RE: Long term8 Dec 2023 13:02
Grezzz,
Please see some of my recent posts here.
Furthermore I have been in communication with Kana DeLuca of Puretech's Investor Relations regarding the total disconnect between the share price and the company's assets and she confirmed the Board's concern that this clear undervaluation is not recognised by the market and she referred me to the recent RNS regarding Capital allocation and investors returns and some further announcements on these plans are expected soon.
She recognised that the market cap of the company is but a small fraction of the sum of the parts valuation of Puretech and this is being addressed notwithstanding the general market apathy towards Bio tech companies.
For example she cited one of Puretech's own drugs, LYT-100 for pulmonary fibrosis which is in Phase 2B trials and for which headline results are expected in 2024 .
Kana says LYT-100 could be a $billion blockbuster drug and is one of a number within the own in-house suite of drugs which is potentially transformational.
I noted that Karuna Therapeutics, the $8billion Nasdaq listed company founded by Puretech, is a clear case in point of Puretech's ridiculous market cap of c£400m ....Puretech's 3.1% shareholding in Karuna is valued at c$250m plus royalties sold for $500m ( $100m already received and the balance on FDA approval for KartX , Karuna's blockbuster Schizophrenia drug, which is almost certain over the next months) , milestone payments of c$50m plus and other royalties in excess of a certain amount ,total up to almost $800m in real cash against Puretech's market cap of c$500m and ignoring everything else including Puretech's cash $350m and own drugs plus founded entities particularly Vedanta which is a potential multi billion $ company and where Puretech owns 40% of the equity.
Even today Puretech should be valued at around £1-1.5 billion or c4.5 /5 a share and much higher in 12 months time imho .
I am going to buy more , funds permitting, over coming weeks.
Finally I encourage you all to contact Kana by email and to confirm what I have said above and any other questions you may have.
Cheers and ATM