Has been badly beaten up. In 2014, revenues were about $11 million, and are now looking at about $100 million. BV is around $.85, so it is still trading at around 3X BV. The important thing is that insiders have been selling like crazy. When this happens, that is not a good sign. Not a contrarian stock to his way of thinking.
When it appeared they might have come to an agreement with the Greek government a couple of months ago, he felt it was the 3rd inning. However, they’ve taken a step back. It’s an ongoing saga. They’ve put about $1 million into the mine and have employed a lot of workers. It’s on his Watch List, but he’s not willing to dive into it.
Has a new CEO, and all of a sudden people are selling like crazy. The new CEO bought about $1 million worth of shares, which is a good sign. They are looking to sell off a lot of assets. Has a big debt load, so it would be good to pay it down. There are going to be huge changes over the next few years. A great company with some great components, but there are going to be some major write-downs coming, and that always discourages investors. The dividend just got slashed in half.
Revenues last year were $93 million. Last quarter, they were $85 million. Made about $22 million, and the stock price, which he thought would really jump, came down. One of the reasons could be that a bulletin board “Stock House” had said he had “pumped and dumped” this stock, which is something he never does. Dividend yield of 2.3%. (Analysts’ price target is $2.75.)
This is having a lot of trouble. Their space got hit, and a lot of companies have gone under. They do a lot of financing, and also have a good piece of Richardson Securities, which is doing very well in wealth management. The most recent quarterly earnings were down about 21%. They lost about $2.8 million. The commodity fields, which is their cache, has not been doing well, but has been coming back. Just did a crypto currency deal. He’d love to see them do some marijuana plays. This could move up quite a distance from where its at.