Pinned straw:
Quarterly surprise in store ?
Following up on Chairman Mark Leong's presentation to Strawman on Wednesday (see meetings page).
I'm clearly a fan of this one and guessing that the cash runway is the only thing holding back the share price.
Gross margins are very high - they need a step change up in revenue.
I think that this is underway & Mark mentioned this twice at least during the presentation.
This is primarily due to the acquisitions. The acquired businesses did 43% of their revenue last CY or say $177k in March quarter.
If revenue from a typical product go from $1 to $2.5 (as stated by Mark) then that $177 becomes $442k; an increase of $265k.
However there is also the following:
a) Resumption of sales to Europe this quarter due to the company’s successful transition to the new EU medical devices regulation.
Such sales were completely missing from Q3 FY 23 – but are 8% of normal sales – so say $33k added there
b) Normal’ pre-covid and post-covid growth of about 8% per quarter – so say $33k added there
c) Craniofacial heating up, particularly in Vietnam, new markets in Great Britain, South Africa & new products in Taiwan – say another $50k.
So I think it’s not unrealistic to think that current quarter revenues may be higher than $700k.
If this is the case then their cash runway suddenly becomes (I calculate) over 6 quarters.
This is with none of the entitlement shortfall amount placed and with no subsequent revenue growth (both unlikely).
I also think that Chinese regulatory approval is closer than the market thinks ie 3rd quarter this year – this is the second largest market behind the US.