RE: TRX SP movement7 Dec 2020 19:30
@ GliUlivi - I understand the frustration,it stings pretty badly when diluted so massively. Normally when something like this happens you can buy more to average down but in this case it is not advisable since most of the old IIs have jumped the ship and the new ones have extracted their price. I agree with you, the company has to work hard and that too at a good pace to even achieve 1p SP but I have confidence in the science and products of this company and predict a takeover by a bigger medical health company just for the patents and FDA/CE approvals (They are barriers for the new products from rivals to enter the market, which a bigger company can exploit and milk revenue at healthy margins). I must clarify, I have only entered into this stock after the dilution after watching from the sidelines for a long time.
My understanding for such a low offer price was 1) After Woodford left or shall I say screwed TRX, other IIs, predominantly IP group didn't see a case to put more money. 2) The directors, who got replaced recently, were IMO tasked with getting funding to the company, they have failed spectacularly! The new IIs valued this company at 1.3x of sales, which is exploitation (they will say this is the art of investing), however now they have to back the company in the subsequent fund raises if not they will lose. I believe the IIs have also priced this into their valuations. So, effectively what happened was that TRX was 'sold off' to a new set of 'Owners' by a distressed bunch of old owners (Woodford were eager to get rid of their 20% stake to pay back to the investors, so I don't think they will be keen to bargain for a good price for it!).
I had invested in another company, HZD, which got also hit by woodford, their board managed to find a buyer for the woodford's share of ~21% very quickly, managed to contain the damage to the SP to around 20%, other IIs stayed the course until eventually the company was acquired by PerkinElmer.