RE: Sbtx30 Jan 2024 14:22
Ody, Croda is 100% down to Croda nothing SA can do about that. It is extremely frustrating but we will have news early 24 re the trials, then hopefully off to the races.
I agree re the share price it is horrific and the funding doesn't make sense to me but I dont have all the facts. Re the acquisition, I shall wait for the forecasts this week and judge then as the figures we have now are out of date. SA says it is accretive, cash generating and covers its own financing costs. Let's wait and see.
I disagree on the failed launch. The original plan was to go with distributors but the company decide against this because of margin surrender etc, so they launched themselves. Am I happy with sales, no, but to get the product out there during a pandemic, I wouldn’t call that a fail. Disappointing yes, fail no.
We have lots of news coming shortly, forecasts for the acquisition, Croda trial results, Acne, Oral. Whatever your feelings are about SA, to replace a CEO at this point I think would be unwise.
I am extremely unhappy about the share price, this is very painful for all concerned but things can change quickly. This company is worth many multiples of where we are now just on Croda, now I know Croda isn’t a certainty but nothing is in investing, but we should remember they have been at it for over four years, thrown £5-6m at it and at the eleventh hour started trials to validate "additional unexpected technical benefits.” You dont do that unless you are going to commercialise.
I am certainly not selling and I believe it is extremely cheap where we are now. Investors are selling because they are upset with the CEO, in my opinion thats a bad idea, the company still has the science and opportunities it had this time last week. The company and its prospects haven’t changed.