Cheap Stocks, 8/14/2015 update

Finally an up week for us  +4.3 and we are now down 10.9% for the year. Meanwhile, the DOW was up .6% and the NASDAQ was up .1%. For the year the DOW is down 1.9% and NASDAQ is up 6.6%.

CTIG, PRSS, BLIN, MRVC and AVID earnings last week.

Some of our stocks are just stupid cheap—compared to their net cash on hand divided by their stock price.

Check this list:

CCUR 45%
SYNC 51%
CTIG 43%
PRSS 55%

ATEC, AVID, DAEG and SYNC, can still be bought.

Last week we went 7 stocks up, 5 down and 1 even. Since inception we are now 68 stocks up and 20 down for a 77.3% winning percentage (80% is our target win %).  Of our closed-out positions 60 have been winners and 13 have been losers for an 82% win percentage and a 35% average net gain per position.

The model portfolio assumes $10,000 invested in each stock (unless we double-up–then it is $20,000), less $10 commission each way (TD Ameritrade rate).

Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ-AVID)-Recommended 1/20/2015)

Buy Price $10.25 (Was $14 before 8/15 double up at $8.08)

NEW Valuation $22.24 (Was $22.59 $23.86, $28.10)

Closed down $2.29 at $9.15

AVID announced Q2 2015 earnings (quarter ended June 30, 2015) on 8/10/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/avid-announces-financial-results-second-203852725.html

Revenues were $110 million down from $125 million last year. They made a Non-GAAP profit of $.05 per share versus a $.15 profit last year.  Our valuation moved down a bit to $22.24  from $22.59 last quarter. They upped  their 2015 guidance to $74-$80 million of adjusted EBITDA from $72-$78 million. Also, while the debt for the acquisition of Orad was on the balance sheet at June 30, the revenues and profits were not. You would think that AVID lost money and lowered their guidance by 50% with the way the market reacted.

Down 11% BUY

Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ-ATEC)-Recommended 9/2/2014)

Buy Price $.93 ($1.56 before doubling up on 8/10/2015 at $.66)

Valuation $2.54 (Was $2.61, $3.11, $2.95, $3.00)

Closed up $.03 at $.69

ATEC announced Q2 2015 (June 30, 2015) earnings on August 4, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/alphatec-holdings-announces-second-quarter-200500460.html

No one liked them as the stock plummeted more than 50%. Revenues were $46.6 million ($50.2 million in constant currency) compared to $53.2 million last year. EBITDA was down 50% from $7.7 to $3.8 million. Our valuation came in at $2.54 compared to the previous $2.61. We are cutting ATEC to a HOLD until they can reverse the negative trends in revenue, gross margin and EBITDA.

After the reaction to the earnings we bought more and suggest doubling up here as the selling seems over done. This will bring our average Buy price down to $.93.

Down 26% BUY

CafePress, Inc.  Inc. (NASDAQ-PRSS)-Recommended 5/19/2014)

Buy Price $4.01 (Was $5.40 before adding $10,000 at $3.19 on 3/2/2015)

Valuation $9.09 (Was $12.50, $11.17, $12.51, $11.27)

Closed up $.54 at $4.80

PRSS announced Q2 2015 (6/30/2015) earnings on 8/14/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cafepress-reports-results-second-quarter-201500378.html

Not bad. They continue to slim down the business to its core. They are divesting their EZ print business now also. Revenues fell to $21.8 million from $29.1 million last year, but their loss from operations declined to $1.8 million from $4.4 million last year. Adjusted EBITDA was positive $.7 million versus negative $1.8 million last year. Cash fell to $46 million ($2.64 a share from $56 million due to working capital changes and the repurchase of $2.3 million worth of stock. Our valuation was $8.95 down a tad from $9.09 last quarter.

UP 20% HOLD

Extreme Networks, Inc.  Inc. (NASDAQ-UNTD)-Recommended 3/12/2014)

Buy Price $3.43 (was $3.95 before we added another $10,000)

Valuation $9.47, (Was $6.99, $9.34, $8.24, $9.68, $8.52)

Closed up $.11 at $2.93

Extreme announced Q4 2015 (June 30, 2015) on August 6, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/extreme-networks-reports-fourth-quarter-110000404.html

Revenues came in at $149.9 compared to $155.3 and they made $.10 a share versus $.09 a share on a Non-GAAP basis. Our valuation came in at $9.47 a share versus $9.68 last year. Based on their guidance for next quarter we estimate our valuation at $7.45 compared to $8.24 for Q3 2014. Not heading in the right direction. This is a HOLD, hovering on a Sell. They need to cut expenses and/or sell the company.

Down 15%, HOLD

Synacor Inc. (NASDAQ-SYNC)-Recommended 12/17/2013)

Buy Price $2.56

Valuation $5.71 (Was $6.61, $5.58, $5.21, $5.44, $6.67, $6.39)’

Closed down $.05 at $1.65

SYNC announced Q2 2015 (June 30, 2015) earnings on 8/4/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/synacor-gains-ebitda-momentum-revenue-200100723.html

Revenues were $24.7 million up slightly from $24.2 million the prior year.  They had a Non-GAAP loss of about $.3 million compared to a loss of $1 million last year. SYNC’s valuation fell from last quarter to $5.29, but was a tad higher than last years $5.21. SYNC is trading at 30% of our valuation.

Down 36%. BUY

Dex Media Inc. (NASDAQ-DXM)-Recommended 5/10/2013)

Buy Price 6.46 ( Was $15.14 before adding $10,000 on 3/30/2015)

Valuation $21.00 (Was $31.00, $31.00, $34.00, $37.98, $34.36, $31.50, $24.25)

Closed up $.05 at $.31

Q2, 2015 earnings were announced August 6, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dex-media-announces-second-quarter-110000263.html

Revenues were $387 million, down  from $474 million last year and down from $406 million last quarter and adjusted EBITDA was $159 million up from $143 million last quarter and down from $176 million last year. Overall not a great quarter. For the year they are guiding to revenue of about $1.5 billion and $525 million of EBITDA. In their original projection for 2015 they were looking at revenue of $2.077 billion and EBITDA of $782 million. Clearly they are not making their projections. Net debt was $2.144 (their original projection was to end 2015 with $2.004 billion of debt—a goal they will likely make. Based on this performance we have lowered our valuation to $4.71 a share. DEXM is a HOLD

DEX announced a major restructuring on December 11, 2014. They expect to incur

$70-$100 million of expenses to achieve $150 million of ongoing expense savings with $110 million of that coming in 2015. They expect to begin deleveraging their balance sheet (meaning Net Debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio) in 2016. No question that’s what they need to do.

Down 95% HOLD

Daegis Inc. (NASDAQ-DAEG)-Recommended 11/30/2012)

Buy Price $1.09 (Was $1.20 before we doubled up)

Valuation $2.20 (Was $1.83, $2.83, $2.85, $3.39, $3.25, $3.42, $4.64, $4.86, $4.00)

Closed down $.19 at $.36

No reason we see for the big drop last week. Other than the nervous market. We are adding more personally at this price.

DAEG announced Q4 2015 earnings (quarter ended April 30, 2015) on 7/28/2015. Revenues were $6.1 million down from $7.4 million last year but up from $5.7 million last quarter. They lost $.03 per share on a GAAP basis compared to income of $.01 last year.  On a Non-GAAP basis they lost $65,000 versus a profit of $1,087,000 last year. Our valuation rose to $2.20 up from $1.83 last quarter on lower net debt ($6.4 million), higher sales and lower losses.

With the discontinuance of their eDiscovery business, Daegis is now a pure play enterprise software company and is trading at only 30% of our valuation. We are changing to a cautious.

.Down 67%, BUY

Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ-BLIN)-Recommended 8/24/2012)

Buy Price $3.95 ($ 5.85, $6.20 before 12/15/2014 and 2/14/2014 $10,000 adders)

NEW Valuation $6.20 (Was $6.10, $5.85, $5.98 $7.55, $8.75, $8.80, $1.83, $9.15, $10.95, $11.75, $12.80, $11.20)

Closed up $.04 at $1.38

BLIN announced Q3 2015 earnings (quarter ended June 30, 2015) on 8/14/2015. Revenues were $4.9 million down from $6.2 million last year but up from $4.8 million last quarter. They lost $.20 per share on a Non-GAAP basis compared to $.24 last year. Our valuation rose to $6.20 up from $6.10 last quarter on better margins. Overall, while margins and EBITDA (adjusted) improved it was pretty much a nothing quarter. Have to wait longer here as they eke out an existence and hopefully get this little boat moving in the right direction. HOLD

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bridgeline-digital-announces-financial-results-120000429.html

Down 65%, HOLD

Telecommunications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ-TSYS)-Recommended 6/14/2012)

Buy Price- $1.37

Valuation $5.78 (Was $5.43, $6.55, $6.88, $6.12, $5.99, $5.32, $6.81, $6.28, $4.89, $6.02, $6.72, $5.49)

Closed down $.06 at $3.43

TSYS announced Q2 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on 7/30/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/telecommunication-systems-reports-second-quarter-200500282.html

Revenues were $87.9 million, up from $81.9 million last year and adjusted EPS was $.05 compared to $.04 last year. Overall an OK quarter-again. Our valuation was $5.78 down from $6.12 last year and up from $5.43 last quarter. TSYS is trading at 64% of our valuation.

We are now waiting on the outcome of their “strategic alternatives” investigation with Lazard. Shares closed at $3.70 on 7/30/2015. This is still a HOLD. We are up 170% on TSYS

UP 150%, HOLD

MRV Communications (Pink Sheets-MRVC.pk)-Recommended 10//10/2011

NEW Valuation $26.52 (Was $23.19, $24.44, $25.52, $24.58, $23.19, $25.50, $28.98, $24.01 $23.06, $27.15, $31.80, $34.60, $28.60, $41.20, $43.20 (after $9.50, $6.00 and $1.40 special dividends), $52.40, $55.80)

Buy Price October 7, 2011- $8.50 ($25.40 before special dividends)

Closed at $16.82 up $5.00

Q2 2015 earnings were announced on, August 10, 2015 and the sale of their low margin network equipment business for approximately $21.4 million or $3 per share.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mrv-reports-second-quarter-2015-200800453.html

Revenues were $42 7 million down from $43.1 last year. Network equipment revenues were $24.5 million up 12.4% from $21.8 million last year. GAAP net loss was $.3 million compared to a loss of $2.3 million last year. Non-GAAP income was $.2 million versus a loss of $1.6 million last year. Our valuation based on the reported results jumped to $26.52. A rough pro-forma valuation for the company post sale of network integration came in at  $25.20

Up 96%  HOLD

Concurrent Computer (NASDAQ-CCUR)-Recommended 2/4/2011)

Buy Price-$4.58 (Was $5.08 before $.50 special dividend)

Valuation $16.38 (was $13.07, $14.80, $17.72, $15.01, $15.10,  $14.55, $14.77, $16.26, $16.20, $15.37, $13.53, $15.85, $14.13, $11.38, $14.04, $18.54, $15.99)

Closed down $.17 at $6.42 (including $1.20 of dividends)

Pays $.48 annual dividend

CCUR announced Q3 2015 (December 31, 2014) earnings on April 28,2015. Revenues were $17.1 million, down 7% from $18.3 million last year but up from $16 million last quarter. They made $.780,000 profit versus a loss of $.6 million last quarter and a $1.1 million profit last year. Gross margin held steady at 59%. Our valuation jumped back up to $16.38 from $13.07 last quarter. Cash per share rose  to $2.93 or 49% of the market cap. We will keep a HOLD on CCUR until we see what the new CEO can do and they get revenue growth back. We continue to collect the 7% dividend.

UP 40%, HOLD

ARI Networks (ARIS.ob-Recommended 8/19/2006)

Buy price $1.61 (Was $1.78 before another $10,000 added, was $2.06 before double up),

Valuation $6.66 (was $6.47,  $5.96, $6.02, $5.67, $5.57, $5.70, $6.71, $6.41, $6.14, $5.97, $6.21, $6.13, $5.82, $5.81, $5.72, $5.65, $5.39, $4.86, $5.60, $5.73, $5.54, $5.74, $5.96, $4.72, $5.19, $5.66, $5.63, $5.61, $5.71, $5.49, $5.34, $5.03, $5.28, $5.28, $5.21)

Closed at $3.32 up $.14.

Wynnefield continued their selling outing a cap on ARI’s stock price. They now own 693,000 shares down from 992,000. They are now at 4.1%.

Q3 2015 were announced on June 11, 2015. Pretty good. Revenues were $10.3 million, up 26% from last year and they made $.02 a share compared to $.01 last year. Our valuation rose to $6.66 a share.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ari-network-services-inc-announces-200100623.html

In addition to the 1.5 million share offering Wynnefield Capital has been selling shares-about 250,000 from 3/31/2015 to 5/12/2015 at prices from $3.20 to $3.38. They still have 992,000 shares or 6.9% of ARI. Assuming they are getting out, this will keep pressure on the price for a while.

ARI announced on May 7, 2015 that they had priced a 1.53 million share offering for expected net proceeds of about $4.7 million which they will use to pay off the $1.75 of debt they incurred on their recent acquisition of TASCO and for future acquisitions.

They are doing a good job positioning the company to be acquired. Hopefully this will soon happen with a $5+ price like we got for XRS in September 2014.

UP 106%, HOLD, Still a large valuation gap here and the Company is executing well.

CTI Holdings (CTIG.ob-Recommended 2/25/2006)

Buy price $.27 ask,

NEW Valuation $1.12 (Was $1.21, $1.39, $1.34, $1.22, $.99, $1.02, $1.05,  $1.07, $1.14, $1.17, $1.34, $1.34, $1.37, $1.36, $1.23,  $.91, $1.21, $.71, $.83, $.88 $.96, $.93, $.75, $.85, $1.57, $1.40, $1.29, $1.38, $1.31, $1.38, $1.29, $1.42, $1.28 $1.13, $1.05, $.82)

Ask price $.34 closed at $.31

CTIG announced Q2 2015 (June 30, 2015) earnings on 8/14/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cti-group-reports-2015-second-212621737.html

Revenues came in at $3.7 million versus $4.1 million last year. They lost $323,000 compared to a loss of $296,000 last year.

Our valuation fell a bit to $1.12 a share, down from $1.21 last quarter and $1.22 last year. We will continue to HOLD CTIG.

Commenting on the results, Fred Hanuschek, CTI Group’s CEO and President, stated, “Although our first half results were not as strong as we had hoped, we are encouraged by the number of opportunities that we are actively pursuing and believe these opportunities should lead to better second half results

Still way undervalued, but no light as to when or how this will ever be properly valued.

John Birbeck announced his departure in October 2014. He was one of the group trying to take CTIG private for $.40 a share. Birbeck will remain a Director of the company. He owns about 7% of CTIG (about 2.3 million shares).

They need to get an investment banker and sell the company. Probably get at least $.75 a share for it from someone.

UP 26%. HOLD

BLIN and PRSS earnings updates

 

BLIN announced Q3 2015 earnings (quarter ended June 30, 2015) today. Revenues were $4.9 million down from $6.2 million last year but up from $4.8 million last quarter. They lost $.20 per share on a Non-GAAP basis compared to $.24 last year. Our valuation rose to $6.20 up from $6.10 last quarter on better margins. Overall, while margins and EBITDA (adjusted) improved it was pretty much a nothing quarter. Have to wait longer here as they eke out an existence and hopefully get this little boat moving in the right direction. HOLD.

PRSS announced Q2 2015 (6/30/2015) earnings last night. Not bad. They continue to slim down the business to its core. They are divesting their EZ print business now also. Revenues fell to $21.8 million from $29.1 million last year, but their loss from operations declined to $1.8 million from $4.4 million last year. Adjusted EBITDA was positive $.7 million versus negative $1.8 million last year. Cash fell to $46 million ($2.64 a share) from $56 million due to working capital changes and the repurchase of $2.3 million worth of stock. Our valuation was $8.95 down a tad from $9.09 last quarter. BUY

AVID Q2 (6/30/2015) Earnings update

AVID announced Q2 2015 earnings (quarter ended June 30, 2015) after the close last night. Revenues were $110 million down from $125 million last year. They made a Non-GAAP profit of $.05 per share versus a $.15 profit last year. Our valuation moved down a bit to $22.24 from $22.59 last quarter. They upped their 2015 guidance of $74-$80 million of adjusted EBITDA from $72-$78 million. Also, while the debt for the acquisition of Orad was on the balance sheet at June 30, the revenues and profits were not. You would think that AVID lost money and lowered their guidance by 50% with the way the market reacted afterhours last night and this morning. We are doubling up here. The new Buy Price will be approximately $11.30.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/avid-announces-financial-results-second-203852725.html

Cheap Stocks, 8/7/2015 Update

Another down week -1.7 and are now down 15.2% for the year. Meanwhile, the DOW was down 1.8% and the NASDAQ was down 1.7%. For the year the DOW is down 2.5% and NASDAQ is up 6.5%.

DEX, ATEC, SYNC and EXTR earnings last week.

Some of our stocks are just stupid cheap—compared to their net cash on hand divided by their stock price.

Check this list:

CCUR 45%
SYNC 49%
CTIG 43%
PRSS 75%

ATEC, and SYNC, can still be bought. We are doubling up on ATEC

Last week we went 4 stock up, 8 down and 1 even. Since inception we are now 68 stocks up and 20 down for a 77.3% winning percentage (80% is our target win %). Of our closed-out positions 60 have been winners and 13 have been losers for an 82% win percentage and a 35% average net gain per position.

The model portfolio assumes $10,000 invested in each stock (unless we double-up–then it is $20,000), less $10 commission each way (TD Ameritrade rate).

Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ-AVID)-Recommended 1/20/2015)

Buy Price $14.00

Valuation $22.59 (Was $23.86, $28.10)

Closed down $.82 at $11.44

AVID announced a convertible bond offering in June and the stock tanked. We can’t figure it out. Proceeds to be used to pay for their recent acquisition, and a $20 million stock buyback.

AVID announced Q1 2015 earnings (quarter ended March 31, 2015) on May 7, 2015. Revenues were $120 million down from $135 million last year. They made a Non-GAAP profit of $.17 per share versus a $.38 profit last year. Our valuation slipped to $22.59 from $23.86 last quarter. They reaffirmed their 2015 guidance of $72-$78 million of adjusted EBITDA. We are keeping this as a BUY.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/avid-announces-financial-results-first-201100764.html

Down 12% HOLD

Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ-ATEC)-Recommended 9/2/2014)

NEW Buy Price $.93 ($1.56 before doubling up on 8/10/2015 at $.66)

NEW Valuation $2.54 (Was $2.61, $3.11, $2.95, $3.00)

Closed down $.71 at $.66

ATEC announced Q2 2015 (June 30, 2015) earnings on August 4, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/alphatec-holdings-announces-second-quarter-200500460.html

No one liked them as the stock plummeted more than 50%. Revenues were $46.6 million ($50.2 million in constant currency) compared to $53.2 million last year. EBITDA was down 50% from $7.7 to $3.8 million. Our valuation came in at $2.54 compared to the previous $2.61. We are cutting ATEC to a HOLD until they can reverse the negative trends in revenue, gross margin and EBITDA.

After the reaction to the earnings we bought more and suggest doubling up here as the selling seems over done. This will bring our average Buy price down to $.93.

Down 58%

CafePress, Inc. Inc. (NASDAQ-PRSS)-Recommended 5/19/2014)

Buy Price $4.01 (Was $5.40 before adding $10,000 at $3.19 on 3/2/2015)

Valuation $9.09 (Was $12.50, $11.17, $12.51, $11.27)

Closed down $.10 at $4.26

Q2 2015 earnings due out Thursday, August 13, 2015 after the market close.

PRSS announced Q1 2015 (3/31/2015) earnings on 5/12/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cafepress-reports-first-quarter-2015-201500608.html

Again, this is a complex period for the company with the recent divestitures of two of their operating entities. We had estimated a valuation of $12.51 based on their reported annual results, but it came in at $9.09 a share—which is still more than double the current price. Cash from the divestitures ballooned the balance to $51.4 million or $3.21 a share. Operating performance fell short though. Revenues were $27.4 versus $30.9 million last year. On a Non-GAAP basis they lost$ 2 million versus a loss of $3.1 million last year from continuing operations. We continue to rate PRSS a BUY.

From their press release:

“We are taking proactive steps toward optimizing our business and operating as a leaner company focused on generating higher quality revenues. We believe that our data-driven approach to understanding opportunities with customers and partners will result in an increased ability to capture the very substantial opportunities within the personalized e-commerce market. We still have substantial work ahead of us as we continue to look for operational efficiencies while keeping a sharp focus on expense management. While these strategic moves may create near term pressure on revenue, we are extremely excited by the long-term prospects for CafePress,” concluded Mr. Durham.

UP 6% BUY

Extreme Networks, Inc. Inc. (NASDAQ-UNTD)-Recommended 3/12/2014)

Buy Price $3.43 (was $3.95 before we added another $10,000)

NEW Valuation $9.47, (Was $6.99, $9.34, $8.24, $9.68, $8.52)

Closed up $.51 at $2.83

Extreme announced Q4 2015 (June 30, 2015) on August 6, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/extreme-networks-reports-fourth-quarter-110000404.html

Revenues came in at $149.9 compared to $155.3 and they made $.10 a share versus $.09 a share on a Non-GAAP basis. Our valuation came in at $9.47 a share versus $9.68 last year. Based on their guidance for next quarter we estimate our valuation at $7.45 compared to $8.24 for Q3 2014. Not heading in the right direction. This is a HOLD, hovering on a Sell. They need to cut expenses and/or sell the company.

Down 18%, HOLD

Synacor Inc. (NASDAQ-SYNC)-Recommended 12/17/2013)

Buy Price $2.56

Valuation $5.71 (Was $6.61, $5.58, $5.21, $5.44, $6.67, $6.39)’

Closed up $.07 at $1.70

SYNC announced Q2 2015 (June 30, 2015) earnings on 8/4/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/synacor-gains-ebitda-momentum-revenue-200100723.html

Revenues were $24.7 million up slightly from $24.2 million the prior year. They had a Non-GAAP loss of about $.3 million compared to a loss of $1 million last year. SYNC’s valuation fell from last quarter to $5.29, but was a tad higher than last years $5.21. SYNC is trading at 30% of our valuation.

Down 34%. BUY

Dex Media Inc. (NASDAQ-DXM)-Recommended 5/10/2013)

Buy Price 6.46 ( Was $15.14 before adding $10,000 on 3/30/2015)

Valuation $21.00 (Was $31.00, $31.00, $34.00, $37.98, $34.36, $31.50, $24.25)

Closed down $.10 at $.26

Q2, 2015 earnings were announced August 6, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dex-media-announces-second-quarter-110000263.html

Revenues were $387 million, down from $474 million last year and down from $406 million last quarter and adjusted EBITDA was $159 million up from $143 million last quarter and down from $176 million last year. Overall not a great quarter. For the year they are guiding to revenue of about $1.5 billion and $525 million of EBITDA. In their original projection for 2015 they were looking at revenue of $2.077 billion and EBITDA of $782 million. Clearly they are not making their projections. Net debt was $2.144 (their original projection was to end 2015 with $2.004 billion of debt—a goal they will likely make. Based on this performance we have lowered our valuation to $4.71 a share. DEXM is a HOLD

DEX announced a major restructuring on December 11, 2014. They expect to incur

$70-$100 million of expenses to achieve $150 million of ongoing expense savings with $110 million of that coming in 2015. They expect to begin deleveraging their balance sheet (meaning Net Debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio) in 2016. No question that’s what they need to do.

Down 96% HOLD

Daegis Inc. (NASDAQ-DAEG)-Recommended 11/30/2012)

Buy Price $1.09 (Was $1.20 before we doubled up)

Valuation $2.20 (Was $1.83, $2.83, $2.85, $3.39, $3.25, $3.42, $4.64, $4.86, $4.00)

Closed up $.01 at $.55

DAEG announced Q4 2015 earnings (quarter ended April 30, 2015) on 7/28/2015. Revenues were $6.1 million down from $7.4 million last year but up from $5.7 million last quarter. They lost $.03 per share on a GAAP basis compared to income of $.01 last year. On a Non-GAAP basis they lost $65,000 versus a profit of $1,087,000 last year. Our valuation rose to $2.20 up from $1.83 last quarter on lower net debt ($6.4 million), higher sales and lower losses.

With the discontinuance of their eDiscovery business, Daegis is now a pure play enterprise software company and is trading at only 30% of our valuation. We are changing to a cautious BUY.

.Down 50%, HOLD

Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ-BLIN)-Recommended 8/24/2012)

Buy Price $3.95 ($ 5.85, $6.20 before 12/15/2014 and 2/14/2014 $10,000 adders)

Valuation $5.85 (Was $7.55, $8.75, $8.80, $1.83, $9.15, $10.95, $11.75, $12.80, $11.20)

Closed down $.20 at $1.34

BLIN announced Q2 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on May 14, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bridgeline-digital-announces-financial-results-202247641.html

Another very disappointing quarter. Revenues fell to $4.8 million from $5.3 million last year. They lost $2.1 million compared to $2.3 million last year, showing the improvement in spending as a result of their cost curtailment efforts. On a Non-GAAP basis they lost $1.2 million versus $1.3 million last year. Our valuation fell to $5.85 (adjusted for the 5 for 1 split in May 2015, down from $7.53 last quarter and $8.82 last year.

Down 66%, HOLD

Telecommunications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ-TSYS)-Recommended 6/14/2012)

Buy Price- $1.37

Valuation $5.78 (Was $5.43, $6.55, $6.88, $6.12, $5.99, $5.32, $6.81, $6.28, $4.89, $6.02, $6.72, $5.49)

Closed down $.18 at $3.49

TSYS announced Q2 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on 7/30/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/telecommunication-systems-reports-second-quarter-200500282.html

Revenues were $87.9 million, up from $81.9 million last year and adjusted EPS was $.05 compared to $.04 last year. Overall an OK quarter-again. Our valuation was $5.78 down from $6.12 last year and up from $5.43 last quarter. TSYS is trading at 64% of our valuation.

We are now waiting on the outcome of their “strategic alternatives” investigation with Lazard. Shares closed at $3.70 on 7/30/2015. This is still a HOLD. We are up 170% on TSYS

UP 155%, HOLD

MRV Communications (Pink Sheets-MRVC.pk)-Recommended 10//10/2011

Valuation $23.19 (Was $24.44, $25.52, $24.58, $23.19, $25.50, $28.98, $24.01 $23.06, $27.15, $31.80, $34.60, $28.60, $41.20, $43.20 (after $9.50, $6.00 and $1.40 special dividends), $52.40, $55.80)

Buy Price October 7, 2011- $8.50 ($25.40 before special dividends)

Closed at $11.82 down $.17

Q2 2015 earnings due out Monday, August 10, 2015 after the market close.

Raging Capital added 601,000 shares in June bringing their holdings to 2,137,000 or 30.6% of the company.

MRVC announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on May 7, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mrv-reports-first-quarter-2015-200100767.html

Revenues were $38.8 million down from $42.3 million last year. They stated that revenues would have been flat, but that foreign currency impacts caused the decline.

They lost $.5 million versus a $3.4 million loss last year. Net cash per share fell from last quarters $2.34 to $1.73. Our valuation was $23.19 down from $24.44 last quarter. They spent $3.6 million buying 357,000 shares in their share buyback program. Again, not sure this is the best use of their cash in that it just makes their loss per share bigger. They reported a per share loss of $.15 this quarter versus a loss of $.58 last year.

This is still a HOLD as sales are at best flat on a constant exchange rate basis and not growing. They did substantially reduce their loss this quarter, but not enough to get us to buy more.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mrv-reports-first-quarter-2015-200100767.html

Up 37% HOLD

Concurrent Computer (NASDAQ-CCUR)-Recommended 2/4/2011)

Buy Price-$4.58 (Was $5.08 before $.50 special dividend)

Valuation $16.38 (was $13.07, $14.80, $17.72, $15.01, $15.10, $14.55, $14.77, $16.26, $16.20, $15.37, $13.53, $15.85, $14.13, $11.38, $14.04, $18.54, $15.99)

Closed down $.08 at $6.59 (including $1.20 of dividends)

Pays $.48 annual dividend

CCUR announced Q3 2015 (December 31, 2014) earnings on April 28,2015. Revenues were $17.1 million, down 7% from $18.3 million last year but up from $16 million last quarter. They made $.780,000 profit versus a loss of $.6 million last quarter and a $1.1 million profit last year. Gross margin held steady at 59%. Our valuation jumped back up to $16.38 from $13.07 last quarter. Cash per share rose to $2.93 or 49% of the market cap. We will keep a HOLD on CCUR until we see what the new CEO can do and they get revenue growth back. We continue to collect the 7% dividend.

UP 44%, HOLD

ARI Networks (ARIS.ob-Recommended 8/19/2006)

Buy price $1.61 (Was $1.78 before another $10,000 added, was $2.06 before double up),

Valuation $6.66 (was $6.47, $5.96, $6.02, $5.67, $5.57, $5.70, $6.71, $6.41, $6.14, $5.97, $6.21, $6.13, $5.82, $5.81, $5.72, $5.65, $5.39, $4.86, $5.60, $5.73, $5.54, $5.74, $5.96, $4.72, $5.19, $5.66, $5.63, $5.61, $5.71, $5.49, $5.34, $5.03, $5.28, $5.28, $5.21)

Closed at $3.18, unchanged.

Wynnefield continued their selling outing a cap on ARI’s stock price. They now own 693,000 shares down from 992,000. They are now at 4.1%.

Q3 2015 were announced on June 11, 2015. Pretty good. Revenues were $10.3 million, up 26% from last year and they made $.02 a share compared to $.01 last year. Our valuation rose to $6.66 a share.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ari-network-services-inc-announces-200100623.html

In addition to the 1.5 million share offering Wynnefield Capital has been selling shares-about 250,000 from 3/31/2015 to 5/12/2015 at prices from $3.20 to $3.38. They still have 992,000 shares or 6.9% of ARI. Assuming they are getting out, this will keep pressure on the price for a while.

ARI announced on May 7, 2015 that they had priced a 1.53 million share offering for expected net proceeds of about $4.7 million which they will use to pay off the $1.75 of debt they incurred on their recent acquisition of TASCO and for future acquisitions.

They are doing a good job positioning the company to be acquired. Hopefully this will soon happen with a $5+ price like we got for XRS in September 2014.

UP 97%, HOLD, Still a large valuation gap here and the Company is executing well.

CTI Holdings (CTIG.ob-Recommended 2/25/2006)

Buy price $.27 ask,

Valuation $1.21 (Was $1.39, $1.34, $1.22, $.99, $1.02, $1.05, $1.07, $1.14, $1.17, $1.34, $1.34, $1.37, $1.36, $1.23, $.91, $1.21, $.71, $.83, $.88 $.96, $.93, $.75, $.85, $1.57, $1.40, $1.29, $1.38, $1.31, $1.38, $1.29, $1.42, $1.28 $1.13, $1.05, $.82)

Ask price $.34 closed at $.31

CTIG announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on 5/14/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cti-group-reports-2015-first-203932720.html

After the huge Q4 2014 quarter this quarter’s results were more in-line with their previous run-rate. Revenues were $4.1 million, compared to $3.95 million in 2014. They also made $10,000 for the quarter.

Our valuation fell a bit to $1.21 a share, down from $1.39 last quarter, but up 20% from $.99 last year. We will continue to HOLD CTIG.

Still way undervalued, but no light as to when or how this will ever be properly valued.

John Birbeck announced his departure in October 2014. He was one of the group trying to take CTIG private for $.40 a share. Birbeck will remain a Director of the company. He owns about 7% of CTIG (about 2.3 million shares).

They need to get an investment banker and sell the company. Probably get at least $.75 a share for it from someone.

UP 26%. HOLD

SYNC and ATEC Earnings updates

Alphatec Holdings (ATEC) earnings update

ATEC announced Q2 2015 (June 30, 2015) earnings after the close last night. Revenues were $46.6 million ($50.2 million in constant currency) compared to $53.2 million last year. EBITDA was down 50% from $7.7 to $3.8 million. Our valuation came in at $2.54 compared to the previous $2.61. ATEC closed at $1.36 on 8/4/2015. ATEC is trading at 54% of our valuation. We are cutting ATEC to a HOLD until they can reverse the negative trends in revenue, gross margin and EBITDA..

Synacor (SYNC) earnings update

SYNC announced Q2 2015 (June 30, 2015) earnings after the close last night. Revenues were $24.7 million up slightly from $24.2 million the prior year. They had a Non-GAAP loss of about $.3 million compared to a loss of $1 million last year. SYNC’s valuation fell from last quarter to $5.29, but was a tad higher than last years $5.21. Shares closed at $1.59 on 8/4/2015. SYNC is trading at 30% of our valuation. SYNC is still a BUY.

Cheap Stocks, 7/31/2015 Update

We were down another  2.4% last week and are now down 13.4% for the year. Meanwhile, the DOW was up .7% and the NASDAQ was up .8%. For the year the DOW is down .8% and NASDAQ is up 8.3%.

DAEG and TSYS earnings last week.

Some of our stocks are just stupid cheap—compared to their net cash on hand divided by their stock price.

Check this list:

CCUR 44%
SYNC 54%
CTIG 48%
PRSS 74%

ATEC, AVID and SYNC, can still be bought.

Last week we went 4 stock up, 8 down and 1 even. Since inception we are now 68 stocks up and 20 down for a 77.3% winning percentage (80% is our target win %).  Of our closed-out positions 60 have been winners and 13 have been losers for an 82% win percentage and a 35% average net gain per position.

The model portfolio assumes $10,000 invested in each stock (unless we double-up–then it is $20,000), less $10 commission each way (TD Ameritrade rate).

Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ-AVID)-Recommended 1/20/2015)

Buy Price $14.00

Valuation $22.59 (Was $23.86, $28.10)

Closed down $.34 at $12.26

AVID announced a convertible bond offering in June and the stock tanked. We can’t figure it out. Proceeds to be used to pay for their recent acquisition, and a $20 million stock buyback.

AVID announced Q1 2015 earnings (quarter ended March 31, 2015) on May 7, 2015. Revenues were $120 million down from $135 million last year. They made a Non-GAAP profit of $.17 per share versus a $.38 profit last year.  Our valuation slipped to $22.59 from $23.86 last quarter. They reaffirmed their 2015 guidance of $72-$78 million of adjusted EBITDA. We are keeping this as a BUY.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/avid-announces-financial-results-first-201100764.html

Down 12% BUY

Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ-ATEC)-Recommended 9/2/2014)

Buy Price $1.56

Valuation $3.11 (Was $2.95, $3.00)

Closed unchanged at $1.36

Q2 2015 earnings due out Tuesday, August 4, 2015 after the market close.

ATEC announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on April 30, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/alphatec-holdings-announces-first-quarter-200500986.html

Revenues were $48.6 million compared to $49.2 million last year as currency headwinds knocked a 5% revenue gain into a small loss. Non-GAAP EPS was a loss of $.03 compared to a profit of $.01 last year. More significantly, EBITDA was up from $.15 million to $5.3 million. ATEC announced  product launches in the U.S. and Japan during the quarter. From their press release:

“The Company reiterates full year 2015 constant currency revenue growth guidance of approximately 4% to 7% over 2014, which represents a range of revenue in constant currency of $215 million to $222 million. Additionally, the Company reaffirms guidance expectations for annual adjusted EBITDA of $34 million to $37 million in 2015, representing a range of approximately 10% to 20% growth over 2014”.

Our valuation came in at $2.61 compared to the previous $3.11 and $2.58 a year ago.

Down 13% BUY

CafePress, Inc.  Inc. (NASDAQ-PRSS)-Recommended 5/19/2014)

Buy Price $4.01 (Was $5.40 before adding $10,000 at $3.19 on 3/2/2015)

Valuation $9.09 (Was $12.50, $11.17, $12.51, $11.27)

Closed up $.01 at $4.36

Q2 2015 earnings due out Thursday, August 13, 2015 after the market close.

PRSS announced Q1 2015 (3/31/2015) earnings on 5/12/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cafepress-reports-first-quarter-2015-201500608.html

Again, this is a complex period for the company with the recent divestitures of two of their operating entities. We had estimated a valuation of $12.51 based on their reported annual results, but it came in at $9.09 a share—which is still more than double the current price. Cash from the divestitures ballooned the balance to $51.4 million or $3.21 a share. Operating performance fell short though. Revenues were $27.4 versus $30.9 million last year. On a Non-GAAP basis they lost$ 2 million versus a loss of $3.1 million last year from continuing operations. We continue to rate PRSS a BUY.

From their press release:

“We are taking proactive steps toward optimizing our business and operating as a leaner company focused on generating higher quality revenues. We believe that our data-driven approach to understanding opportunities with customers and partners will result in an increased ability to capture the very substantial opportunities within the personalized e-commerce market. We still have substantial work ahead of us as we continue to look for operational efficiencies while keeping a sharp focus on expense management. While these strategic moves may create near term pressure on revenue, we are extremely excited by the long-term prospects for CafePress,” concluded Mr. Durham.

UP 9% BUY

Extreme Networks, Inc.  Inc. (NASDAQ-UNTD)-Recommended 3/12/2014)

Buy Price $3.43 (was $3.95 before we added another $10,000)

Valuation $6.99, (Was $9.34, $8.24, $9.68, $8.52)

Closed up $.15 at $2.32

Q4 2015 earnings due out before the market open on Thursday, August 6, 2015.

Extreme announced Q3 2015 (March 31, 2015) on May 6, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/extreme-networks-reports-third-quarter-200200632.html

While revenues came in a bit higher than their earnings warning a few weeks ago at $120.4 million, they were down from $143.7 last year and they lost $7.9 million on a Non-GAAP basis. This is about what we expected. Our valuation came in at $6.99 a share versus our projected $7.05 but well below our previous valuation of $9.34. This is a HOLD, hovering on a Sell. They need to cut expenses and/or sell the company.

Down 32%, HOLD

Synacor Inc. (NASDAQ-SYNC)-Recommended 12/17/2013)

Buy Price $2.56

Valuation $5.71 (Was $6.61, $5.58, $5.21, $5.44, $6.67, $6.39)’

Closed up $.09 at $1.63

Q2, 2015 earnings due out Tuesday, August 4, 2015.

SYNC announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on April 30, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/synacor-beats-revenue-adjusted-ebitda-200100823.html

Revenues were $26.7 million up 6% from $25.2 million the prior year.  They had a Non-GAAP Profit of about $330,000 million compared to breakeven last year. SYNC’s valuation fell from last quarter’s inflated $6.61 to $5.71, but was still higher than last years $5.44. From their press release:

  • Q2 2015 Guidance: Revenue for the second quarter of 2015 is projected to be in the range of $24.0 million to $25.5 million. For the second quarter of 2015, the company expects to report adjusted EBITDA of $0.2 million to $1.2 million.
  • Fiscal 2015 Guidance: Revenue for the full year of 2015 is projected to be in the range of $97.0 million to $102.0 million. For the full year of 2015, the company expects to report adjusted EBITDA of $2.0 million to $4.0 million.

Well the activist shareholder group lost on their bid to start changing out the Board of Directors—but not by much. Maybe this close call has lit a fire under SYNC management and Board—finally. Management crowed about how they won, but I have never seen so many shares not voted for the incumbent Board and they still survive.

Down 36%. BUY

Dex Media Inc. (NASDAQ-DXM)-Recommended 5/10/2013)

Buy Price 6.46 ( Was $15.14 before adding $10,000 on 3/30/2015)

Valuation $21.00 (Was $31.00, $31.00, $34.00, $37.98, $34.36, $31.50, $24.25)

Closed down $.03 at $.36

Q2, 2015 earnings due out Thursday, August 6, 2015 before the market opens.

DXM announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) on May 7, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dex-media-announces-first-quarter-110000895.html

Revenues were $406 million, down  from $456 million last year and down from $433 million last quarter and adjusted EBITDA was $143 million down from $173 million last quarter and down from $197 million last year. Overall not a great quarter. Our valuation fell to $21 and the market assumes it will file bankruptcy as the market cap fell to $10 million.

DEXM is a HOLD despite trading at 5% of our valuation.

DEX announced a major restructuring on December 11, 2014. They expect to incur

$70-$100 million of expenses to achieve $150 million of ongoing expense savings with $110 million of that coming in 2015. They expect to begin deleveraging their balance sheet (meaning Net Debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio) in 2016. No question that’s what they need to do.

Down 94% HOLD

Daegis Inc. (NASDAQ-DAEG)-Recommended 11/30/2012)

Buy Price $1.09 (Was $1.20 before we doubled up)

NEW Valuation $2.20 (Was $1.83, $2.83, $2.85, $3.39, $3.25, $3.42, $4.64, $4.86, $4.00)

Closed down $.16 at $.54

DAEG announced Q4 2015 earnings (quarter ended April 30, 2015) on 7/28/2015. Revenues were $6.1 million down from $7.4 million last year but up from $5.7 million last quarter. They lost $.03 per share on a GAAP basis compared to income of $.01 last year.  On a Non-GAAP basis they lost $65,000 versus a profit of $1,087,000 last year. Our valuation rose to $2.20 up from $1.83 last quarter on lower net debt ($6.4 million), higher sales and lower losses.

With the discontinuance of their eDiscovery business, Daegis is now a pure play enterprise software company and is trading at only 30% of our valuation. We are changing to a cautious BUY.

.Down 50%, HOLD

Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ-BLIN)-Recommended 8/24/2012)

Buy Price $3.95 ($ 5.85, $6.20 before 12/15/2014 and 2/14/2014 $10,000 adders)

Valuation $5.85 (Was $7.55, $8.75, $8.80, $1.83, $9.15, $10.95, $11.75, $12.80, $11.20)

Closed down $.14 at $1.54

BLIN announced Q2 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on May 14, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bridgeline-digital-announces-financial-results-202247641.html

Another very disappointing quarter. Revenues fell to $4.8 million from $5.3 million last year. They lost $2.1 million compared to $2.3 million last year, showing the improvement in spending as a result of their cost curtailment efforts. On a Non-GAAP basis they lost $1.2 million versus $1.3 million last year. Our valuation fell to $5.85 (adjusted for the 5 for 1 split in May 2015, down from $7.53 last quarter and $8.82 last year.

Down 61%, HOLD

Telecommunications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ-TSYS)-Recommended 6/14/2012)

Buy Price- $1.37

Valuation $5.78 (Was $5.43, $6.55, $6.88, $6.12, $5.99, $5.32, $6.81, $6.28, $4.89, $6.02, $6.72, $5.49)

Closed down $.13 at $3.67

TSYS announced Q2 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on 7/30/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/telecommunication-systems-reports-second-quarter-200500282.html

Revenues were $87.9 million, up from $81.9 million last year and adjusted EPS was $.05 compared to $.04 last year. Overall an OK quarter-again. Our valuation was $5.78 down from $6.12 last year and up from $5.43 last quarter. TSYS is trading at 64% of our valuation.

We are now waiting on the outcome of their “strategic alternatives” investigation with Lazard. Shares closed at $3.70 on 7/30/2015. This is still a HOLD. We are up 170% on TSYS

UP 168%, HOLD

MRV Communications (Pink Sheets-MRVC.pk)-Recommended 10//10/2011

Valuation $23.19 (Was $24.44, $25.52, $24.58, $23.19, $25.50, $28.98, $24.01 $23.06, $27.15, $31.80, $34.60, $28.60, $41.20, $43.20 (after $9.50, $6.00 and $1.40 special dividends), $52.40, $55.80)

Buy Price October 7, 2011- $8.50 ($25.40 before special dividends)

Closed at $11.99 up $.25

Raging Capital added 601,000 shares in June bringing their holdings to 2,137,000 or 30.6% of the company.

MRVC announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on May 7, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mrv-reports-first-quarter-2015-200100767.html

Revenues were $38.8 million down from $42.3 million last year. They stated that revenues would have been flat, but that foreign currency impacts caused the decline.

They lost $.5 million versus a $3.4 million loss last year. Net cash per share fell from last quarters $2.34 to $1.73. Our valuation was $23.19 down from $24.44 last quarter. They spent $3.6 million buying 357,000 shares in their share buyback program. Again, not sure this is the best use of their cash in that it just makes their loss per share bigger. They reported a per share loss of $.15 this quarter versus a loss of $.58 last year.

This is still a HOLD as sales are at best flat on a constant exchange rate basis and not growing. They did substantially reduce their loss this quarter, but not enough to get us to buy more.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mrv-reports-first-quarter-2015-200100767.html

Up 39%  HOLD

Concurrent Computer (NASDAQ-CCUR)-Recommended 2/4/2011)

Buy Price-$4.58 (Was $5.08 before $.50 special dividend)

Valuation $16.38 (was $13.07, $14.80, $17.72, $15.01, $15.10,  $14.55, $14.77, $16.26, $16.20, $15.37, $13.53, $15.85, $14.13, $11.38, $14.04, $18.54, $15.99)

Closed down $.76 at $6.67 (including $1.20 of dividends)

Pays $.48 annual dividend

CCUR announced Q3 2015 (December 31, 2014) earnings on April 28,2015. Revenues were $17.1 million, down 7% from $18.3 million last year but up from $16 million last quarter. They made $.780,000 profit versus a loss of $.6 million last quarter and a $1.1 million profit last year. Gross margin held steady at 59%. Our valuation jumped back up to $16.38 from $13.07 last quarter. Cash per share rose  to $2.93 or 49% of the market cap. We will keep a HOLD on CCUR until we see what the new CEO can do and they get revenue growth back. We continue to collect the 7% dividend.

UP 46%, HOLD

ARI Networks (ARIS.ob-Recommended 8/19/2006)

Buy price $1.61 (Was $1.78 before another $10,000 added, was $2.06 before double up),

Valuation $6.66 (was $6.47,  $5.96, $6.02, $5.67, $5.57, $5.70, $6.71, $6.41, $6.14, $5.97, $6.21, $6.13, $5.82, $5.81, $5.72, $5.65, $5.39, $4.86, $5.60, $5.73, $5.54, $5.74, $5.96, $4.72, $5.19, $5.66, $5.63, $5.61, $5.71, $5.49, $5.34, $5.03, $5.28, $5.28, $5.21)

Closed at $3.18, down $.01.

Wynnefield continued their selling outing a cap on ARI’s stock price. They now own 693,000 shares down from 992,000. They are now at 4.1%.

Q3 2015 were announced on June 11, 2015. Pretty good. Revenues were $10.3 million, up 26% from last year and they made $.02 a share compared to $.01 last year. Our valuation rose to $6.66 a share.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ari-network-services-inc-announces-200100623.html

In addition to the 1.5 million share offering Wynnefield Capital has been selling shares-about 250,000 from 3/31/2015 to 5/12/2015 at prices from $3.20 to $3.38. They still have 992,000 shares or 6.9% of ARI. Assuming they are getting out, this will keep pressure on the price for a while.

ARI announced on May 7, 2015 that they had priced a 1.53 million share offering for expected net proceeds of about $4.7 million which they will use to pay off the $1.75 of debt they incurred on their recent acquisition of TASCO and for future acquisitions.

They are doing a good job positioning the company to be acquired. Hopefully this will soon happen with a $5+ price like we got for XRS in September 2014.

UP 97%, HOLD, Still a large valuation gap here and the Company is executing well.

CTI Holdings (CTIG.ob-Recommended 2/25/2006)

Buy price $.27 ask,

Valuation $1.21 (Was $1.39, $1.34, $1.22, $.99, $1.02, $1.05,  $1.07, $1.14, $1.17, $1.34, $1.34, $1.37, $1.36, $1.23,  $.91, $1.21, $.71, $.83, $.88 $.96, $.93, $.75, $.85, $1.57, $1.40, $1.29, $1.38, $1.31, $1.38, $1.29, $1.42, $1.28 $1.13, $1.05, $.82)

Ask price $.31 closed at $.28

CTIG announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on 5/14/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cti-group-reports-2015-first-203932720.html

After the huge Q4 2014 quarter this quarter’s results were more in-line with their previous run-rate. Revenues were $4.1 million, compared to $3.95 million in 2014. They also made $10,000 for the quarter.

Our valuation fell a bit to $1.21 a share, down from $1.39 last quarter, but up 20% from $.99 last year. We will continue to HOLD CTIG.

Still way undervalued, but no light as to when or how this will ever be properly valued.

John Birbeck announced his departure in October 2014. He was one of the group trying to take CTIG private for $.40 a share. Birbeck will remain a Director of the company. He owns about 7% of CTIG (about 2.3 million shares).

They need to get an investment banker and sell the company. Probably get at least $.75 a share for it from someone.

UP 15%. HOLD

TSYS Q2 2015 Earnings Update 7/30/2015

TSYS announced Q2 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings after the close last night

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/telecommunication-systems-reports-second-quarter-200500282.html

Revenues were $87.9 million, up from $81.9 million last year and adjusted EPS was $.05 compared to $.04 last year. Overall an OK quarter-again. Our valuation was $5.78 down from $6.12 last year and up from $5.43 last quarter. TSYS is trading at 64% of our valuation.

We are now waiting on the outcome of their “strategic alternatives” investigation with Lazard. Shares closed at $3.70 on 7/30/2015. This is still a HOLD. We are up 170% on TSYS

Daegis Q4 2015 earnings update 7/28/2015

DAEG announced Q4 2015 earnings (quarter ended April 30, 2015) on July 28th. Revenues were $6.1 million down from $7.4 million last year but up from $5.7 million last quarter. They lost $.03 per share on a GAAP basis compared to income of $.01 last year.  On a Non-GAAP basis they lost $65,000 a share versus a profit of $1,087,000 last year. Our valuation rose to $2.20 up from $1.83 last quarter on lower net debt ($6.4 million), higher sales and lower losses.

With the discontinuance of their eDiscovery business, Daegis is now a pure play enterprise software company and is trading at only 30% of our valuation. We are changing to a cautious BUY.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/daegis-announces-fiscal-2015-fourth-200000045.html

Cheap Stocks, 7/24/2015 Update

We were down 2.7% last week and are now down 11.0% for the year. Meanwhile, the DOW was down 2.9% and the NASDAQ was down 2.3%. For the year the DOW is down 1.4% and NASDAQ is up 7.4%.

No earnings last week.

Some of our stocks are just stupid cheap—compared to their net cash on hand divided by their stock price.

Check this list:

CCUR 39%
SYNC 57%
CTIG 46%
PRSS 74%

ATEC, AVID, EXTR and SYNC, can still be bought.

Last week we went 1 stock up, 10 down and 2 even. Since inception we are now 68 stocks up and 20 down for a 77.3% winning percentage (80% is our target win %).  Of our closed-out positions 60 have been winners and 13 have been losers for an 82% win percentage and a 35% average net gain per position.

The model portfolio assumes $10,000 invested in each stock (unless we double-up–then it is $20,000), less $10 commission each way (TD Ameritrade rate).

Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ-AVID)-Recommended 1/20/2015)

Buy Price $14.00

Valuation $22.59 (Was $23.86, $28.10)

Closed down $.60 at $12.60

AVID announced a convertible bond offering in June and the stock tanked. We can’t figure it out. Proceeds to be used to pay for their recent acquisition, and a $20 million stock buyback.

AVID announced Q1 2015 earnings (quarter ended March 31, 2015) on May 7, 2015. Revenues were $120 million down from $135 million last year. They made a Non-GAAP profit of $.17 per share versus a $.38 profit last year.  Our valuation slipped to $22.59 from $23.86 last quarter. They reaffirmed their 2015 guidance of $72-$78 million of adjusted EBITDA. We are keeping this as a BUY.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/avid-announces-financial-results-first-201100764.html

Down 10% BUY

Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ-ATEC)-Recommended 9/2/2014)

Buy Price $1.56

Valuation $3.11 (Was $2.95, $3.00)

Closed down $.05 at $1.36

Q2 2015 earnings due out Tuesday, August 4, 2015 after the market close.

ATEC announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on April 30, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/alphatec-holdings-announces-first-quarter-200500986.html

Revenues were $48.6 million compared to $49.2 million last year as currency headwinds knocked a 5% revenue gain into a small loss. Non-GAAP EPS was a loss of $.03 compared to a profit of $.01 last year. More significantly, EBITDA was up from $.15 million to $5.3 million. ATEC announced  product launches in the U.S. and Japan during the quarter. From their press release:

“The Company reiterates full year 2015 constant currency revenue growth guidance of approximately 4% to 7% over 2014, which represents a range of revenue in constant currency of $215 million to $222 million. Additionally, the Company reaffirms guidance expectations for annual adjusted EBITDA of $34 million to $37 million in 2015, representing a range of approximately 10% to 20% growth over 2014”.

Our valuation came in at $2.61 compared to the previous $3.11 and $2.58 a year ago.

Down 13% BUY

CafePress, Inc.  Inc. (NASDAQ-PRSS)-Recommended 5/19/2014)

Buy Price $4.01 (Was $5.40 before adding $10,000 at $3.19 on 3/2/2015)

Valuation $9.09 (Was $12.50, $11.17, $12.51, $11.27)

Closed down $.35 at $4.35

Q2 2015 earnings due out Thursday, August 13, 2015 after the market close.

PRSS announced Q1 2015 (3/31/2015) earnings on 5/12/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cafepress-reports-first-quarter-2015-201500608.html

Again, this is a complex period for the company with the recent divestitures of two of their operating entities. We had estimated a valuation of $12.51 based on their reported annual results, but it came in at $9.09 a share—which is still more than double the current price. Cash from the divestitures ballooned the balance to $51.4 million or $3.21 a share. Operating performance fell short though. Revenues were $27.4 versus $30.9 million last year. On a Non-GAAP basis they lost$ 2 million versus a loss of $3.1 million last year from continuing operations. We continue to rate PRSS a BUY.

From their press release:

“We are taking proactive steps toward optimizing our business and operating as a leaner company focused on generating higher quality revenues. We believe that our data-driven approach to understanding opportunities with customers and partners will result in an increased ability to capture the very substantial opportunities within the personalized e-commerce market. We still have substantial work ahead of us as we continue to look for operational efficiencies while keeping a sharp focus on expense management. While these strategic moves may create near term pressure on revenue, we are extremely excited by the long-term prospects for CafePress,” concluded Mr. Durham.

UP 9% BUY

Extreme Networks, Inc.  Inc. (NASDAQ-UNTD)-Recommended 3/12/2014)

Buy Price $3.43 (was $3.95 before we added another $10,000)

Valuation $6.99, (Was $9.34, $8.24, $9.68, $8.52)

Closed down $.14 at $2.17

Q4 2015 earnings due out before the market open on Thursday, August 6, 2015.

Extreme announced Q3 2015 (March 31, 2015) on May 6, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/extreme-networks-reports-third-quarter-200200632.html

While revenues came in a bit higher than their earnings warning a few weeks ago at $120.4 million, they were down from $143.7 last year and they lost $7.9 million on a Non-GAAP basis. This is about what we expected. Our valuation came in at $6.99 a share versus our projected $7.05 but well below our previous valuation of $9.34. This is a HOLD, hovering on a Sell. They need to cut expenses and/or sell the company.

Down 33%, BUY

Synacor Inc. (NASDAQ-SYNC)-Recommended 12/17/2013)

Buy Price $2.56

Valuation $5.71 (Was $6.61, $5.58, $5.21, $5.44, $6.67, $6.39)’

Closed down $.22 at $1.54

SYNC announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on April 30, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/synacor-beats-revenue-adjusted-ebitda-200100823.html

Revenues were $26.7 million up 6% from $25.2 million the prior year.  They had a Non-GAAP Profit of about $330,000 million compared to breakeven last year. SYNC’s valuation fell from last quarter’s inflated $6.61 to $5.71, but was still higher than last years $5.44. From their press release:

  • Q2 2015 Guidance: Revenue for the second quarter of 2015 is projected to be in the range of $24.0 million to $25.5 million. For the second quarter of 2015, the company expects to report adjusted EBITDA of $0.2 million to $1.2 million.
  • Fiscal 2015 Guidance: Revenue for the full year of 2015 is projected to be in the range of $97.0 million to $102.0 million. For the full year of 2015, the company expects to report adjusted EBITDA of $2.0 million to $4.0 million.

Well the activist shareholder group lost on their bid to start changing out the Board of Directors—but not by much. Maybe this close call has lit a fire under SYNC management and Board—finally. Management crowed about how they won, but I have never seen so many shares not voted for the incumbent Board and they still survive.

Down 31%. BUY

Dex Media Inc. (NASDAQ-DXM)-Recommended 5/10/2013)

Buy Price 6.46 ( Was $15.14 before adding $10,000 on 3/30/2015)

Valuation $21.00 (Was $31.00, $31.00, $34.00, $37.98, $34.36, $31.50, $24.25)

Closed down $.14 at $.39

DXM announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) on May 7, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dex-media-announces-first-quarter-110000895.html

Revenues were $406 million, down  from $456 million last year and down from $433 million last quarter and adjusted EBITDA was $143 million down from $173 million last quarter and down from $197 million last year. Overall not a great quarter. Our valuation fell to $21 and the market assumes it will file bankruptcy as the market cap fell to $10 million.

DEXM is a HOLD despite trading at 5% of our valuation.

DEX announced a major restructuring on December 11, 2014. They expect to incur

$70-$100 million of expenses to achieve $150 million of ongoing expense savings with $110 million of that coming in 2015. They expect to begin deleveraging their balance sheet (meaning Net Debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio) in 2016. No question that’s what they need to do.

Down 94% HOLD

Daegis Inc. (NASDAQ-DAEG)-Recommended 11/30/2012)

Buy Price $1.09 (Was $1.20 before we doubled up)

Valuation $1.83 (Was $2.83, $2.85, $3.39, $3.25, $3.42, $4.64, $4.86, $4.00)

Closed up $.09 at $.70

Q4 earnings due out Tuesday, July 28,2015 after the market close.

Deagis announced on June 3, 2015 a restructuring (good news) and preliminary Q4, 2015 revenue of $6.1 million up from $5.7 million last quarter but down from $7.4 million last year.

From their press release;

“As part of the execution of its strategy, Daegis will continue to integrate its eDiscovery technology into its broader information governance platform, while de-emphasizing the eDiscovery services component of its offering. This will entail a reduction in force with those employees who primarily service the Company’s legal clients. The cost reduction will impact approximately 25 employees, or 17% of the workforce. Daegis will incur one-time costs of approximately $300,000 and is expected to save approximately $1.6 million in costs for fiscal 2016 and $1.8 to $2.0 million on an annual basis.”

Third quarter (1/31/2015) earnings announced on February 24, 2015. Ouch!

Revenues were $5.7 million down from $7.9 million last year and down from $6.7 million last quarter. They lost $.06 on a GAAP basis compared to a $.05 loss last year.  On a Non-GAAP basis they lost $.04 a share versus a profit of $.02 last year. Our valuation plunged to $1.83 from $2.83 last quarter. Net debt declined a bit to $7.6 million from $8.7 million last quarter and declined from $11.3 million a year ago. It will be a longer wait to see some action here. Still trading at less than 50% of our valuation but they need to get this company moving in the right direction-soon, or sell it.

Down 35%, HOLD

Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ-BLIN)-Recommended 8/24/2012)

Buy Price $3.95 ($ 5.85, $6.20 before 12/15/2014 and 2/14/2014 $10,000 adders)

Valuation $5.85 (Was $7.55, $8.75, $8.80, $1.83, $9.15, $10.95, $11.75, $12.80, $11.20)

Closed down $.04 at $1.68

BLIN announced Q2 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on May 14, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bridgeline-digital-announces-financial-results-202247641.html

Another very disappointing quarter. Revenues fell to $4.8 million from $5.3 million last year. They lost $2.1 million compared to $2.3 million last year, showing the improvement in spending as a result of their cost curtailment efforts. On a Non-GAAP basis they lost $1.2 million versus $1.3 million last year. Our valuation fell to $5.85 (adjusted for the 5 for 1 split in May 2015, down from $7.53 last quarter and $8.82 last year.

Down 58%, HOLD

Telecommunications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ-TSYS)-Recommended 6/14/2012)

Buy Price- $1.37

Valuation $5.43 (Was $6.55, $6.88, $6.12, $5.99, $5.32, $6.81, $6.28, $4.89, $6.02, $6.72, $5.49)

Closed down $.28 at $3.80

Big news announced on July 6th, 2015. TSYS is “exploring strategic alternatives” and has hired Lazard as its financial advisor. Good news. We are hoping to see over $5 a share on a deal here.

Q2 earnings due out Thursday, July 30, 2015 after the market close.

Cannell Capital filed a Form 13d/A on 6/2/2015 with a link to their website to the 50+ page tirade about the destruction of value in TSYS. They also disclosed purchases mostly in April 2015 of approximately 270,000 shares at prices of $3.26 to $3.80 a share.

In addition to earnings in April, Cannell Capital issued a press release with the first 6 of 50 pages criticizing TSYS for the destruction of value caused by the current board of directors and management. Cannell also disclosed that they sold TSYS shares from 4/8/2015 to 4/16/2015 reducing their stake to 5.59% from 6.48% and that they had dissolved their joint filing agreement with several other individuals.

TSYS announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on April 30,2015. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/telecommunication-systems-reports-first-quarter-200500722.html

Revenues were $81.9 million, down from $85.1 million last year and adjusted EPS was $.04 the same as last year. Overall an OK quarter-again. Our valuation was $5.43 down from $5.99 last year and $6.55 last quarter..

We will continue to hold TSYS despite our over 100% gain. Maybe this will turn into another MITL and be trading at $10+ in the next year. .

UP 177%, HOLD

MRV Communications (Pink Sheets-MRVC.pk)-Recommended 10//10/2011

Valuation $23.19 (Was $24.44, $25.52, $24.58, $23.19, $25.50, $28.98, $24.01 $23.06, $27.15, $31.80, $34.60, $28.60, $41.20, $43.20 (after $9.50, $6.00 and $1.40 special dividends), $52.40, $55.80)

Buy Price October 7, 2011- $8.50 ($25.40 before special dividends)

Closed at $11.74 down $.35

Raging Capital added 601,000 shares in June bringing their holdings to 2,137,000 or 30.6% of the company.

MRVC announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on May 7, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mrv-reports-first-quarter-2015-200100767.html

Revenues were $38.8 million down from $42.3 million last year. They stated that revenues would have been flat, but that foreign currency impacts caused the decline.

They lost $.5 million versus a $3.4 million loss last year. Net cash per share fell from last quarters $2.34 to $1.73. Our valuation was $23.19 down from $24.44 last quarter. They spent $3.6 million buying 357,000 shares in their share buyback program. Again, not sure this is the best use of their cash in that it just makes their loss per share bigger. They reported a per share loss of $.15 this quarter versus a loss of $.58 last year.

This is still a HOLD as sales are at best flat on a constant exchange rate basis and not growing. They did substantially reduce their loss this quarter, but not enough to get us to buy more.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mrv-reports-first-quarter-2015-200100767.html

Up 37%  HOLD

Concurrent Computer (NASDAQ-CCUR)-Recommended 2/4/2011)

Buy Price-$4.58 (Was $5.08 before $.50 special dividend)

Valuation $16.38 (was $13.07, $14.80, $17.72, $15.01, $15.10,  $14.55, $14.77, $16.26, $16.20, $15.37, $13.53, $15.85, $14.13, $11.38, $14.04, $18.54, $15.99)

Closed down $.31 at $7.43 (including $1.20 of dividends)

Pays $.48 annual dividend

CCUR announced Q3 2015 (December 31, 2014) earnings on April 28,2015. Revenues were $17.1 million, down 7% from $18.3 million last year but up from $16 million last quarter. They made $.780,000 profit versus a loss of $.6 million last quarter and a $1.1 million profit last year. Gross margin held steady at 59%. Our valuation jumped back up to $16.38 from $13.07 last quarter. Cash per share rose  to $2.93 or 49% of the market cap. We will keep a HOLD on CCUR until we see what the new CEO can do and they get revenue growth back. We continue to collect the 7% dividend.

UP 62%, HOLD

ARI Networks (ARIS.ob-Recommended 8/19/2006)

Buy price $1.61 (Was $1.78 before another $10,000 added, was $2.06 before double up),

Valuation $6.66 (was $6.47,  $5.96, $6.02, $5.67, $5.57, $5.70, $6.71, $6.41, $6.14, $5.97, $6.21, $6.13, $5.82, $5.81, $5.72, $5.65, $5.39, $4.86, $5.60, $5.73, $5.54, $5.74, $5.96, $4.72, $5.19, $5.66, $5.63, $5.61, $5.71, $5.49, $5.34, $5.03, $5.28, $5.28, $5.21)

Closed at $3.19, unchanged.

Wynnefield continued their selling outing a cap on ARI’s stock price. They now own 693,000 shares down from 992,000. They are now at 4.1%.

Q3 2015 were announced on June 11, 2015. Pretty good. Revenues were $10.3 million, up 26% from last year and they made $.02 a share compared to $.01 last year. Our valuation rose to $6.66 a share.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ari-network-services-inc-announces-200100623.html

In addition to the 1.5 million share offering Wynnefield Capital has been selling shares-about 250,000 from 3/31/2015 to 5/12/2015 at prices from $3.20 to $3.38. They still have 992,000 shares or 6.9% of ARI. Assuming they are getting out, this will keep pressure on the price for a while.

ARI announced on May 7, 2015 that they had priced a 1.53 million share offering for expected net proceeds of about $4.7 million which they will use to pay off the $1.75 of debt they incurred on their recent acquisition of TASCO and for future acquisitions.

They are doing a good job positioning the company to be acquired. Hopefully this will soon happen with a $5+ price like we got for XRS in September 2014.

UP 98%, HOLD, Still a large valuation gap here and the Company is executing well.

CTI Holdings (CTIG.ob-Recommended 2/25/2006)

Buy price $.27 ask,

Valuation $1.21 (Was $1.39, $1.34, $1.22, $.99, $1.02, $1.05,  $1.07, $1.14, $1.17, $1.34, $1.34, $1.37, $1.36, $1.23,  $.91, $1.21, $.71, $.83, $.88 $.96, $.93, $.75, $.85, $1.57, $1.40, $1.29, $1.38, $1.31, $1.38, $1.29, $1.42, $1.28 $1.13, $1.05, $.82)

Ask price $.32 closed at $.32

CTIG announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on 5/14/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cti-group-reports-2015-first-203932720.html

After the huge Q4 2014 quarter this quarter’s results were more in-line with their previous run-rate. Revenues were $4.1 million, compared to $3.95 million in 2014. They also made $10,000 for the quarter.

Our valuation fell a bit to $1.21 a share, down from $1.39 last quarter, but up 20% from $.99 last year. We will continue to HOLD CTIG.

Still way undervalued, but no light as to when or how this will ever be properly valued.

John Birbeck announced his departure in October 2014. He was one of the group trying to take CTIG private for $.40 a share. Birbeck will remain a Director of the company. He owns about 7% of CTIG (about 2.3 million shares).

They need to get an investment banker and sell the company. Probably get at least $.75 a share for it from someone.

UP 19%. HOLD

Cheap Stocks, 7/17/2015 Update

We were up 1.5% last week and are now down 8.4% for the year. Meanwhile, the DOW was up 1.8% and the NASDAQ was down 4.3%. For the year the DOW is up 1.4% and NASDAQ is up 10.0%.

No earnings last week .

Some of our stocks are just stupid cheap—compared to their net cash on hand divided by their stock price.

Check this list:

CCUR 38%
SYNC 50%
CTIG 46%
PRSS 68%

ATEC, AVID and SYNC, can still be bought.

Last week we went 8 stocks up, 4 down and 1 even. Since inception we are now 68 stocks up and 20 down for a 77.3% winning percentage (80% is our target win %).  Of our closed-out positions 60 have been winners and 13 have been losers for an 82% win percentage and a 35% average net gain per position.

The model portfolio assumes $10,000 invested in each stock (unless we double-up–then it is $20,000), less $10 commission each way (TD Ameritrade rate).

Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ-AVID)-Recommended 1/20/2015)

Buy Price $14.00

Valuation $22.59 (Was $23.86, $28.10)

Closed down $.18 at $13.20

AVID announced a convertible bond offering in June and the stock tanked. We can’t figure it out. Proceeds to be used to pay for their recent acquisition, and a $20 million stock buyback.

AVID announced Q1 2015 earnings (quarter ended March 31, 2015) on May 7, 2015. Revenues were $120 million down from $135 million last year. They made a Non-GAAP profit of $.17 per share versus a $.38 profit last year.  Our valuation slipped to $22.59 from $23.86 last quarter. They reaffirmed their 2015 guidance of $72-$78 million of adjusted EBITDA. We are keeping this as a BUY.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/avid-announces-financial-results-first-201100764.html

Down 4% BUY

Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ-ATEC)-Recommended 9/2/2014)

Buy Price $1.56

Valuation $3.11 (Was $2.95, $3.00)

Closed up $.01 at $1.41

ATEC announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on April 30, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/alphatec-holdings-announces-first-quarter-200500986.html

Revenues were $48.6 million compared to $49.2 million last year as currency headwinds knocked a 5% revenue gain into a small loss. Non-GAAP EPS was a loss of $.03 compared to a profit of $.01 last year. More significantly, EBITDA was up from $.15 million to $5.3 million. ATEC announced  product launches in the U.S. and Japan during the quarter. From their press release:

“The Company reiterates full year 2015 constant currency revenue growth guidance of approximately 4% to 7% over 2014, which represents a range of revenue in constant currency of $215 million to $222 million. Additionally, the Company reaffirms guidance expectations for annual adjusted EBITDA of $34 million to $37 million in 2015, representing a range of approximately 10% to 20% growth over 2014”.

Our valuation came in at $2.61 compared to the previous $3.11 and $2.58 a year ago.

Down 10% BUY

CafePress, Inc.  Inc. (NASDAQ-PRSS)-Recommended 5/19/2014)

Buy Price $4.01 (Was $5.40 before adding $10,000 at $3.19 on 3/2/2015)

Valuation $9.09 (Was $12.50, $11.17, $12.51, $11.27)

Closed up $.22 at $4.70

PRSS announced Q1 2015 (3/31/2015) earnings on 5/12/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cafepress-reports-first-quarter-2015-201500608.html

Again, this is a complex period for the company with the recent divestitures of two of their operating entities. We had estimated a valuation of $12.51 based on their reported annual results, but it came in at $9.09 a share—which is still more than double the current price. Cash from the divestitures ballooned the balance to $51.4 million or $3.21 a share. Operating performance fell short though. Revenues were $27.4 versus $30.9 million last year. On a Non-GAAP basis they lost$ 2 million versus a loss of $3.1 million last year from continuing operations. We continue to rate PRSS a BUY.

From their press release:

“We are taking proactive steps toward optimizing our business and operating as a leaner company focused on generating higher quality revenues. We believe that our data-driven approach to understanding opportunities with customers and partners will result in an increased ability to capture the very substantial opportunities within the personalized e-commerce market. We still have substantial work ahead of us as we continue to look for operational efficiencies while keeping a sharp focus on expense management. While these strategic moves may create near term pressure on revenue, we are extremely excited by the long-term prospects for CafePress,” concluded Mr. Durham.

UP 17% BUY

Extreme Networks, Inc.  Inc. (NASDAQ-UNTD)-Recommended 3/12/2014)

Buy Price $3.43 (was $3.95 before we added another $10,000)

Valuation $6.99, (Was $9.34, $8.24, $9.68, $8.52)

Closed up $.01 at $2.31

Extreme announced Q3 2015 (March 31, 2015) on May 6, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/extreme-networks-reports-third-quarter-200200632.html

While revenues came in a bit higher than their earnings warning a few weeks ago at $120.4 million, they were down from $143.7 last year and they lost $7.9 million on a Non-GAAP basis. This is about what we expected. Our valuation came in at $6.99 a share versus our projected $7.05 but well below our previous valuation of $9.34. This is a HOLD, hovering on a Sell. They need to cut expenses and/or sell the company.

Down 33%, HOLD

Synacor Inc. (NASDAQ-SYNC)-Recommended 12/17/2013)

Buy Price $2.56

Valuation $5.71 (Was $6.61, $5.58, $5.21, $5.44, $6.67, $6.39)’

Closed up $.14 at $1.79

SYNC announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on April 30, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/synacor-beats-revenue-adjusted-ebitda-200100823.html

Revenues were $26.7 million up 6% from $25.2 million the prior year.  They had a Non-GAAP Profit of about $330,000 million compared to breakeven last year. SYNC’s valuation fell from last quarter’s inflated $6.61 to $5.71, but was still higher than last years $5.44. From their press release:

  • Q2 2015 Guidance: Revenue for the second quarter of 2015 is projected to be in the range of $24.0 million to $25.5 million. For the second quarter of 2015, the company expects to report adjusted EBITDA of $0.2 million to $1.2 million.
  • Fiscal 2015 Guidance: Revenue for the full year of 2015 is projected to be in the range of $97.0 million to $102.0 million. For the full year of 2015, the company expects to report adjusted EBITDA of $2.0 million to $4.0 million.

Well the activist shareholder group lost on their bid to start changing out the Board of Directors—but not by much. Maybe this close call has lit a fire under SYNC management and Board—finally. Management crowed about how they won, but I have never seen so many shares not voted for the incumbent Board and they still survive.

Down 31%. BUY

Dex Media Inc. (NASDAQ-DXM)-Recommended 5/10/2013)

Buy Price 6.46 ( Was $15.14 before adding $10,000 on 3/30/2015)

Valuation $21.00 (Was $31.00, $31.00, $34.00, $37.98, $34.36, $31.50, $24.25)

Closed down $.13 at $.53

DXM announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) on May 7, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dex-media-announces-first-quarter-110000895.html

Revenues were $406 million, down  from $456 million last year and down from $433 million last quarter and adjusted EBITDA was $143 million down from $173 million last quarter and down from $197 million last year. Overall not a great quarter. Our valuation fell to $21 and the market assumes it will file bankruptcy as the market cap fell to $10 million.

DEXM is a HOLD despite trading at 5% of our valuation.

DEX announced a major restructuring on December 11, 2014. They expect to incur

$70-$100 million of expenses to achieve $150 million of ongoing expense savings with $110 million of that coming in 2015. They expect to begin deleveraging their balance sheet (meaning Net Debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio) in 2016. No question that’s what they need to do.

Down 92% HOLD

Daegis Inc. (NASDAQ-DAEG)-Recommended 11/30/2012)

Buy Price $1.09 (Was $1.20 before we doubled up)

Valuation $1.83 (Was $2.83, $2.85, $3.39, $3.25, $3.42, $4.64, $4.86, $4.00)

Closed up $.03 at $.61

Q4 earnings due out Tuesday, July 28,2015 after the market close.

Deagis announced on June 3, 2015 a restructuring (good news) and preliminary Q4, 2015 revenue of $6.1 million up from $5.7 million last quarter but down from $7.4 million last year.

From their press release;

“As part of the execution of its strategy, Daegis will continue to integrate its eDiscovery technology into its broader information governance platform, while de-emphasizing the eDiscovery services component of its offering. This will entail a reduction in force with those employees who primarily service the Company’s legal clients. The cost reduction will impact approximately 25 employees, or 17% of the workforce. Daegis will incur one-time costs of approximately $300,000 and is expected to save approximately $1.6 million in costs for fiscal 2016 and $1.8 to $2.0 million on an annual basis.”

Third quarter (1/31/2015) earnings announced on February 24, 2015. Ouch!

Revenues were $5.7 million down from $7.9 million last year and down from $6.7 million last quarter. They lost $.06 on a GAAP basis compared to a $.05 loss last year.  On a Non-GAAP basis they lost $.04 a share versus a profit of $.02 last year. Our valuation plunged to $1.83 from $2.83 last quarter. Net debt declined a bit to $7.6 million from $8.7 million last quarter and declined from $11.3 million a year ago. It will be a longer wait to see some action here. Still trading at less than 50% of our valuation but they need to get this company moving in the right direction-soon, or sell it.

Down 44%, HOLD

Bridgeline Digital Inc. (NASDAQ-BLIN)-Recommended 8/24/2012)

Buy Price $3.95 ($ 5.85, $6.20 before 12/15/2014 and 2/14/2014 $10,000 adders)

Valuation $5.85 (Was $7.55, $8.75, $8.80, $1.83, $9.15, $10.95, $11.75, $12.80, $11.20)

Closed down $.05 at $1.72

BLIN announced Q2 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on May 14, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bridgeline-digital-announces-financial-results-202247641.html

Another very disappointing quarter. Revenues fell to $4.8 million from $5.3 million last year. They lost $2.1 million compared to $2.3 million last year, showing the improvement in spending as a result of their cost curtailment efforts. On a Non-GAAP basis they lost $1.2 million versus $1.3 million last year. Our valuation fell to $5.85 (adjusted for the 5 for 1 split in May 2015, down from $7.53 last quarter and $8.82 last year.

Down 57%, HOLD

Telecommunications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ-TSYS)-Recommended 6/14/2012)

Buy Price- $1.37

Valuation $5.43 (Was $6.55, $6.88, $6.12, $5.99, $5.32, $6.81, $6.28, $4.89, $6.02, $6.72, $5.49)

Closed up $.08 at $4.08

Big news announced on July 6th, 2015. TSYS is “exploring strategic alternatives” and has hired Lazard as its financial advisor. Good news. We are hoping to see over $5 a share on a deal here.

Q2 earnings due out Thursday, July 30, 2015 after the market close.

Cannell Capital filed a Form 13d/A on 6/2/2015 with a link to their website to the 50+ page tirade about the destruction of value in TSYS. They also disclosed purchases mostly in April 2015 of approximately 270,000 shares at prices of $3.26 to $3.80 a share.

In addition to earnings in April, Cannell Capital issued a press release with the first 6 of 50 pages criticizing TSYS for the destruction of value caused by the current board of directors and management. Cannell also disclosed that they sold TSYS shares from 4/8/2015 to 4/16/2015 reducing their stake to 5.59% from 6.48% and that they had dissolved their joint filing agreement with several other individuals.

TSYS announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on April 30,2015. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/telecommunication-systems-reports-first-quarter-200500722.html

Revenues were $81.9 million, down from $85.1 million last year and adjusted EPS was $.04 the same as last year. Overall an OK quarter-again. Our valuation was $5.43 down from $5.99 last year and $6.55 last quarter.

We will continue to hold TSYS despite our over 100% gain. Maybe this will turn into another MITL and be trading at $10+ in the next year. .

UP 198%, HOLD

MRV Communications (Pink Sheets-MRVC.pk)-Recommended 10//10/2011

Valuation $23.19 (Was $24.44, $25.52, $24.58, $23.19, $25.50, $28.98, $24.01 $23.06, $27.15, $31.80, $34.60, $28.60, $41.20, $43.20 (after $9.50, $6.00 and $1.40 special dividends), $52.40, $55.80)

Buy Price October 7, 2011- $8.50 ($25.40 before special dividends)

Closed at $12.09 down $.14

Raging Capital added 601,000 shares in June bringing their holdings to 2,137,000 or 30.6% of the company.

MRVC announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on May 7, 2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mrv-reports-first-quarter-2015-200100767.html

Revenues were $38.8 million down from $42.3 million last year. They stated that revenues would have been flat, but that foreign currency impacts caused the decline.

They lost $.5 million versus a $3.4 million loss last year. Net cash per share fell from last quarters $2.34 to $1.73. Our valuation was $23.19 down from $24.44 last quarter. They spent $3.6 million buying 357,000 shares in their share buyback program. Again, not sure this is the best use of their cash in that it just makes their loss per share bigger. They reported a per share loss of $.15 this quarter versus a loss of $.58 last year.

This is still a HOLD as sales are at best flat on a constant exchange rate basis and not growing. They did substantially reduce their loss this quarter, but not enough to get us to buy more.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mrv-reports-first-quarter-2015-200100767.html

Up 41%  HOLD

Concurrent Computer (NASDAQ-CCUR)-Recommended 2/4/2011)

Buy Price-$4.58 (Was $5.08 before $.50 special dividend)

Valuation $16.38 (was $13.07, $14.80, $17.72, $15.01, $15.10,  $14.55, $14.77, $16.26, $16.20, $15.37, $13.53, $15.85, $14.13, $11.38, $14.04, $18.54, $15.99)

Closed up $.26 at $7.74 (including $1.20 of dividends)

Pays $.48 annual dividend

CCUR announced Q3 2015 (December 31, 2014) earnings on April 28,2015. Revenues were $17.1 million, down 7% from $18.3 million last year but up from $16 million last quarter. They made $.780,000 profit versus a loss of $.6 million last quarter and a $1.1 million profit last year. Gross margin held steady at 59%. Our valuation jumped back up to $16.38 from $13.07 last quarter. Cash per share rose  to $2.93 or 49% of the market cap. We will keep a HOLD on CCUR until we see what the new CEO can do and they get revenue growth back. We continue to collect the 7% dividend.

UP 69%, HOLD

ARI Networks (ARIS.ob-Recommended 8/19/2006)

Buy price $1.61 (Was $1.78 before another $10,000 added, was $2.06 before double up),

Valuation $6.66 (was $6.47,  $5.96, $6.02, $5.67, $5.57, $5.70, $6.71, $6.41, $6.14, $5.97, $6.21, $6.13, $5.82, $5.81, $5.72, $5.65, $5.39, $4.86, $5.60, $5.73, $5.54, $5.74, $5.96, $4.72, $5.19, $5.66, $5.63, $5.61, $5.71, $5.49, $5.34, $5.03, $5.28, $5.28, $5.21)

Closed at $3.19, unchanged.

Wynnefield continued their selling outing a cap on ARI’s stock price. They now own 693,000 shares down from 992,000. They are now at 4.1%.

Q3 2015 were announced on June 11, 2015. Pretty good. Revenues were $10.3 million, up 26% from last year and they made $.02 a share compared to $.01 last year. Our valuation rose to $6.66 a share.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ari-network-services-inc-announces-200100623.html

In addition to the 1.5 million share offering Wynnefield Capital has been selling shares-about 250,000 from 3/31/2015 to 5/12/2015 at prices from $3.20 to $3.38. They still have 992,000 shares or 6.9% of ARI. Assuming they are getting out, this will keep pressure on the price for a while.

ARI announced on May 7, 2015 that they had priced a 1.53 million share offering for expected net proceeds of about $4.7 million which they will use to pay off the $1.75 of debt they incurred on their recent acquisition of TASCO and for future acquisitions.

They are doing a good job positioning the company to be acquired. Hopefully this will soon happen with a $5+ price like we got for XRS in September 2014.

UP 99%, HOLD, Still a large valuation gap here and the Company is executing well.

CTI Holdings (CTIG.ob-Recommended 2/25/2006)

Buy price $.27 ask,

Valuation $1.21 (Was $1.39, $1.34, $1.22, $.99, $1.02, $1.05,  $1.07, $1.14, $1.17, $1.34, $1.34, $1.37, $1.36, $1.23,  $.91, $1.21, $.71, $.83, $.88 $.96, $.93, $.75, $.85, $1.57, $1.40, $1.29, $1.38, $1.31, $1.38, $1.29, $1.42, $1.28 $1.13, $1.05, $.82)

Ask price $.32 closed at $.32

CTIG announced Q1 2015 (March 31, 2015) earnings on 5/14/2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cti-group-reports-2015-first-203932720.html

After the huge Q4 2014 quarter this quarter’s results were more in-line with their previous run-rate. Revenues were $4.1 million, compared to $3.95 million in 2014. They also made $10,000 for the quarter.

Our valuation fell a bit to $1.21 a share, down from $1.39 last quarter, but up 20% from $.99 last year. We will continue to HOLD CTIG.

Still way undervalued, but no light as to when or how this will ever be properly valued.

John Birbeck announced his departure in October 2014. He was one of the group trying to take CTIG private for $.40 a share. Birbeck will remain a Director of the company. He owns about 7% of CTIG (about 2.3 million shares).

They need to get an investment banker and sell the company. Probably get at least $.75 a share for it from someone.

UP 19%. HOLD