I don't understand these statements about "the market values the company at..."
If this is just a statement about what the current price is, I think we can all check the quote for a stock. So, it would seem kinda silly not to just say that "the price is...".
If it is a statement saying that the price cannot ever change, then that seems easy to refute by showing someone the historic chart. Can this be what is meant?
If it is a statement that the current price is always equal to the intrinsic worth of a stock, then why ever stray from S&P 500 index funds? The whole point of investing is that one believes, based on fundamentals, promotion, momentum, charts or whatever, that a stock can be bought at a low price and sold for a higher price.
Before anyone states again that "the market has valued IDLM at..." it would be great if they'd spell out exactly what they mean by this statement.