I wrote a number of articles on dispositions on MicroCapClub earlier this year. The thesis, in short, was that very small companies generally do not strive to get smaller. Quite the contrary, they need to grow to achieve economies of scale and spread the costs of management and public ownership across a greater revenue base. When they choose to shrink by shutting down or selling a division, something is up. It might well be worth an investor’s time to figure out just what’s motivating management to shrink their already too-little company. Case studies on Broadway & Seymour, Clearfield (CLFD), and Asure Software (ASUR) illustrated some of the things to look for such as the remaining segments financials, changes in beneficial ownership that might be forcing the change, smart money acquiring from dumb money, insider buying, net operating loss carry forwards, and even poison pills to preserve NOL’s. In this article I introduce another disposition situation without telling you how it ends. Because I don’t know yet. If you can see how its going to end, maybe you can still make a lot of money or avoid a dead money situation. Read More …
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Alter NRG Corp: Disposition Case Study with Ending Unknown
Posted December 24, 2012 By Mark Vonderwell in Blog, Companies Mentioned With | No Comments
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Disposition Case Study: Asure Software
Posted July 19, 2012 By Mark Vonderwell in Blog, Companies Mentioned, Educational With | 4 Comments
In Part 1 of this series, I wrote about why investors should pay close attention to microcaps that choose to get smaller via dispositions. I then wrote Part 2: Broadway and Seymour, and Part 3: Clearfield Inc which showcased examples of value that was generated via dispositions. In this writeup, we will look at yet another example, Asure Software (ASUR). Read More …
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MicroCapClub Radio Program Episode 10
Posted July 17, 2012 By Ian Cassel in Blog, Broadcasts, Radio With | 1 Comment
MicroCapClub contributors Sean Marconi and Mark Vonderwell join me in this radio program. We first discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of reverse splits. Mark talks about why investors should pay close attention to microcaps that choose to get smaller via dispositions. We then go into detail talking about Noble Romans (NROM) and SDIX Inc (SDIX). Other companies mentioned: Asure Software (ASUR), Attunity (ATTUF), Autobytel (ABTL), Chembio Diagnostics (CEMI), and Clearfield (CLFD). (Click the Play button to Listen) Read More …
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Disposition Case Study: Clearfield Inc.
Posted July 11, 2012 By Mark Vonderwell in Blog, Companies Mentioned, Educational With | 5 Comments
In Part 1 of this series, I wrote about why investors should pay close attention to microcaps that choose to get smaller via dispositions. In Part 2, I described a Case Study of Broadway & Seymour’s sale of their money-losing customer relationship management software business. This uncovered the profitable and rapidly growing Elite subsidiary at a price barely above cash on hand. It appeared in this situation that hedge funds encouraged the CRM sale and later forced the sale of the Elite business as well. Investors buying shares even months after the disposition was announced quadrupled their investment in a couple of years. Read More …
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Disposition Case Study: Broadway and Seymour
Posted June 6, 2012 By Mark Vonderwell in Blog, Educational With | 2 Comments
In Part 1 of this series, I wrote about why investors should pay close attention to microcaps that choose to get smaller via dispositions. In this follow on article I will take you through a real world example of a company successfully choosing to get smaller and how investors (me included) benefited. Read More …