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I guess that when it comes to Combat Crunch, MP's most important asset is the UFC sponsorship....the Combat Crunch with the UFC logo on might give it some shelf space at the check out aisle in Walmart, the gas station, 7-eleven or drugstore....if it is priced right
An Arnold Iron protein bar would sell itself...MP should work on that...
Fitmiss products are for every woman...nature sport might become too (probably something similar to Clif).
It is a relatively young crowd that buys protein products on the Internet....Musclepharm was a rising star among many other brands a few years back, so it was not necessary the first choice for a 20 year old guy visiting bodybuilding.com
When you miss out from the start on it is an uphill battle to get this potential customers attention....as many products do the same.
Now all that has changed, just from last year...Now Musclepharm is likely to be first pick for a 20 year old guy that visits bodybuilding.com
The sponsorship makes sense as it is mostly young people that live in warmer climates that buy Musclepharm's products.
Now Musclepharm should sell it's own MP branded surf board mentioning the sponsorship...
Monster is an Energy drink...Monster Energy was originally Hansen beverages which stock rose some 20000% since early 90ties.
I don't really see the comparison to Musclepharm.
Musclepharm is a wellness company, that's why Brazil and USA are the primary markets....lots of people like to look great in these countries...
Nah, I personally think Musclepharm is more of a catch to glanbia or perhaps some pharmaceutical company.
Glanbia is most likely the only possible buyer of Musclepharm.
Musclepharm could become a threat to Glanbia's sports nutrition business....right now it might get it for $250 million if it tried...so, let's see if it'll pull the trigger.
Post Holdings already bought what it needed in the space. Post Holdings bought businesses with very narrow niches in the consumer space...as it knows that is what it takes to succeed in a category and make some money at the same time.
Glanbia doesn't need to worry about having the money to buy Musclepharm....interests are low and Glanbia is a multibillion dollar company...so, it more a matter of the attractiveness of the such a deal, considering a strong dollar at the moment.
You might be right about Musclepharm not being as attractive as Cytosport as it doesn't have a killer brand like Muscle Milk....but still, Musclepharm products are priced very attractively....and Musclepharm is getting very popular...so, I wouldn't be surprised if Glanbia pulls the trigger.
I might have speculated that Coca Cola or Pepsico would buy Musclepharm down the road...to be honest, that was a stretch at best.
Glanbia likely buyer of Musclepharm.
Glanbia was looking for some higher margin brand but unfortunately it didn't get Cytosport....so, why wouldn't it try to acquire Musclepharm?
Musclepharm got all that Glanbia lacks and Glanbia got all Musclepharm needs....the backbone.
I guess those buying from bodybuilding.com are looking for a strong brand....like in any other business, the brands sell.
It's the brand plus Arnold and Tiger....expectations are high.
Also, all the Herbalife controversy may have driven buyers away from multi level marketing nutrition companies out of Utah and California...and into more neutral players.
initially it will probably be muted...but as backorders pile up, then we may see some impact.
everybody in the supply chain needs to figure out how popular this product is.
Arnold came to America with a gym bag and $100. Whatever he is involved in makes money, Arnold is a very smart person.
The brand, the endorsements, the international sales and the growth....this is what makes Musclepharm interesting.
Really, in the sports nutrition space there are 4 sexy brands.
Gatorade (Pepsico)
Powerade (Coca Cola)
Muscle Milk (Cytosport)
Musclepharm
Musclepharm got more credibility than the other sexy brands as it's core business is the protein powder. This is the pure "drug" the Athletes use. With endorsers like Tiger and Arnold this could propel into something good.
Notice that Musclepharm is the only sexy brand that is both a corporate brand and a consumer brand at the same time. Musclepharm is a culture!
The management is not really poor...Musclepharm has created a name for itself pretty fast....that is not all luck.
If you don't deliver the products and branding the market desires...You are dead! If you don't manage your inventories and your supply chain carefully...You are dead!
Musclepharm has grown 100% year-over-year...what is mediocre about that? Musclepharm is not broke in any ways..
Musclepharm has decided to dilute the stock quite a lot initially....but that would be to expect as it has grown fast and it hasn't had much cash to pay lavish salaries and bonuses. Without incentives and rewards for performance it would not have grown 100%.
Down the road as Musclepharm gets listed on Nasdaq, it should be expected that Musclepharm will dilute the stock in the 1-2% range per year.
Arnold and others won't put up with 10% dilution year over year, I'm quite certain about that.
this is a 3 year old video nobody ever cared about...if you want to do a video with a kid, please do it with Justin Bieber thatll get 500 million views
Musclepharm has already sent out samples of Combat Crunch as there are a few reviews on Youtube. The reviewers tell us that it tastes of peanutbutter/like snickers bar.
I believe Combat Crunch is delayed 1 month (at least at bodybuilding.com)....anyways, it probably takes a few quarters to show in the results. I believe the Amino 1 and the Iron products are gaining popularity.
Really, Musclepharm does what UnderArmour and Paul Mitchell have done with success in the past ....Target a professional niche market to begin with and then target a broader market over time as youve obtained credibility in the market.
Most people believe UnderArmour and Paul Mitchell products are good...one day, the same might happen to Musclepharm and it becomes a household name.
I guess that with current pricing anybody acquiring Musclepharm would have to pay close to $300 million, or $24 per share.
For now, we should probably look for breaking $14 and perhaps even $15 with positive news
105k volume...that is a lot.
somebody is buying more shares, who knows....perhaps it is the 5 Hour Energy Guy or perhaps it is Wynnefield.
I believe Nature's sunshine is Wynnefield's largest holding...Nature's sunshine, a company Ive been following for some times got some deal with a Chinese pharmaceutical company, Fosun (not sure about the spelling)...to enter the Chinese market. Nature's sunshine market cap is like $250 million....perhaps Wynnefield will be pushing for an acquisition or merger of Nature's Sunshine and Musclepharm
we could go to $20 pretty if we continue going up like today. This probably won't become a penny stock anytime soon...I mean, they are giving more space to Musclepharm in GNC...If you haven't noticed, GNC stores have a very tight space...They rarely expand the space for any insignificant company...and Musclepharm is a serious company, like ON, Muscletech, Muscle Milk etc. Musclepharm looks like it is becoming a $200-300 million company
it could happen if one of Musclepharm's products become a blockbuster....like some of the gel and liquid products.
Hello California...Musclepharm is getting popular
when management doubles sales it needs to get paid....It is a positive that everything went through....it allows the management to carry out their job and make us some more money.
as we see p/e expansion in the broader market, and when trading at p/s=1 seems to be extremely cheap for a fast growing company selling protein powder....i wonder where we will go now.
Musclepharm is nothing else than chemistry. Musclepharm mixes a few chemicals to make products. The cost comes down to a few cents per product as you get scale....and the margins get incredible high as you get scale.
Musclepharm will eventually get it's own manufacturing facility as it enters the mass market more profoundly
sentiment seems to be pretty bullish for this growth company though...and news seem to be positive...that said, nobody can predict unknown factors of the future.
Right now, Im pretty confident in what I got and I will stick with it for a little longer....I still hope for an acquisition or a rally that will drive price toward p/s=1
lol you bought too early
nothing is given when it comes to investing. 100% upside is very good from where we are now...it would be more than 200% return for me personally so I cannot complain.
There are lots of fish in the ocean...I have doubled my net worth since 2012, not on one stock...but on lots...some stocks I held 2 months, some 2 years. Some gave me 100% upside, some gave me 10%....some gave me 20% and then they turned around or not.
None of us are Phillip Frost, he looks where nobody looks and he is confident in his investments, but he would make like 600% on 100% upside from here...not bad for Mr. Frost either. Remember he doesn't always win either.
hopefully, it would be nice if we got a rally so the price would get closer to p/s=1.
I personal hope that Musclepharm would be bought by somebody giving us 100% upside.
I would make 200k in less than 6 months....pretty fine with me.
I think 5 Hour Energy would be a perfect fit...They will get some Musclepharm gel, powder and bar products into gas stations, Walmart, drugstores instantly. 5 Hour Energy is big in UK too.
Musclepharm already masters the niche segment, health and fitness (to fitness freaks in Brazil, USA, Russia and UK)...but lacks the mass market approach. 5 Hour Energy sells for more than $1 billion per year with a tiny product everybody buys.
depends what you classify as news. Musclepharm has registered lots of trademarks for products in August that give us a clue why insiders are piling up on stocks.
Some of the trademarks for products include the words "Nature Sport"....indicating that Musclepharm may come up with some organic products, perhaps under some new brand.
All these trademark registrations is public information anybody can access
I read somewhere that companies such as Musclepharm usually are bought for around p/s=1.5....so I guess $300.000 or more could be possible. The more the better for what Im concerned....
around $16 is like 100% up for Wynnefield and 400% up for Dr. Frost....nothing bad about that whatsoever.
Im sure the insiders that built Musclepharm up wouldn't be too happy about it....on the other hand, they are young...they can do a lot with the money they would make on such a deal.
$250 million would be nicer though....let's hope somebody is willing to pay that much for Musclepharm...Glanbia could be such a company.
I would take it. It is what it is worth now....so why should I not take it? Probably he would pay $250-300 million, but $200 million is not too bad.
Wynnefield would most likely take it....and Frost might too...why not?
5 Hour Energy, Living Essentials should buy Musclepharm...he could get it cheap for like $200 million and kick the management out....we would make money and we would not be diluted any further than was voted for today.
For the East Indian guy that owns 5 Hour Energy, it would be a piece of cake making money on the image already created. For him it is fine that Tiger Woods and other endorsers were paid with stocks....That is completely free for whoever buys the company. The existing shareholders are the ones paying for it.
Fuse Science had their own Tiger products too but that doesn't really count.
I guess for protein bars and energy drink commercials Tiger Woods will be just fine....He likes to sleep with lots of women, like any other straight guy in the gym....and for the gay guy....he can relate to the concept of screwing around.
I forgot to mention Tiger Woods. His own line of products could generate $100 million of additional revenue for Musclepharm. As far as I know NIKE is the only Athletics company that has developed a line exclusively for Tiger Woods.
So any positive news concerning Tiger Woods....and Arnold as well....could boost the stock price above the $20....and closer to P/S=1
Nobody can tell what the ceiling for 2014 will be. It all comes down to:
1)SEC investigation,
2)Third quarter sales growth,
3)Nasdaq listing,
4)Dropz Energy Drink,
5)Number of Mass Market Distributors added, and
6)Launching of own manufacturing
Don't worry about Musclepharm...Musclepharm takes good care of itself...Whenever Musclepharm drop to $40 from $50, then we need to worry. Until then, enjoy the ride.
Lebron is a traitor, what can I tell you!
Cleveland will forget about Lebron, but that won't be the case with Johnny Football...