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I have a 40 year background in accounting and finance at a number of public and private companies in increasingly responsible positions and have been a CFO for the last 20 years. My background in preparing financial statements, reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission and having been involved in a number of company sales and purchases are invaluable tools in reading and understanding public company financial statements and their valuations.

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Hanging on

I dumped PLTK for a 4% loss after they eliminated their dividend for nebulous reasons.

I sold another 25% of VNDA for a 94% gain.

I bought more PERI at $8.18. It was trading at $.53 over its cash value and at about .5X earnings net of their cash.

ACH just can’t get going. Trading at about 3X earnings. Thinking about buying more if the weakness continues.

Update

I got whacked a bit by the market since my last update, but still decently in the black for the year.

PERI announced earnings. Let’s see….. Non-GAAP income was $.49 up from $.33 last year. Made $1.13 for the year, and have $7.65 a share in net cash–after they bought back $71 million of their own stock in 2025. They expect at least a 10% increase in EBITDA for 2026 which should translate to the same type of EPS increase. Trading at $1.35 above net cash value. Just insane.

VNDA got their second FDA approval on Friday. The stock was up 44% after hours.

ACH reported earnings. EPS was $.21 for the quarter (from continuing operations) and $1.01 for the year. They lost a low margin contract, so revenues will drop about 7% in 2026 and EBITDA will drop 5-10%. So EPS may “only” be about $.90. Trading at $2.60, 2.9X forward EPS. Yes, they have a pile of debt, but this is way CHEAP, IMO.

Steady as she goes………

I managed to avoid the plunge in NASDAQ over the last few weeks.

I did a trade on DHX and booked a 50% profit in a month. This must be at least the 5th time I have traded this stock over the years. Buy at $1.50 ish and sell at $2.50-$3.00.

I bought some more NEXN today. An X report came out that someone is thinking of buying them for at least $10 a share. Last I looked they had about $2 a share in cash and will make about $.90 a share for 2025. I think it is worth $11-$14 a share and is way cheap at $6.

2026 off to a decent start-so far

Well as of now I have made up for my 2025 losses and a bit more.

SCOR jumped a bit on their recap completion eliminating their $18 million preferred dividend and converting their previous preferred to a new preferred with an average conversion price of over $12.

IRIX actually announced some good preliminary Q4 results. Maybe they will be profitable in 2026? Selling at about .5X of revenue.

EDAP announced record Q4 HIFU results. All looks good except their cash burn.

OMI-now ACH, is right around where I bought it after plunging to under $2 for no reason. Hopefully they will make the $1+ expected for 2025. 2026 is expected to be a bit lower but not by much ($.94). So we are at 2.5 times earnings. I just can’t see that lasting too long.

I picked up a little of PLTK (10,000 shares). I don’t normally buy gaming companies but this one is selling for less than 6X earnings and pays an 11% dividend. They just cut 15% of their workforce. They also have a lot of debt, but it looks manageable to me.

VNDA didn’t get their second FDA approval, but they have a more significant drug up for approval in February.

2025 is over

It’s official. I was down 4% on my stock portfolio for 2025. Fortunately, my yield investments more than offset my stock losses. Hopefully 2026 will be better.

Crazy valuations still dominate the market. Story stocks are the rage. To me buying these is just gambling, I will stick to value stocks and wait out the return to sanity. Hopefully that will happen sooner rather than later.

Vanda got the FDA approval they expected in late December. The stock jumped, but gave back a lot of the gains over the next two days. Another approval date come maybe next week. I sold a bit for a 110% gain.

OMI completed the sale of their drug distribution business. They are projecting $380 million of EBITDA this year, $1.02 to $1.07 of EPS for 2025 and fell like a stone on Friday. I bought more. I think this is worth $10 or more. They do still have a lot of debt. But no risk, no reward.

SCOR finalized their recapitalization last week. They still have to issue a press release announcing it. They eliminated their preferred dividend but at substantial dilution. But, this gives them the chance to maybe be profitable in 2026. We will see.

Almost end of the year

SNCR saved my butt from this being my worst year in 16 years. Now it is only my 4th worst!

Value stocks have been out of favor for 4 years now. I just can’t buy a Palantir at 100 times revenue and 180 times earnings, or many of the other wildly priced stocks out there. PE’s have expanded at least 100% over the last few years. Not sure why, other than inflation and too many lemmings chasing the same stocks cause ‘they are gonna go up”.

SBH is up over 50% and I am long gone on this one. NEXN and PERI are still hanging in there even though they are both trading at less then 10X earnings and both have a ton of cash. EDAP has a small bump on Friday on no news. IRIX is still doing nothing as is ARAY. Small medical device stocks have been shunned the last 3 years or so. Valuations of 3-5X revenues are history. 1 or 2X revenues seem to be the new norm.

I recently bought OMI and DHX (again). OMI is selling its distribution business and is forecast to make just over $1 a share and is trading at $3, up from $2.50 where I bought it. I think it could be worth north of $10 next year. DHX is profitable and trading around $1.60, I think $3-$4 is doable after we get past tax loss selling and have a decent Q4.

See you in 2026.

Still sucking wind this year

My old stocks are doing nothing. SNCR, IRIX, ARAY, CTRM, EDAP

PERI and NEXN are doing ok but they are still hugely undervalued here at less than10X earnings and both with a pile of cash and generating more each quarter.

I have been trading a bit as I wait for something to happen with my main stocks. ONDAS, GDRX, VNDA, OMI and doing just fine on these so far.

I dumped PRTS at $.88 when they announced a dilutive financing rather than a sale. So I made a few pennies.

The overvaluations are still all over the place IMO. But it has been that way for a few years now.

Same old, same old

Not much to write about. I had two stocks beat earnings estimates by 45% (PERI, NEXN) and both went down. Meanwhile stocks selling at what I think are ridiculous PE’s are all over the place. Even Walmart is selling at 40X earnings. Great company but it ain’t growing EPS at 40%. I did a day trade in ONDS last week and made 35% in a day. Another overvalued drone startup, but I had a gut feeling. I also bought a bunch of PRTS at $.75, since they are “highly confident” they will have deal either to sell the company or raise money. I am hoping for a sale. Otherwise just sitting and waiting.