The Prize24 Oct 2020 14:19
Much has been written over the years as to what the SP should be and what it could be. IMHO the key issue is what investors are prepared to pay for it and that is all based upon speculation and anticipation. Some have chosen to ridicule what they see as excessive, wildly ambitious figures – 10p, 20p, 28p £1, £4 etc. Most of those figures have been heavily caveated although the pessimists conveniently choose to ignore the caveats. History is an interesting record of those with ambition and those who fell by the wayside. The Pharma sector has an average P/E ratio of 24:1. Quite high compared with others. However, what is more important is the variation within a sector. Back in the 80’s when The Body Shop was in full flight and the only retailer and manufacturer of cosmetics not tested on animals the P/E for that plc was over 300:1. In the early 00’s Bezos poured every penny of profit back into Amazon yet the P/E was 3732.43. Even now the Amazon P/E is above 100. The SP for many is based on potential rather than a cold analysis of current assets. SAR has huge potential – a multi product pipeline with assets approaching key news events. Who is to say that we can’t multi bag several times over? Once above 3p we will no longer be a toy for the MM’s to play with. Once above 20p and the MM’s will be our toy to play with. GLA