RE: Markets asleep12 Jun 2025 11:48
The value disconnect here is puzzling. All seems to be nearly too good to be true, so I'm trying to generate a possible bear case.
(I am long on MKA btw, it's my 2nd biggest holding).
Bear paws:
- Cash. Latest LOI looks extremely positive even tho not guaranteed, given source of funds. But is that cash coming fast enough to support current working cap?
- Company structure/offer. Is the company structure too complex, dispersed and with fingers in too many pies for investors to get comfortable? The thru-life process of pit to supply looks superb, but does that lack of focus open up cash/mgmt risk concerns?
- Untested commercial output. Can MKA deliver product at commercial scale and at the right price. Feels like proof of concept is strong here and cost stack for MKA looks competitive?
- Macro factors. Recent SP increases off the back of total China export ban may have dialled off a bit. But surely damage has been done and non-China countries need to have a supply route not dependent on China, so MKA fits the bill?
Take my work for it, I'm not trolling here and am invested. I just can't correlate SP action with what I've researched and the recent newsflow.