations. She worries that there will be attacks on it one way or another.