You hit the nail on the head for so many real investors here. We bought when the company WAS in the pennies a share, and as we watched other small companies struggle and go broke, like GM and others, EXPH held firm, and the story stayed the same. Those of us who saw the potential and heard the conviction of JD -- we continued to buy on every drop. Even with lower averages, we watched our portfolios, along with every safe, mutual fund holder, drop. Now, the prospects for the other small companies like GM, the airlines, the banks, the insurance companies, and on and on and on, still look grim, yet EXPH is GROWING and SIGNING NEW deals. Why? Because JD decided to not worry about the things he had no control over and do something about those he could. Relationships, when combined with quality, build major companies and strength. While those yelling the loudest say, "Small companies are too risky. You should be buying big board stocks." -- IMO, we will be laughing all the way to the bank for a long, long time, as the RELATIONSHIPS grow (and we have solid evidence they are), then the business will grow. EXPH could grow steadily for another five years before capacity is strained. ON TOP OF THAT, we have the potential for some MAJOR icing on the cake with a proprietary, renewable consumer product perhaps coming, and best of all, the RELATIONSHIPS, which ALL companies would DIE FOR, are subject to RECURRING revenues! When Lowes and the others expand, EXPH profits more! When time changes styles or makes things age, EXPH profits!
IMO, we are sitting at the VERY BEGINNING, as far as potential stock profits and future growth, but as far as RELATIONSHIPS and BUSINESS PARTNERS, EXPH is YEARS AHEAD of ANY competition!
I have to stop thinking about it, because I start to talk like that Tony Robbins fellow on POSITIVE THINKING and SUCCESS or THE SECRET on how expecting great things MAKES them come to you!
Sitting in the catbird seat, baby!! EXPH shareholders -- that's where they are.