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GOOD NEWS turned into BAD NEWS again !!!
Amazing !!! Fun Trading at Seeking Alpha probably does not even need to post his bashing article again this time as it seems that there is no more "short opportunity" for him. Thanks to whom cheap-sold the stock today since they created a great entry point again for the existing investors !!!
* Total Revenue: $50.497 million: Is this a bad news?
* - $0.03 per share: Is this a bad news?
* $510/oz cash cost: Is this a bad news?
* Average selling price $806/oz: Is this a bad news?
* 15% interest on BAM financing for future
quarters: Is this a bad news?
* After paying the quarterly interest and $7.2 million
of pre-payment penalty, they still have apprx. $19 million
in cash reserve: Is this a bad news?
* When adding back the non-cash cost of $8.174
million (Depreciation), the true break-even point is
$850/oz: Is this a bad news?
* Total production for Q3 may be less due to the fatality.
But they have apprx. 4,200 oz reserve
in inventory: Is this a bad news?
* Palladium spot price now is hovering over $870
tested at $881: Is this a bad news?
* Foreseeable EPS at - $0.02 to $0.00 for Q3: is this a bad news?
* Predictable EPS at $0.01 to $0.03 for Q4: Is this a bad news?
* Feasibility for PPS surged over to $1.00 when there will be
a positive EPS?: Is this a bad news?
If you believe that all these are bad news, you are investing in the wrong stock. Sell-off cheap and move onto other stocks, so the rest of stockholders can accumulate more for this multi-bagging opportunity !!!
Taking “GOOD NEWS” as good news !!!
PAL has probably been a stock with the highest level of manipulations. It is amazing how this stock was fluctuating in the very abnormal ways for the past 7 months in which all the good news turned into bad news by the efforts of bashers and demoters. Especially with 5 consecutive biased bashing articles for undisclosed personal-profit-takings, posted by a Seeking Alpha’s blogger named “Fun Trading”, had extremely deteriorated the stock value and also jeopardized the momentums of every and each uptrend opportunities that created the huge shorts for himself and other shorters. He and other bashers stirred up investors and traders stressing and spreading rumors on bankruptcy, loan default, reverse split and many other twisted manipulations.
PAL, it seems now, finally reached the safe zone for “normal” trading considering a few factors such as; Yahoo Finance is not posting any more of the articles written by Seeking Alpha blogger; Seeking Alpha is on a law suit that they will be more careful about the contents of their bloggers’ postings regardless of the outcome of the law suit; further Palladium price escalation became inevitable; and PAL stock price had been bottomed out and stabilized.
It is the time for investors and traders who foresee the mid to long term investment gain in PAL, to have the ability to interpret and analyze “the good news” as “the good news”. Everybody remembers what happened after Q1 earning report. Although the result was out with the positive outcomes (Reduced production cost, Improved ore tonnage, Adequate operating cash reserve into year 2015, and etc…), the whole thing was turned into instant “bad news” overshadowed by one piece of company’s week point which was the debt matter with BAM. And on July 7th, when NAP declared the interest reduction, positive cash flow and Q4 forecasting for positive profit, the bashers once again managed to confuse the stockholders and turned it into bad news.
Now, it is up to investors and traders how to treat Q2 earning report tomorrow. I am very confident that we will be seeing the good news with the strong forthcoming projections.
“Good Luck To You All !!!”
Seeking Alpha NO LONGER on Yahoo Finance !!!
Great decision made by Yahoo Finance !!! And very sincere appreciation to all traders who have been very diligently and persistently lobbying and complaining to Yahoo Finance and also SEC. Your hard work for justice is paid off. Most of contributors (or "Bloggers" referred by Seeking Alpha) are NOT certified or accredited analysts and their postings should have never been treated as "NEWS" from the first place. Many of them have been abusing the system and taking advantage of the situation for their own agendas, especially in the case of "Fun Trading" who has been manipulating PAL stock for his own ill-profit-taking as everyone knows now. Getting paid only $10 per every thousand pageviews is not justifying or cannot be a motivating factor for their time consuming works. We all should continuously be in touch with Google for them to make the same decision that Yahoo Finance had made about Seeking Alpha. We deserve the right to the fair trade opportunity. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/abc-news-reports-seeking-alpha-132900914.html
Please stop your "NONSENSE" !!!
...willy... and ...sucks..., STOP bringing in the nonsense into this board and making fun of yourself FOR everybody's sake.
finance.yahoo.com/news/international-stem-cell-corporation-signs-123000809.html
Marketwired
International Stem Cell Corporation
12 hours ago
CARLSBAD, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 8, 2014) - International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCQB: ISCO) (www.internationalstemcell.com, ISCO or the Company), a California-based biotechnology company developing novel stem cell-based therapies, announced today that it has entered into a research agreement with Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ("Rohto"), a global Japanese pharmaceutical company that develops new technology for the medical and cosmetics markets with approximately $1.3 billion in consolidated annual sales. Under this agreement, Rohto will evaluate stem cell-derived human cells owned and provided by ISCO in a number of pre-clinical animal models. If the research is successful and the parties agree on remaining terms, it is anticipated that a definitive license agreement will be signed at the end of the twelve-month period of this research agreement. Certain key terms of such a license agreement, including the target disease areas and intellectual property rights, have been established in the research agreement.
"We are delighted to have such an outstanding company work with us, and we believe that the potential for this agreement is significant," said Dr. Simon Craw, EVP of Business Development at ISCO. "Under the terms of the agreement Rohto will begin working with our cells immediately and if the program is successful we may move to the next stage, signing a definitive license agreement. Such an agreement would significantly enhance our standing in a number of ways. Firstly, having diligently built up our scientific strength and patent portfolio over the last few years, it would both validate our research as well as our ability to generate licensing revenue from our proprietary platform. Secondly, by expanding the use of our technology into new areas beyond that which we can address alone, it would add value to the Company."
Under the agreement ISCO will provide a number of differentiated human cells derived from the Company's collection of pluripotent human stem cells known as UniStemCell™. The Company has a track record of successfully demonstrating that human cells derived from UniStemCell™ are effective in animal models of various diseases and have the potential to be used as a basis for developing human therapies. The Company has adopted this approach successfully with a number of academic collaborators in the past.
About Rohto Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.
Founded in 1899, Rohto Pharmaceutical is the second-largest consumer health company in Japan, and is a world leader in the manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and skincare and healthcare products. Rohto has global operations and its products are available in more than 150 countries.
About International Stem Cell Corporation
International Stem Cell Corporation is focused on the therapeutic applications of human parthenogenetic stem cells (hpSCs) and the development and commercialization of cell-based research and cosmetic products. ISCO's core technology, parthenogenesis, results in the creation of pluripotent human stem cells from unfertilized oocytes (eggs) hence avoiding ethical issues associated with the use or destruction of viable human embryos. ISCO scientists have created the first parthenogenetic, homozygous stem cell line that can be a source of therapeutic cells for hundreds of millions of individuals of differing genders, ages and racial background with minimal immune rejection after transplantation. hpSCs offer the potential to create the first true stem cell bank, UniStemCell™. ISCO also produces and markets specialized cells and growth media for therapeutic research worldwide through its subsidiary Lifeline Cell Technology (www.lifelinecelltech.com), and stem cell-based skin care products through its subsidiary Lifeline Skin Care (www.lifelineskincare.com). More information is available at www.internationalstemcell.com.
To receive ongoing corporate communications via email, visit: http://www.b2i.us/irpass.asp?BzID=1468&to=ea&s=0
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Forward-looking Statements
Statements pertaining to anticipated developments, the potential benefits of research programs and products, and other opportunities for the company and its subsidiaries, along with other statements about the future expectations, beliefs, goals, plans, or prospects expressed by management constitute forward-looking statements. Any statements that are not historical fact (including, but not limited to statements that contain words such as "will," "believes," "plans," "anticipates," "expects," "estimates,") should also be considered to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, risks inherent in the development and/or commercialization of potential products, regulatory approvals, need and ability to obtain future capital, application of capital resources among competing uses, and maintenance of intellectual property rights. Actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements and as such should be evaluated together with the many uncertainties that affect the company's business, particularly those mentioned in the cautionary statements found in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The company disclaims any intent or obligation to update forward-looking statements.
Have you read the new posting of Fun Trading at Seeking Alpha?
Once again, he was playing with all the numbers everybody knows already trying to manipulate the traders' psychology. One thing I have to admit is that he is very good at twitching the facts and distorting the truth. As he is using the numbers all known to the public, many people has been fallen for his trick because it seems logical. Do your own calculation to foresee the future of NAP, and don't respond to his posting as he makes money on every click and commentary. He may have come up with this posting to camouflage his illegal market manipulation for his own profit-taking that he had committed with his previous three postings, but he just went too far. Not everybody is blind-folded anymore. Read through his previous three postings and each of his commentaries. You will see how he was abusing his position as a contributor at Seeking Alpha for his own benefit (For example; No disclosure made, then he accidently admitted his short covering ($0.90 to $0.32) in one of his commentaries responding to other commentators.) Legally, Seeking Alpha is not liable for his action because he is an independent contractor, not an employee, but he himself as an individual had violated SEC regulation which is US Federal Law. This is not a matter of Freedom of Speech under First Amendment. He may think that he is free from US Law since he does not reside in US and not #$%$ citizen. If he does, he is underestimating the US legal system.
"Fun Trading" is having fun again !!!
Unless SEC’s investigation on the market manipulation for the personal profit-taking of “Fun Trading”, a blogger/contributor of Seeking Alpha, gets completed and stops any further illegal postings of his in timely manner, he will again, as he publicly declared, come up with another bashing article right before or after Q2 Earning Report. Whether you are day or swing traders, or long term investors, or even if you are in for short-play, you SHOULD NOT be manipulated by this greedy individual anymore. Enough is enough !!! He has been illegally stirred up and manipulated the price of PAL three times already. Do not get damaged again by him !!! We all deserve the opportunity for fair trading !!! Be aware that he is using multiple screen names to post on many other stock boards including this.
Thank you and Best Luck to you !!!
I appreciate your comment !!!
WARNING to Traders and Investors !!!
Unless SEC’s investigation on the market manipulation for the personal profit-taking of “Fun Trading”, a blogger/contributor of Seeking Alpha, gets completed and stops any further illegal postings of his in timely manner, he will again, as he publicly declared, come up with another bashing article right before or after Q2 Earning Report. Whether you are day or swing traders, or long term investors, or even if you are in for short-play, you SHOULD NOT be manipulated by this greedy individual anymore. Enough is enough !!! He has been illegally stirred up and manipulated the price of PAL three times already. Do not get damaged again by him !!! We all deserve the opportunity for fair trading !!! Be aware that he is using multiple screen names to post on many other stock boards including this.
I just got permanently excluded from posting commentaries
by Seeking Alpha by trying to post the following about its contributor "Fun Trading". Please be aware how they are conducting the business !!!
__________________________________________________________________
Now this person talks about;
“Respect, Honesty, Freedom” insulting “China” at the same time.
He also says, “I will write my HONEST opinion about PAL again and regularly, be prepared, my friend… And I hope SA will be able to accept it for publication.”
How disgusting this is !!! One thing he does not know. People in USA may be forgiving, but we are not stupid !!!
Not once, Not Twice but It is Third time that PAL is in this illegal manipulation for personal profit taking greed. This article is basically a different “language” version of the other two posted in February 12th and April 6th while overall market situation and company fundamental have been getting better. Everything from BAM financing arrangement to the current Palladium market situation, there is absolutely “NONE” that was NOT known to us. It is NOT anymore about this particular stock, PAL, and It is not about us making or losing money. It has now become the issue to all other stocks being traded in US Market. If we keep allowing this foreign person manipulates and takes a control of stock price movement like this, it will set an example case to other crooks. We professional stock traders shall take the actions by all means to stop this criminal activity !!!
All the contributors writing articles are NOT employees of Seeking Alpha. They are "Independent Contractors" that Seeking Alpha is not obligated whatsoever on legal base. Upsetting thing is, Seeking Alpha is filtering out many of the readers' commentaries. How unfair does this feel to you?
Read all his three articles and
individual postings replying to others. You will see the point. If you are shorter, don't mind. Just take advantage of what is going on. Please don't speak out what you don't know.
Everyone should have an equal chance to trade fairly !!!
By "Fun Trading", a paid blogger with Seeking Alpha, Not once, Not Twice but It is Third time that PAL is in this illegal manipulation for personal profit taking greed. His article is basically a different “language” version of the other two posted in February 12th and April 6th while overall market situation and company fundamental have been getting better. Everything from BAM financing arrangement to the current Palladium market situation, there is absolutely “NONE” that was NOT known to us. It is NOT anymore about this particular stock, PAL, and It is not about us, traders making or losing money. It has now become the issue to all other stocks being traded in US Market. If we keep allowing this foreign person manipulates and takes a control of stock price movement like this, it will set an example case to all other crooks. We professional stock traders shall take the actions by all means to stop this criminal activity !!!
I am with you PMMAN. In fact my family lawyer already filed the complaint, and now searching for any law firm who may be interested in taking this case. This is beyond we, as stock traders, make or lose money. It is ashamed that this one crook can manipulate one company's future as well as so many investors like ourselves. Why should we be hurt like this when the crook enjoys his pay from Seeking Alpha and also shorting profits that comes off of our sufferings.
PAL stock; only two things to decide whether to stay long !!!
(1) Forthcoming Palladium Price Level: We don’t even need to talk about the importance of this.
(2) Last quarter’s true “Break-Even Point” to foresee the future stock price.
Based on the earning report for Q1 2014;
Net Operating Loss: apprx. USD $23,999,400 (or CAD $26,666,000 at 0.90% exchange rate)
EPS: USD $0.11 per share (or CAD $0.10 per share at 0.90% exchange rate)
232,873.928 shares issued
42,641 oz produced and 39,485 oz sold at 84.5% of mill recovery rate
Average Sale Price: USD $739
Cash Cost: USD $492 ($422 if unexpected weather related expense)
Production Cost: USD $62 ($52 if unexpected weather related expense)
(a) Non-Cash Cost Expense (Depreciation & Amortization)
USD $9,331,200 (or CAD $10,368,000 $ 0.90% exchange rate)
(b) Non-Realized Loss on Foreign Exchange
USD $7,178,400 (or CAD $7,976,000 at 0.90% exchange rate)
(c) Unexpected Weather Related Expense
USD $2,763,950 (or $3,040,345 at 0.90% exchange rate)
With these information, the true “Break-Even Point” per ounce can be calculated out by adding back (a), (b) and (c) to Net Operating Loss;
- $23,999,400 + $9,331,200 + 7,178,400 + 2,763,950 = - $4,725,850 / 39,485 oz sold = - $119/oz loss
True “Break-Even Point” for Q1 2014 was: “USD $858/oz” (Q1 average sale price $739/oz + $119/oz loss)
NOW, with this break-even point figure for Q1 2014, and considering all other current market trend and situation, the decision to long the stock, to get out or even to short is for you to make, not self-serving Fun Trading at Seeking Alpha. Don’t get manipulated as the unethical and unlawful activity will be laid bare and revealed soon !!!
STOP get manipulated !!!
Extremely sad and unfortunate to watch the stock price of PAL was once AGAIN manipulated by an unethical and self-serving contributor of Seeking Alpha (or per SA’s definition: he is an independent paid blogger). This is THIRD time this year, innocent investors/traders who believed this contributor’s article as an accredited analysis while it was merely just an opinion of a blogger who was born in France, lived and retired in Sweden and now residing in North Africa, were damaged and incurred the immediate monetary and future investment opportunity losses. Last two times, he was profited by shorting the stock without the proper disclosure at first, and this time, he made the public disclosure that his intention to trade the stock if it hits $0.15/$0.16 per share. PAL is a security being traded in US land under “Securities Exchange Act of 1934” that the manipulation of stock market is a federal offense.
Section 9 and 10 of SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
[AS AMENDED THROUGH P.L. 112-158, APPROVED AUGUST 10, 2012]
www.sec.gov/about/laws/sea34.pdf
Anybody who is benefited from such activity of stock market manipulation may be subject to civil and criminal litigation.
UTTERLY MEANINGLESS
*** STUPID *** That is how this stock is being traded. Seems like many people have forgotten the very basic rule in stock trading; Buy at good news and Sell at bad news. What's going on here is; people taking good news as bad news and bad news as worse news, and not believing the truth and loving to hear the lies. At the beginning of this year, it started with a couple of unethical personal profit taking articles written by a contributor named Fun Trading at Seeking Alpha, then ZACK, for some reason or by pure miscalculation, had upgraded PAL to BUY status with high percentage of earning surprise, and now yesterday's shareholders meeting that made many people sell off ??? This is absolutely the stupidest trade action that I ever witnessed. It was known facts that PAL had not been making money for long time, obtained high interest rate loan to fuel its Palladium business, will not make money for awhile but eventually start report the profit on the paper. Under all these KNOWN FACTS, once again, many traders taking good news as bad news, and loves to listen to lies than truth, and selling off to make a few cents? Oh, well. meaningless, meaning less, utterly meaningless, everything is meaningless. LISTEN PEOPLE. The opportunity is here. Don't waste it. Can't you see $1.00 flag is right there, but you are astray and oaring toward the opposite way?
A FEW CENTS or MULTI-BAGGER ???
As a person who has been long PAL over the period, I was disappointing at how it has been traded more than the company’s operational performance. In another words, I never had this type of experience with any other stocks that were very cruelly hated and manipulated this much. When PAL divested its gold business to get into palladium, it was known fact that the company would not profit and also would suffer from the loss incurred by its previous gold business for a few years. And I was one of those investors jumped in at then, looking at the high feasibility of its success in palladium business. One thing I did not expect was, once again, the abnormal hatred and manipulation that eventually had forced the stock price pulled down to where it is now. Even through the “profit loss” times, this stock should never gone under $1.00, and would never been. As a human nature, even in stock market, people respond to the bad news much more than the good news, and also listen to lies than truth. However, what was happening with PAL was the extreme. When “shorting bashers” started to mention about bankruptcy, PAL had to take the hit, and more significantly, PAL was plunged down to drain when a contributor of Seeking Alpha with his concealed short interest posted a couple of articles (“Is it really possible to avoid bankruptcy?” and “A financial death spiral in process.”). If PAL is a candidate for the bankruptcy, more than 70% of all other companies publicly being traded in the stock markets also should be considered as the same. Still now, there are some people talking about many nonsenses such as BAM financing (which was publicly informed a year ago.), AISC (it can simply be calculated this out using income statement and balance sheet, factoring in non-cash costs, adjustment and contingencies.) and Mine Life (probably they don’t understand its definition and not concerning the current reserves.) If it wasn’t for all these misleading manipulation, we would currently be trading PAL stocks at $1.00’s level, and talking about the feasibilities of going up to $2.00 after Q3, $5.00 after year-end and so forth. One thing that is very clear under the whole situation is that PAL stock will eventually hit $1.00 very soon. How soon? That is totally depend upon whether or not and how much the traders will be responding to the future manipulations on this stock. If you long for PAL, and are not a day trader, stay strong because PAL will eventually break-through its first $1.00 mark sooner than we hope. IT IS UP TO YOU TO MAKE A FEW CENTS or MAKE IT A MULTI-BAGGER !!!
Very disgusted !!! HOWEVER,
Once all the additionally authorized shares (300 million) are sold (issued), the pps will start surge back to where it should have been and beyond. Great news amid this chaos is that the new money is coming in. Let's hope for the best because this hope is very much feasible one !!!
Stillwater Won't Accelerate Palladium and Platinum ???
There was an article by The Wall Street Journal and also a notification from Seeking Alpha this morning;
QUOTE...
Stillwater won't speed palladium, plantinum projects !!!
* Stillwater Mining (SWC) wants to develop new U.S. palladium and plantinum mines in the longer term, BUT won't accelerate plans in response to soaring prices for the metals, President/CEO Mick McMullen says.
* SWC will focus on increasing processing of recycles palladium and platinum by deploying unused capacity, allowing it to cash in on higher prices, as well as reducing costs, to maximie returns to shareholders, McMullen says.
* Since hitting a 2014 low of just less than $700/oz. in February, palladium reached a three-year high yesterday of $852.25/oz.; driven up by a prolonged mining strike in South Africa.
This is can be a good news OR a very bad news depends on how it is interpreted. HOWEVER, in this type of uptrend and soaring Palladium market situation, if SWC is just satisfied with the contract with Johnson Metthey which is binding upon the preset sale price term for the next five years, and does not persue with expansion plan in response to soaring Palladium prices, that means, there will be no further stock price increase ??? SWC's stock price is currently being at the highest since August of 2012. Maximizing returns to shareholders ??? Dividends ??? Majority of investors and traders are not chasing after the small dividends. Under the current given international Palladium market situation, there are only two pure-play miners (SWC and PAL) besides the troublesome Russian and South African miners, who can have the true price bargain power. If SWC volunteers to drop out the whole picture like this, this is rather a very bad news !!! Well, it looks like PAL is the only beneficiary in this situation !!!
Break-Even Point is apprx. $786 per oz. !!!
There was a very well and fairly weighted article posted by a contributor at Seeking Alpha this morning, reflecting the current Palladium market situation and the very feasible price target prediction. One thing I would like to add is that; the break-even point will be very much lower than the contributors normalized number ($1,0,22/oz) when you add back the "Non-Cash Cost of $10,368,000 CAD (apprx. $9,331,200 USD at 0.90 currency conversion rate) which is "Depreciation & Amortization Expense". Based on the fact that 39,485 ounces sold in Q1, this will reduce the actual break-even point by another apprx. $236/oz USD. So, the actual break-even point I see is apprx. $786/oz, and this is why I am investing in PAL for long. PAL will eventually turn in the profit on the official earning reports as well sooner or later that this stock can very well possibly be a multi-bagger within a short period time. The fact that SWC (PAL's only competitor under the current market situation) is tied up in the exclusive supply contract with Johnson Metthey, is rather a good news for PAL because SWC's contract is binding within a preset sales price range for all of their Palladium production. This will eventually give PAL more price bargain power in the open market. As long as the investors are not manipulated again by shorters and demoters as it happened for the last six months, this stock will hit $1.00's very soon that it could have already been at !!!
Never seen a stock manipulated this much !!!
Starting with a couple of contributors (or article writer or blogger or whatever they call themselves)at Seeking Alpha who totaled jeopardized this stock over their unethical personal profit taking short-sale game, this stock has been manipulated by so many bashers. One word they were using in common to demote this stock was "Bankruptcy", and many people fell for and believed it. (If NAP is a candidate for bankruptcy, there would been whole a lot of companies out there which would have already gone out of business. Very very interesting situation NAP was in.) The good news is all the downturns and bad rumors are over now that it can only go up from here. The matter is how high and how soon. Over the next few quarters, it seems very feasible to surge to $0.60's, $0.80's and into $1.00, and next year...?
Some people still do not understand the current ISCO situation !!!
ISCO currently has total of 600 million authorized shares including 300 million recently authorized. Out of all that 600 million shares, only apprx. 157 million shares had been sold and only 400,000 to 700,000 shares are being traded on daily base. So, apprx. 443 million shares are in the possession of ISCO now, NOT BEING SOLD. ISCO is reserving these shares for their future fund needed. HOWEVER, I am very much sure that they don't want to start selling the shares at $0.15 while they know that their stock price should worth a lot more than $0.15. One of the things mentioned in Q1 Earning Report Conference Call was actually about the recent low stock price. They blamed the overall bio-tech stock downtrend which I totally do not agree with. $0.15 per share now has caused by their serious negligence in promoting and marketing. I believe ISCO is finally realizing what they were lacking of, especially with newly authorized shares of 300 million and left over of 143 million shares that they are holding. I am very feasibly hoping that ISCO will start doing what other companies do to promote and market their companies very soon in order to raise up the stock price. HAVING SAID ALL THESE, the dilution by additionally authorized shares are NOT the problem with ISCO right now. Again, IT IS the lack of "promotion and marketing" that can very simply be done by ISCO once they realize how important for them to do it for themselves as well. 443 million shares they are holding? If they sell them all at $0.15, it will be only about 66 million dollars. Current management may not know how to operate business, but I don't think they are crazy enough to sell the shares at $0.15. Soon enough, the whole thing will turn and the stock price will start escalating to where it should have been.
Another Good Posting about ISCO to share;
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Currently, there are only a few news and/or articles available for public. That is how lazy they are. Sometimes I wonder why they even decided to go public if they didn't have the intention (or didn't know how) to promote who they are and what they do and how they perform? 600 million total shares and only 157 million outstanding shares so far, and just about 600,000 shares are being traded daily. ISCO will pop multi times sooner or later, but it is surely frustrating.
Someone's Posting who has...
the similar opinion as I do;
<<<QUOTE>>>
Too many "Doctors" in management !!!
ISCO needs a professional management team who knows how to operate the company. Its current value and potential are being wasted right now. Maybe they are too spoiled and lazy by having two cash-cow subsidiaries generating enough profit that is their great benefit comparing to other bio-tech companies. But, anyhow, regardless of the current management's operation skill, the company sooner or later will eventually start attracting other investors. Considering their book value, strong fundamental and successful medical research so far, the stock price will reach $1.00's after IND submission and then... who knows what... $3.00 ? $7.00?
Out of 600 million shares including the recently authorized (300 million), only about 200 million shares being traded in the market as per my further research. This recent cheap-sell-outs are majorly from who purchased the stock at $0.13's ~ $0.15's last summer being tired of waiting and also being scared of what they are hearing from "us" saying the stock price will go down to $0.10. So, let's stop digging a hole for our own graves if you are in this for long. Also, day traders are playing a big roll into this situation as well because ISCO is a greatly fluctuating stock that is very ideal for them. On the other hand, even ISCO itself is frustrating about this so lowly and significantly undervalued stock price because it wants to sell its authorized stocks at its maximum value. Hopefully, ISCO, now having about 400 million shares in its possession, is realizing how much it has been negligent in promoting and attracting market attention. Just like any sellers, does not ISCO want to sell its authorized at $0.50, $.60, $0.70 at least instead of pitiful $0.15 ??? With its lazy mind with no urgency in fund requirement, it is probably waiting for this fall when its successful "IND" submission to FDA on Parkinson's Disease study will be made, hoping that the stock price jumps to $1.00's. Frustration part is; the stock price should already have been trading at $1.00 or higher if ISCO had done their job correctly. Too many doctors who does not know how to operate the company. HOWEVER, there is no doubt that the price of stock will eventually surged big time. ISCO is a true multi-bagger candidate with the strong fundamentals. People who are cheap-selling their shares now will soon regret.
And into $1.00's as a matter of fact !!! Renegotiation with BAM, Merging with a larger miner, Being taken over by Chinese company, Palladium shortage for the next 10 years,... just too many great and positive variations that we don't "up to how much" the stock price will go up to. Good luck to all of us !!!
Yes, dilution is surely one of the issues that affects the stock price majorly for EPS. (In the case of ISCO, based on Q1 2014 Earning Report, EPS was - $0.01, and now with new shares diluted, EPS is - $0.02. In this type of development stage biotech companies, - $0.01 and - $0.02 are not even making any difference. Hypothetically, let's say, APPLE dilutes it shares by double, do you think its stock price will go down like this? I do not think so.) The fundamental problem with ISCO stock price is not about share dilution. It is, as I have been saying over and over, about lack of market recognition and promotion, and cheap-sellings of day-traders (Day-traders, by their nature as we know, do not care about the company's book value or EPS as long as they can make money daily that ISCO is a very good stock as it goes up and down anywhere from 3% ~ 10% on daily base). The way I see the whole situation is that some good articles from the reputable stock analysts will simply turn everything around. I bet ISCO itself is also wondering why its stock price is staying low like this not knowing what they are not doing correctly (promotion part). Probably, they don't have the urgency in promoting because their subsidiaries are making enough money that they can simply dilute shares to raise more fund to offset their fund requirement. I long ISCO waiting for the moment of PPS hits its fair market value of +/- $0.70.
Year-To-Year Comparison and Estimate EPS are what affect the stock price, and those are a couple of major issues (out of many) we traders look at. Every quarter-to-quarter comparison shows the growth for seven consecutive quarters and Q1 2014 had beat the estimate. Combination in recent share dilution, lack of market recognition and company promotion and day traders' activities are what pull down the stock price at this very moment. LOOK what is happening again today again. People are cheap-selling again. Very disappointing. This stock should and will trade at +/- $0.70 level soon.
DON'T CHEAP-SELL this stock if you were in to make money.
Almost 2 million shares (out of 3 million newly issued) were bought at between $0.1475 ~ $0.1575. It could been far much higher than these pathetic range which is very close to the 52-week low, and it will get to $0.10 level if people keep cheap-selling this stock. Very low in short interest, Very high in insider ownership, Continuous growth in revenue and Maintaining great potential in its study, ISCO has been perfectly setting up itself to go up to his true book value. BUT we, traders are ones who have been treating this stock like garbage by cheap-selling it. If you were in to make money, hold it, and don't sell it under $0.50.
NYSE Market (formerly AMEX) has no regulation regarding the price of stock being less than $1.00. Also, BAM will not want the bankruptcy because in bankruptcy, they will get some portion of NAP's asset that will be worth fractionally less than their investment, not to mention about loosing the significant interest income they are making. BAM and NAP will somehow renegotiate the financing term to turn the company around. They have no choice. That's the moment I am waiting for.
Market attention is waking up now that the existing stock holders shall hold the selling price at $0.22 or higher (which is a current resistance)until ISCO is fully exposed in the market. Remember, institutional investors, insiders and we, traders, are the ones who control the market. In ISCO situation, we are being the primary source at this very moment as institutional investors are not paying attention yet while insiders are already holding significant positions.
Just Started to get other traders' attention !!!
I just talked to my broker and he advised me that ISCO stock is finally started to attract other traders' attention. Many people holding the positions have been "cheap-selling" the stock for the past couple weeks being disappointed, but, on the other hand, others started to buy before the price jump. What happened today is simply reflecting it !!! Anybody who are considering ISCO, should not miss this opportunity.
Q1 EARNING REPORT was rather GOOD NEWS !!! By adding back "Depreciation & Amortization" and using $429/oz cash cost (adjusted for unexpected weather related costs), actual EPS is - $0.05 at selling price of $739. Palladium price now steadily hovering over $800 upward that eventually can spark up to little lower than current Platinum price (currently at $1,418) PAL is for long term piece. Within the next couple month, it will go back to $1.00 +/- range as Palladium price goes up.
To $0.90 plus after Q1 Earning Report. Finally, ISCO is getting the attention in the market. Seriously undervalued even with the continuous growth in revenues will finally be appreciated by investors.
Extremely undervalued company. Without even mentioning about future FDA approval, current PPS should be over $1.00. Lack of company's PR and day-traders doing cheap-sell are the current problem. Anybody who can contact the company requesting more active promotion? And day-traders, please stay out!