March 21 GLUX was
mentioned on Nano Cap Value .. Bold Buybacks AtAdvantageous Prices
GLUX: Great Lakes Aviation founded in 1979 is an independent
US regional airline company. In addition the company provides charter air
services to private individuals, corporations, and athletic teams. As of March
20, 2013, it served 46 airports in 13 states with a fleet of 6 Embraer EMB-120
Brasilias and 28 Raytheon/Beech 1900D regional airliners.
The stock trades significantly
below its intrinsic value using an average growing annual per share EBITA from
2008 to the TTM of .35. 2011 annual EBITDA per share was .71 and .58 for the
TTM. Book value per share has also been steadily increasing. The current EV to EBITDA
is only 2.44
Price = $1.36, Market Cap = 12.20M, EV = 37.20
EV/EBITDA = 2.44, EV/Revenue = .27
YOY Revenue Growth = 7.50%
BV = 4.48, 52 Week Price Change = 4.62%
The stock also trades at a historical cheap value based on sales and book value.
The stock also trades at a historical cheap value based on sales and book value.
Diluted weighted average share count was reduced by 5.53 million or 38.26% from a period ending balance of 14.45M on 12/31/2010 to the most recently reported balance of 8.92M 09/30/2012.
9/30/2011 (14.38M) to 12/31/2011 (11.91M) average diluted share count was reduced by 2.47M with an average share price of .71 per share.
12/31/2011 diluted share count was 11.91M reduced to 9.03 on 3/31/2012 or 2.88M over the quarterly period with an average per share price of .90.
I purchased a few shares of GLUX as part of a
larger portfolio. It will take time and selling may be difficult given the
illiquidity.
Additional
illiquid nano cap stocks trading below their intrinsic value based on earnings
and assets; IBAL, MNDO,IEHC,ITEX,EVI to
name a few.