Stock price: The few regular followers are gun shy because of the time it has taken for the stock to payoff in the big way they know will eventually happen. Plus, hardly anyone follows this stock. If you add up “regulars” on all posting boards it’s less than 30 people regularly posting. Although impossible to tell, “readers” who don’t post probably add another 70 to 100 people tops. So this stock has no visibility. This also keeps the price low too. Also, traders riding wash rinse and repeat cycles can mildly affect the stock price elasticity.
The anemic trading volume is because those who own the stock now have invested time to understand the features/benefits of Liquidmetal and completely believe that the stock is a literal sure thing with an uncertain timeframe—because of this they are not willing to sell. Thus no volume.
Also, contributing to anemic volume, is the camp that says I’ll buy when a contract is announced and try to get on while the train is moving (but not at full speed). What’s unsure is how fast the train will accelerate. It might be difficult to get on board at an attractive price. An Apple or tesla contract would pop the price quickly. Especially for those who have watched the stock for a long time—they will likely wait for another wash rinse repeat cycle and it might not cycle as it did historically with a contract. A tiered approach to this stock will be a good idea for this camp.
However most feel that the risk of holding is a better bet than selling especially since the risk is literally pennies per share and the company has an incredible Altman s-score rating with almost a zero bankruptcy risk. Plus the quick and current financial ratios are phenomenally impressive for a stock at any price. The incredible investments by Li and Apple make people believe in the prospect of success too. Plus, The technology, patent portfolio, trademarks, partnerships, and new manufacturing capacity in a low labor country add up to the possibility of a big win financially for stockholders.
Again, the question isn’t if…it’s when.
Some people have been burned by being invested for a long time. They tend to be more pessimistic, yet they stay because deep down, at the core, they know that Li, Apple, Inoue, the patents, and the overseas investments all have merit. The longer you’ve been a holder, or the more pessimistic you are by nature, the more you tend to think the “when” is longer term. Thus this camp wants proof of a contract first.
Others, the optimistic camp, find it fun to follow the actions of the maze and try to be ahead of the inevitable whale announcement. With all the money that has funneled into capacity it is a great play at a .11-.12 cent bet. These people aren’t selling either.
Whichever camp you’re in you’re still camping out here because it will happen—the Campers just disagree on when.
As long as the investments in capacity continue, the patent activity continues, the trademark activity continues, the Altman z score remains stellar, the current and quick ratios stay incredibly strong, and the clues keep presenting themselves, I’m going to hold. It you believe in “Helen” it amplifies everything. I fall into this camp because she emailed me. I read the emails. We’ve traded over 20 emails and I feel very confident in my investment and it’s timeline as a result.
Those who are more skeptical, well, they see it differently. Again we all believe in the success that will come. We just disagree on when.
