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6/19/2011

Ideas from the extremely inefficient pink sheet market

I made a strong effort  to search the pink sheets to uncover potentially inefficiently priced stocks.
My efforts came up with several ideas out of thousands that have attributes that warrant a closer look.
The group has very low valuations, large cash balances, positive cash flow, 2011 insider buying for a few and clearly overlooked hiding in the shadows of Wall Street's pink sheets. More analysis will be provided in future updates. The discovered ideas are worth sharing after the work showed promise. But further work is required.

Please click to view the prices and data on all ideas below from Yahoo
OPST.PK :  Opt Sciences Corp , cheap valuation, cash, real estate

Marke Cap =  10.46 million
EV = 1.17 million
Cash per share =  11.99
EV Per share = 1.50
EV/Revenue = .19

Current price = $13.50
YOY quarterly revenue improvement of 25.50%
Improved GP% 34.3 for the TTM versus 26% for 2009


Real Estate: Principal office and manufacturing facility located in the East Riverton Section of Cinnaminson, New Jersey They own this 1.4 acre property.

"Opt-Sciences Corporation, through its subsidiary, O & S Research, Inc., deposits anti-glare and/or transparent conductive optical coatings on glass used primarily to cover instrument panels in aircraft cockpits. Its products enable pilots to read aircraft instruments in direct sunlight or at night, or in covert situations using appropriate night vision filters"

This profitable company started in 1956 could be selling below current breakup value.


MRVC.PK  MRV Communications cash balance is 81% of the market cap.

Current price =$1.22
Cash per share = .98
Market Cap = 192 million
EV = 53 million
EV/Sales = .20
EV/EBITDA = 2.90
SCND.PK  Scientific Industries

Current price = $3.16

EV/EBITDA = 1.94
EV/Revenue = .26
YOY Quarterly revenue change = 4.90%
Price/Cash Flow = 4.3
ROIC = 13.66 improved compared to historical results
GM% = 38.49% improved compared to historical results

Strong insider buying during 2011
 MBCN.PK Middlefield Banc Corp.

Current price = $17.25
Stable dividend yield over 6%
real estate

Strong insider buying 2011


FOFI.PK : First Opportunity Fund, Inc.

closed end fund trading at a large discount to nav = 9.19
First Opportunity Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end and diversified management investment company
Strong insider buying 2011

SPGZ.PK Spectrum Group International Inc.

Risky stock due to its massive debt. but this once 34 dollar stock has an interesting

"trading and collectibles network serving both collectors and dealers. The company operates in two segments: Trading and Collectibles. The Trading segment trades in precious metals, such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium in the form of coins, bars, wafers, and grain; provides precious metals merchant services, including leasing, consignments, and hedging; and operates as a distributor for various government mints worldwide, as well as offers loans on precious metals and rare coin and other collectibles collateral to coin dealers, collectors, and investors."

top line is outstanding with a 17% YOY quarterly growth.
Current price = $2.30


Strong insider buying 2011