RE: Twatcher - Question13 Apr 2021 11:26
1) No one is here for HIV or food in tolerance, we all arrived into this stock as a covid play, so I discount that entirely.
2) ODX have an absolutely AWFUL history in the last year in relation to covid decisions, won't go into that again, as everyone knows. one or two outside their control, but mostly not.
3) Many here are still under the illusion that this is a fear stock, and some who are not play on the ones that are. At the start, a mere muroring of LFT or 'antibody' drove ODX SP. And some still think that's the case. Boris spent a recent presentation almost entirely talking about testing and LFTs. It moved the SP a bit and now we are back below where it started. So those days are long gone. There maybe more waves, and bad news relating to covid will effect ODX SP a bit, as will good news, but it has LONG gotten to the time that people need to realise that this is a manufacturing company, and it's fortunes are now primarily driven by production. As such to have no announced purchase orders and no announced production quantities for any covid LFTs is astoundingly bad.
4) Hanging their hat on a uk gov contract was an awful decision last time. However for 6-7 months we were told that ODX was so flexible and they could quickly make any test that is required. But it appears that ODX is now back in the position of entirely reliant on uk gov again, and again there is delay and politics tied to ODX manufacturing output. The fear is that picking mologic antigen might again turn out to be a turkey. If transpires that UK gov picks another test, then not only do you have another TT to go thru, but in the mologic test you have a test that you can make that uk gov has pretty much said isn't up to the job...what chance of independent sales for it then ?
At this point, IMO, it is absolutely VITAL that uk gov picks the mologic test. If an announcement is made to the contrary, expect a big drop in the SP. If Mologic is picked, then there is hope for a good ODX SP upswing, provided orders flow quickly and the contract gives a decent profit per test. Mologic announcement alone will be +ve for the SP. Contracts more positive.
Everything else is just faff.