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CKGT i have a feeling that the news that will be coming up concerning cigs and hog feed may finally push us over the $3 mark.
BSPM probably has more percentage upside potential than NEP
CHIO.....post from another board......Management has been touting its insurance business for months leading up to its recent 10-q and all of the sudden a 79 percent drop in revenues, then they admit to shortfalls in their accounting department and say the numbers may not be accurate, and also management comes out and says they decided to not pay their taxes which is over 4 million dollars and they only have a little over 1 million in the bank if that. This company is a total scam .http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_%28A_to_Z%29/Stocks_C/threadview?m=tm&bn=75982&tid=679&mid=681&tof=2&rt=2&frt=2&off=1
How about a top 50 ECSC picks for 2010 chosen by posters voting?
yes, he will milk it for all its worth
XODG ok whos painting the tape?
Great article....These Stocks Can Easily Double Your Money
By Adam J. Wiederman
December 18, 2009 | Comments (1)
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A lot of investors are bragging about their investment performance during 2009.
Who are these people, you ask? Shareholders of some of these top-performing stocks:
Company
Rank
Year-to-Date Dividend-Adjusted Increase
Market Capitalization
on Jan. 1, 2009
Diedrich Coffee
1
9,561%
$2.0 million
Netlist (Nasdaq: NLST)
5
1,977%
$5.8 million
Valassis Communications (NYSE: VCI)
10
1,297%
$63.4 million
Human Genome Sciences (Nasdaq: HGSI)
14
1,192%
$287.3 million
Telestone Technologies (Nasdaq: TSTC)
15
1,128%
$14.7 million
Data from Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
Notice anything about those companies? They're small. Very small. Now compare their performance with some of the top stocks of the S&P 500 index over the same time:
Company
Rank
Year-to-Date Dividend-Adjusted Increase
XL Capital
1
388%
Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD)
3
322%
Micron Technology (NYSE: MU)
7
231%
SanDisk (Nasdaq: SNDK)
17
157%
Amazon.com
18
148%
Data from Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
While the latter results are nothing to sneeze at, particularly given that the overall market was up just 21% over that period, wouldn't you rather have the former?
Where you'll find the double-baggers
Small caps' tendency to outperform their large-cap brethren isn't just a down-market happenstance -- it held true in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, as well.
In any market, the stocks with the most potential for outsized returns (stocks that will double, triple, or even increase your investment tenfold) are not found among large caps, but rather among stocks that are:
1. Ignored.
2. Obscure.
3. Very small.
Why? Because the market's greatest inefficiencies (and, thereby, greatest opportunities) lie hidden among the investments that Wall Street analysts and institutional investors shun only because of their size.
Starting today
Investing in small-cap stocks makes many people nervous -- and today's market volatility is sending many people into the arms of stable, financially pristine large-cap stocks. Which makes now an even better time to buy up shares of oversold small caps.
But not all small caps are equal. You want to make sure you buy small caps that have a rock-solid balance sheet and a solid business model. Both these factors ensure that the company will be around five to 10 years from now, giving it plenty of time to double, triple, or increase tenfold in size.
Thanks for the chart ari.Waiting for LTUS to rocket is like waiting for Obama to turn conservative.
I totally agree.
Write on whatever u like but dont referance this board. The influx would ruin it.
Iran invades Iraq? Takes over oil field for short time? Oil prices soar. Equities shakey. Scarey times. 25% cash now. May move cash % higher.Quadruple witching day.
XODG Very very heavy selling right now. This could go quite a bit lower, yet I still think it has good prospects. Sometimes when the heavy selling starts you could be surprised how low it could go until it bounces back up. CPQQ did this same thng early on when it lost almost half its value until the selling stopped and then rebounded quickly.Rule #1 Dont lose money. I dont know what to think of GCHT. They had so many paid pumper sites that I only trade it now. To scared to hold it for very long.
AONE wow what a deal. 49% of the China electric car market.
TSTC Telestone Technologies: The Hard-to-Dismiss Chinese Small Cap 1 comment
by: TraderMark December 16, 2009 | about: HEAT / STAR / TSTC
[Dec 3, 2009: IBD - SmartHeat: Heating Equipment Maker Benefits as China Spends to Clean its Air], there are quite a few small-ish cap Chinese stocks flying almost every day. Many are the "same old, same old" names that ran in 2007 and first half 2008 (especially in alternative energy or solar) are chock full of momentum traders, but there are some other interesting companies surging. One potential story is Telestone Technologies (TSTC) which might be a (very) poor man's Starent Networks (STAR) [an old holding of ours, bought up by Cisco) Website here.
Telestone provides Local Access Network Solutions, products and engineering integration to telecom carriers. In terms of 2G technologies, Telestone is a main supplier in wireless access coverage infrastructure building for the GSM and CDMA network base on its RFPA technologies primarily in the PRC. The products; repeaters, line-amplifiers, antennas and radio accessories are all based on RFPA technologies.
After intensive research on the demands of carriers in 3G technologies, based on its strong R&D capabilities in both wireless and Fiber-Optics, Telestone has invented its WFDS unification local access network solution and products which are highly welcomed by all telecom carriers and property owners. Telestone also provides services that include project design, project manufacturing, installation, maintenance and after-sales services. Telestone currently has approximately 1,200 employees.
Anything that touches "3G" or the coming "4G" I am interested in... Chinese alternatives are even more compelling. Thus far, the bread and butter business has been 2G, so the risk factors is obviously technological migration - but it seems to be doing something right. At just under $200M in market cap, this is smaller than my usual fare, but its quarterly revenue amount is large enough to consider... although it's touchy. However, the revenue growth percentage is off the charts, and the shares outstanding (10.4 million) are very low (allowing great EPS growth) so combined with the stock movement - hard to dismiss.
This name has only been on my radar since mid-November, but already it's jumped from $11 to $17 - in this market those who don't buy, lose. You can see it's actually tripled since early fall.
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Below we'll look at both the latest earnings report and a nice introductory piece at TheStreet.com.
November 12th earnings report
Revenue
Revenues for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 increased 124.7% to $18.9 million compared to same period of 2008. Telestone revenues are a combination of equipment and service sales.
Equipment sales, which totaled $11.1 million, are attributed to the Company's shipments of its proprietary 2G and 3G local wireless access network equipment, manufactured for specific customer site installations.
Service revenue, which totaled $7.8 million, is a combination of billable system integration and installation charges by Telestone's project design and implementation engineers.
Total revenue growth for the quarter was directly attributed to the Company's sales of 2G and 3G network installations throughout China.
In addition, a growing contributor to the Company's revenues is its Wireless Fiber Option Distribution System[TM] [WFDS[TM])]which accounted for about 20% of Telestone's revenues for the quarter. WFDS(TM) systems provide "multi-play" capabilities for media, voice, fax, closed circuit TV, data and all three protocols of Chinese cellular signals over a fiber optic cable routed directly into an installation site. WFDS [TM] is a certified-technology by the three Chinese telecommunications companies; China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, and was recently approved by the FCC of the United States in September of this year.
Cost of Goods; Margins
Costs of goods sold were $10.0 million in the third quarter of 2009 which yielded gross profits of $8.9 million. Costs of goods are comprised of components used in the manufacturing of Telestone's 2G and 3G product line and installation costs of project management and labor costs at commercial and residential customer locations.
Specifically, cost of equipment sales totaled $7.1 million, yielding gross margins of 36.0% while cost of services totaled $2.9 million, yielding gross margins of 62.8%. Blended gross margins were 47.2% compared to 46.9% for the third quarter of 2008.
Operating Expenses
- dropping nicely
Total operating expenses for the quarter were $3.3 million, or 18.0% of revenues. Third quarter operating expenses as a percentage of revenues decreased 9.20 percentage points compared to the same quarter in 2008. The decrease in percentage for operating expenses is primarily due to the fact that expenses are rather fixed in nature. As a result, operating income increased 223.6% to $5.5 million in the quarter compared to $1.7 million recorded in the third quarter of 2008.
Taxes - large benefit for 3 year period due to type of company it is; something the US could learn from; 15% go forward
Telestone maintains a 24% effective income tax rate for the quarter. However the taxes paid in the third quarter were not only for the net income in the quarter, but also including taxes due in previous quarters. As a High and New Technology Enterprise in China, the Company expects its income tax rate to be 15% for a three-year period.
Net Income:
Net income for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 increased 281.8% to $4.2 million compared to $1.1 million in the third quarter of 2008.
Net income margins for the quarter were 22.5% compared to 13.3% recorded in the third quarter of 2008.
Earnings per share were $0.41 on 10.4 million fully diluted shares issued and outstanding, an increase of 272% compared to $0.11 reported in the third quarter of 2008.
The balance sheet is quite interesting with day sales outstanding, apparently over 400 before some corrective actions - I've never heard of such a high number before.
There appears to be no analyst coverage... so I guess I will be it for now.
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Nice overview of the business at TheStreet.com from a guest author in October 2009.
Telestone Technologies (TSTC) provides 2G and 3G wireless communication access coverage solutions to telecom companies such as China Mobile (CHL), China Telecom (CHA) and China Unicom (CHU) through its branch offices in China across 26 provinces.
The Chinese government will spend $70 billion over the next three years on 3G initiatives. This creates both visibility and acceleration in TSTC's business. TSTC has aggressive goals over the next two and a half years to increase its domestic market share from 5% to 33%, indicating that it intends to capture a good deal of government-allotted spending with its new WFDSTM technology.
International business accounts for less than 5% of TSTC revenue. TSTC plans to expand its operations in the U.S. and other developed markets with its WFDSTM technologies, while serving those that are underdeveloped and behind the technology curve with its mature 2G technology to extend the life cycle of its 2G products. (any large scale foreign wins would be huge for credibility, especially considering how small the company is - until proven otherwise let's dismiss this)
In simple terms, the WFDSTM platform allows all aspects of a client's wireless and wired needs to be addressed as one comprehensive solution. WFDSTM has become more significant since China began granting third generation (3G) licenses during the first half of 2009. 3G systems put greater technical demands on the communication networks in buildings due to signal strength and frequency -- demands that WFDSTM can handle much more effectively than traditional wired and wireless solutions.
Currently, TSTC is the only Chinese company offering a WFDSTM type platform. Even as competition enters the market, Telestone has a significant advantage because customers will likely be hesitant to switch to another provider with unproven reliability. Telestone believes that customers will gravitate to its services as the advantages it offers have the huge potential to save time and money.
TSTC has issued 2009 guidance of $70 million in revenue, up 100% year over year. Based on its 2009 first-half performance, we assume TSTC can minimally maintain 17% net margins, implying an EPS figure of $1.14. (15% tax-rate assumption). Our EPS assumption is likely conservative, as Telestone's annual after tax margins are typically around 20%.
Challenges:
As we followed the Telestone story for a couple of years, we witnessed the stock's peaks and valleys. However, it appears that the company finally has an opportunity to take a nice leap to the next level of growth -- an opportunity that we feel was hampered by the delayed launch of 3G in China, ultimately forcing customers to postpone spending.
With the 3G launch out of the way, it appears that one more hurdle is impeding Telestone's progress. The company has been experiencing accounts receivable collection delays as a result of multiple factors including timing of capex and effective live network dates in addition to massive industry consolidation that occurred during the past year to create the big three providers of today. (that explains the crazy high DSO I mentioned above)
Per Telestone's 2009 second-quarter filing, operating cash flow is negative, although it balances annually. We are hopeful that increasing sales and improved collections will resolve this issue.
Author's Disclosure: No position but wish I had....http://seekingalpha.com/article/178365-telestone-technologies-the-hard-to-dismiss-chinese-small-cap?source=yahoo
CKGT My Xmas gift list.........a carton of cactus cigarettes, a pint of cactus spirits , a Nasdaq listing and a partridge in a prickly pear tree.
TSTC Looks like it will pull off another RINO type of move.Could see a double in a 3-6 months.
TSTC Looking like it wants to run again....CPQQ what can u say wow!
RTK Looks like it will run today.
CKGT what they really need is cactus salad dressing.
Thats why i gave the intro...off topic OT
NEP It did go up pretty fast.
OT: They plan to uplist.
BSPM If it does I will be all smiles. This is a LT hold for me.
GCHT Long overdue for a run with the other CSP's.
XODG Company update should be out this week. Forward guidance should be a boomer. Looking for a bust amove above $2
BSPM 3.94
GCHT Beaten down. Might be worth a poke.
103,230
OT: has anyone been looking at JBII? Its really on a rocket.
CKGT I repostioned all my holdings this morning concentrating with CKGT BSPM and XODG/ Along with some trading shares plus cash. Im all set.
CKGT heading to $3
TSTC another benefit is that the TSTC shares are marginable. More mula for other China stocks.
TSTC Dont know where this will end at but it should go significantly higher.
burp u need to change your pics. Its difficult to pay attention to the things you suggest.
You scared me for a moment, I was afraid u were going to say cactus dildos.
XODG Starting this weekend. Lots of exposure...Xodtec Group USA, Inc.'s LED Lighting Products Are Going to Be Displayed In Taipei International Building, Construction & Decoration Exposition
Press Release
Source: Xodtec Group USA, Inc.
On 9:30 am EST, Friday December 4, 2009
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CARSON CITY, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xodtec Group USA, Inc. (OTCBB:XODG) (the “Company”), a market leader in LED lighting, today announced that its various LED lighting products are going to be displayed in Taipei Building Construction & Decoration Exposition.
{"s" : "xodg.ob","k" : "c10,l10,p20,t10","o" : "","j" : ""} Since the First Exposition held in1987, there were 300 booths growing up year by year, and now Taipei Building Construction & Decoration Exposition has become the biggest exposition related to architectural decoration in Taiwan. This year, the 20th Exposition will be held in four consecutive days, December 12 – 15, with booths available over then 1,600 units in total.
Xodtec’s products, including a number of various MR16, street lights, our new invented AR111, projection light and etc…around 7 types of our LED lighting products will be displayed at the booth rented by Chiun Tse Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd., an enterprise who mainly provides conventional lighting fixtures.
“Chiun Tse Optoelectronics Technology is one of the new lighting fixture providers we have recently established contact,” said Wilson Chen, Xodtec Group’s Head of R&D. “Chiun Tse has studied and used some of our products, and they have shown high interest. This time Xodtec’s products will be displayed at their booth in order to achieve a mutual benefit, first is to reinforce their product variety, and second is to promote Xodtec’s products at the same time. Depends on the feedback from this exposition, Chiun Tse Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd could become our product agency in the future,” Wilson concluded.
your runtate becomes skewed when earnings are exploding in multiples that exceed constant rate projections.. Things are doubling now but later may very well go up up 4x or 6x.With world markets literally opening up to them you will see larger future PPS than a mere $3.
XODG this is a steady growth story....every Q should improve for years to come imo. I'm thinking just one more positive Q and this one is off to the races.....
Well, until we get a new catalyst its a slow drift back to support around 1.75