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ARTX Added to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) List today:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/strong-buy-stocks-november-11th-143002905.html
Zacks Upgrades Arotech to “Buy” (ARTX)
http://www.dakotafinancialnews.com/zacks-upgrades-arotech-to-buy-artx/640167/
Even though 3rd quarter wasnt a huge bounce it was much better than the 2nd quarter and seems ARTX is heading in the right direction..
Quote from the CC... "The timing of revenues associated with some of quarter delays remain difficult to predict but some type of programs and awards that we hope to receive this year will now be slipped into 2016. However based on our current backlog and near term production plans, we already have enough in hand to be able to predict a substantial step up in our sales during the fourth quarter and that should provide us momentum as we head into 2016."
Strong Close today ahead of earnings. Closed at 1.82
ARTX has backed down a little but liking the large bids.. currently 20k bid at 1.69
ARTX closed above the cloud at the 100 day...break 1.82 with conviction..could see 200 day by earnings
took some off the table in 1.80's
excellent me to.
don't like it
Very long swing trade for me.
like 2 to 5 years.
don't like the weekly
Another one to put on your radar TITXF
Great call Thank you
EPHRAIM FIELDS must think the company is back on track, they sure have been busy buying since last quarter..
Transaction Shares Price Per
Date Purchased Share ($)
8/29/2015 9,200 2.5 (1)
8/26/2015 54,600 1.37
8/21/2015 3,500 1.47
8/2/2015 4,500 1.47
8/19/2015 8,589 1.55
8/18/2015 16,100 1.56
8/17/2015 8,000 1.54
8/11/2015 17,372 1.62
7/7/2015 18,000 2.21
6/5/2015 10,800 2.56
5/27/2015 29,546 2.47
5/26/2015 15,600 2.51
5/19/2015 1,000 2.45
5/15/2015 13,000 2.60
5/14/2015 960 2.54
5/5/2015 100 2.71
4/28/2015 4,200 2.81
4/24/2015 9,800 2.83
4/22/2015 200 2.87
4/10/2015 400 3.05
3/25/2015 2,027 3.23
3/24/2015 100 3.31
3/23/2015 11 3.30
Transaction Shares Price
Date Purchased Per Share
9/1/2015 73,973 $ 1.49
9/8/2015 2,600 $ 1.36
9/9/2015 10,500 $ 1.35
9/10/2015 32,613 $ 1.35
9/17/2015 18,900 $ 1.50
9/18/2015 10,000 $ 1.48
9/21/2015 600 $ 1.53
9/23/2015 2,820 $ 1.47
9/25/2015 14,800 $ 1.44
10/1/2015 25,000 $ 1.31
9/28/2015 200 $ 1.38
10/15/2015 9,200 $ 1.35
10/20/2015 7,785 $ 1.42
10/26/2015 3,900 $ 1.39
10/28/2015 25,090 $ 1.40
10/29/2015 131 $ 1.41
10/30/2015 8,300 $ 1.44
11/2/2015 4,200 $ 1.55
Company doesnt have much of a following.. I like this one and has a great institutional ownership.
we are the only 2 on it from ihub...love it
big gap above to fill
Yup, Now $1.80
WOW ARTX taking off
ARTX gonna be nice
Still a lot of upside potential IF 3rd quarter is on target with good guidance. Should push it well over $2 if not $3..
working out well..gonna hold over night
More insider buying.......
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=69142880&symbol=ARTX
Arotech to Report Third Quarter 2015 Results Release on Monday, November 9, 2015
Conference Call Scheduled for Monday, November 9, 2015 at 4:30pm Eastern Time
PR Newswire Arotech Corporation
58 minutes ago
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Arotech Corporation (ARTX) a provider of quality defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and homeland security markets, announced that it will release results for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, on Monday, November 9, 2015 after the market close.
Steven Esses, President and Chief Executive Officer and Tom Paup, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call on Monday, November 9, 2015 at 4:30pm Eastern Time, to review the company's financial results and business outlook.
To participate, please call one of the following telephone numbers. Please dial in at least 10 minutes before the start of the call:
US: 1-888-455-2260
International: + 1-719-325-2144
The conference call will also be broadcasted live as a listen-only webcast on the investor relations section of Arotech's website at http://www.arotech.com/.
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The online webcast will be archived on the Arotech's website for at least 90 days and a telephonic playback of the conference call will also be available by calling 1-877-870-5176 within the U.S. and 1-858-384-5517 internationally. The telephonic playback will be available beginning at 7:30pm Eastern time on Monday, November 9, 2015, and continue through 11:59 pm Eastern time on Monday, November 16, 2015. The replay passcode is 6901429.
About Arotech Corporation
Arotech Corporation is a leading provider of quality defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and homeland security markets, including multimedia interactive simulators/trainers and advanced zinc-air and lithium batteries and chargers. Arotech operates two major business divisions: Training and Simulation, and Power Systems.
Arotech is incorporated in Delaware, with corporate offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and research, development and production subsidiaries in Michigan, South Carolina, and Israel. For more information on Arotech, please visit Arotech's website at www.arotech.com.
Investor Relations Contacts:
Brett Maas / Rob Fink
Hayden IR
(646) 536.7331 / (646) 415.8972
ARTX@haydenir.com
Arotech Announces $8.1 Million in Air Warfare Simulation Contracts and Awards
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/arotech-announces-8-1-million-110000970.html
All one has to do is look back at the filings for the last year and a half to see how ole Robert has been selling stock. It has been relentless. This isn't the first article that looks into the bloated management compensation packages. They seem to only care about one thing....their own personal accounts. I used to like this company and believed they would be an important player in this sector, but Robert has killed any trust I may have had. I'm sure that sentiment is becoming the norm among investors. The current pps speaks for itself.
Ephraim Fields Calls on Bob Ehrlich of Arotech Corp. to Immediately Repay Company Loan
Accesswire
3 hours ago
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- Calls for immediate repayment of $0.5 million, low-interest loan from the Company.
- Mr. Ehrlich has received approximately $15 million of additional compensation from ARTX since receiving the loan 15 years ago.
- The $15 million of compensation equates to 40% of ARTX’s current market capitalization.
- Significant shareholder value has been destroyed under Mr. Ehrlich’s leadership.
- Questions Board’s decision to grant loan and subsequent compensation.
- Cautions Board not to take actions that are not in the best interests of all shareholders.
- Believes value of underlying assets vastly exceeds Company’s current stock price.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / September 1, 2015 / Earlier today Ephraim Fields of Echo Lake Capital issued a letter to Bob Ehrlich, Executive Chairman of the Board of Arotech Corp. ("ARTX" or the "Company") (Nasdaq GM: ARTX) In the letter Mr. Fields called on Mr. Ehrlich to immediately repay a $0.5 million loan that the Company provided him over 15 years ago. Mr. Fields believes this highly unusual loan (which is non- recourse, has a 25 year life and bears interest at Fed Funds + 1%) never was and continues to be not in the best interests of all ARTX shareholders.
Mr. Fields noted that since being given this loan, Mr. Ehrlich has also received approximately $15 million of compensation, which Mr. Fields believes is excessive considering ARTX's size and the significant destruction of shareholder value that has occurred under Mr. Ehrlich’s leadership.
Mr. Fields also questioned ARTX's Board of Directors' decision to grant the loan as well as to provide Mr. Ehrlich additional compensation despite the Company's abysmal performance.
Mr. Fields believes ARTX has a bloated and inefficient overhead structure, but that the value of the Company's underlying assets vastly exceeds its current stock price.
Mr. Fields concluded: "As experienced investors we've seen many instances of what we believe to be poor performance, insufficient Board oversight and excessive personal greed....but very few that rival this one."
CONTACT:
Ephraim Fields
ef@echolakecapital.com
A full copy of the letter can be found below:
September 1, 2015
To: Robert S. Ehrlich - Arotech Corp.
Cc: Jay M. Eastman - Lucid, Inc.
Michael E. Marrus - Emerging Growth Equities, LTD.
Seymour Jones - New York University
Richard I. Rudy - Advanced Energy Capital, LLC
Steven Esses - Arotech Corp.
Kenneth W. Cappell - Yeshiva University
Dear Bob:
As you are likely aware from our numerous conversations, we believe we are the single largest shareholder of Arotech Corp. ("ARTX" or the "Company").
On February 9, 2000 ARTX's Board of Directors (the "Board") gave you a 25 year non-recourse loan bearing annual interest at 1% over the then-current federal funds rate. We find it difficult to believe that any credible Board of Directors would believe that such an outrageous loan was in the best interests of shareholders; however, this is just one of many questionable actions the Board has undertaken and, if necessary, we will highlight other such examples.
The aggregate amount outstanding under this loan is $0.5 million and we feel that after benefitting from this low-interest loan for over fifteen years, you should repay it immediately for two primary reasons:
1) Since you were given the loan, you've received what we consider to be a disgraceful amount of additional compensation (approximately $15 million), so clearly you should have the financial resources necessary to repay the loan.
2) Under your leadership, ARTX's financial position has weakened and significant shareholder value has been destroyed. As a result, ARTX would greatly benefit from getting repaid and could easily use the cash in a value enhancing manner.
Regarding your compensation, from 2000 until 2014 you have received approximately $15 million of compensation from the Company, an amount which equates to a shocking 40% of ARTX's current market capitalization. We believe your compensation is unjustifiable and wildly excessive considering the Company's size and its atrocious performance under your leadership. We can't believe any credible Board would continue rewarding you with such generous compensation considering your poor performance, but we will publicly address this matter at a later time. For now we simply state that considering your historically large and generous compensation it is appropriate that you immediately repay the loan.
We also feel it is imperative that you repay the loan because of ARTX's weakened financial situation and the tremendous destruction of shareholder value that has occurred under your leadership. ARTX has approximately $13 million of net debt and recently may have needed to modify its debt covenants. Therefore, we hope you appreciate how helpful it would be for the Company (and its shareholders) if ARTX had additional cash to deploy in a value enhancing manner. Clearly it does not benefit shareholders to be lending you money, especially at a rate that is lower than the rate the Company pays on its own debt. In the future we will have more to say publicly about the destruction of shareholder value that has occurred under your leadership, but for now we will just present the below table which illustrates the stock's extended and material underperformance(1).
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You have overseen the destruction of massive amounts of shareholder value at ARTX while personally enriching yourself at the expense of other shareholders. We think it's about time you did at least one good thing for all ARTX shareholders and repaid this ridiculous and needless loan. You've benefited from this low-interest loan for over fifteen years, even though we believe the loan never was and continues to be not in the best interests of all shareholders.
As experienced investors we've seen many instances of what we believe to be poor performance, insufficient Board oversight and excessive personal greed....but very few that rival this one.
We believe ARTX has several problems that can be easily fixed, including a bloated and inefficient overhead structure; however, the value of the Company's underlying assets vastly exceeds its current stock price and we intend to make sure that long-term value is created for all shareholders.
Finally, we caution you and rest of ARTX's Board to refrain from taking any actions that are not clearly in the best interests of all shareholders.
Sincerely,
Ephraim Fields
Echo Lake Capital
1) All pricing data as per Bloomberg and as of August 29, 2015.
SOURCE: Echo Lake Capital
52k bid at $1.50...
Anyone else buying here at $1.50? Could bounce right back up if next quarter is back on target..
The only company I've seen hire one of these investor relations firms was ltrx, and it doesn't do a darn thing for anyone...just a waste of money. Investors notice if there is something to notice...
i think we have a huge Support on 2.24$ today :)
good luck ARTX >>
2.02 bottom here. Best volume year. ARTX
Watching this one again today.
$ARTX
$960K remains in the share buy back program, possible increase in defense spending next year. Could be a good 2015 for ARTX.
you can pick up when you see it go down.. ARTX price very cheap :)
Q was better than I was anticipating. They raised their yearly guidance. All in all not bad. Did you see something alarming?
Wow, Robert was smart to dump some more of his shares @ 3.32 and on the same day as news of 9.1 million in orders. Amazing. I used to really like this one. Looks toxic now.
Congratulations ARTX it's a good quarter
Good luck with ARTX .. :)
Arotech Training And Simulation Division Receives $6.3 Million In New Orders
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Arotech Corporation [Nasdaq GM: ARTX] announced that its Training and Simulation Division (ATSD) has received $6.3 million in new orders. These orders were from a number of defense and municipal customers for various simulation products and systems across ATSD's operating units. The awards were highlighted by continued support contracts for FAAC's weapon employment software, university and transit department driving simulators, and an order for MILO Response, a new application of the Company's MILO judgment skills system to train emergency medical technicians.
get ready :)
MORE DILUTION! WHAT A MESS
Arotech Corporation (NasdaqGM: ARTX), a provider of quality defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and homeland security markets, announced today that it intends to offer shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. All of the shares in the offering are to be sold by Arotech . The offering is subject to market conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the final size or terms of the offering.
In connection with the offering, B. Riley & Co., LLC is acting as sole book-running manager.
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ARTECH
http://www.arotech.com/
About the Company
Arotech Corporation provides quality defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and homeland security markets, including advanced zinc-air and lithium batteries and chargers, multimedia interactive simulators/trainers and lightweight vehicle armoring.
Arotech operates three business divisions:
Battery and Power Systems
Simulation, Training and Consulting
Armored Vehicles
The Battery and Power Systems Division includes:
Electric Fuel Corporation – developing and manufacturing zinc-air batteries for military applications, located in Auburn, Alabama, USA;
Epsilor Electronic Industries – developing and manufacturing military rechargeable and non-rechargeable lithium batteries and smart chargers, located in Israel;
The Simulation, Training and Consulting Division includes:IES Interactive Training – developing and manufacturing simulators and training courses for police and law enforcement agencies, located in Denver, Colorado
FAAC Incorporated – developing and manufacturing simulators and trainers for Air Combat Training and truck driving, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Armored Vehicle Division includes:
MDT Armor - producing armored vehicles for homeland security and government agencies, located in Auburn, Alabama, USA;
MDT Protective Industries - developing and manufacturing armored vehicles for military and civilian use in low intensity conflict areas, located in Lod, Israel.
Armour of America - developing and manufacturing aviation armor, marine armor, personal armor, and armoring kits for military vehicles, located in California.
Arotech is incorporated in Delaware, with corporate offices, research, development and production subsidiaries in Alabama, California, Colorado, Michigan and Israel.
Contact
1229 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Tel: 1-800-281-0356
Fax: 734-761-5368
info@arotech.com
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