Should Online Retailers Open Neighborhood Shops?

Ecommerce shopping has experienced a steady increase in customer count and online sales each year since before the turn of the millennium. All U.S. Retail sales now add to $5.4 trillion in economic activity. Currently, 11.2% of these sales are from online purchases. Despite digital retailers being able to attract more sales each year, there is a growing trend from “clicks to bricks.” Stores that have historically existed only as cyber shops are now appearing on Main Street...READ MORE

Coeur Mining (CDE): Increasing 2020 Estimates; Maintaining Outperform Rating

Increasing 2020 estimates. We are increasing our 2020 EPS and EBITDA estimates to $0.13 and $265.8 million from $0.10 and $256.2 million, respectively. The drivers are modestly higher production and lower operating costs. We expect additional gains in productivity at...READ MORE

1-800-Flowers.com (FLWS): Flowers At A Discount

Notes from a recent Midwest marketing trip. This report highlights notes from investor meetings in the Midwest with William Shea, Treasurer and CFO, and Joe Pititto, Sr. VP of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications. Giving some gains back? Investors seem to try to grapple with the recent 39% pullback in the...READ MORE

Akazoo (SONG): Music To Our Ears

Q3 better than expected. Revenues increased 24.4% to €34.9 million versus our €34.3 million estimate. Adjusted EBITDA of €2.95 million was better than our €2.63 million estimate. Subscriber growth, better than expected. Premium subscribers of 5.5 million, up 28% year over year, were better than our 5.3 million estimate, with solid growth in Eastern Europe and...READ MORE

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD): Renewed Confidence in Dredging Market Outlook

Confidence renewed after investor meetings with the CEO and CFO. 1) Favorable dredging outlook due to funding expansion more than offsets below average win rate and added competition; 2) LNG and wind projects...READ MORE

QuoteMedia (QMCI): What Investors Are Looking For

Large market opportunity. We believe that investors would like to see faster revenue growth from the company given the large market opportunity for financial information and services. Tweaking Q4 estimates. We are lowering our Q4 2019 revenue estimate, which...READ MORE

Noble Capital Markets Launches Small and Microcap Equity Research Contest; Up to $7,500 Awarded to Winning Student

The Challenge calls for each participant to prepare an institutional-quality equity research report on one of the more than 6,000 small and...READ MORE

Presidential Hopefuls Float Plans to Curb Fossil Fuels

With Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls embracing green energy to curb climate change, proposals to ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking), limiting U.S. exports of fossil fuels and carbon taxes have all entered the public debate. Due to the increased use of hydraulic fracturing and...READ MORE

Should Investors be Wary of the Companies Raising Dividends?

Everyone loves a dividend increase. Right? After all, it puts more money into the hands of investors and who doesn’t like more money? But in doing so, management is foregoing using capital that could repurchase shares, pay down debt, or...READ MORE

Countries are Promoting Growth by Raising Debt While Holding Rates Down

Keynesian economic theory says that the government should expand and take on debt during downswings in the economic cycle and pay back the debt when the economy is strong. Keynesian theory has been thrown out the window by...READ MORE

New Era of Gene Therapy

Gene therapy is a biological product that mediates its effect by transcription and/or translation of transferred genetic material by integrating into the host genome. It is administered as nucleic acids, viruses, or genetically engineered microorganisms. In gene therapy, a normal gene is inserted into the genome, often via a...READ MORE

Great Panther Mining Limited (GPL): GPL Cuts 2019 Production Guidance Again; Lowering Rating to Market Perform

Production guidance lowered. Management lowered its 2019 production guidance for the second time and now expects a full-year production of...READ MORE

Is Company Sponsored Research the Future for Small-Cap Stock Investors?

Publicly traded companies are required to provide quarterly information to the public. This includes most categories of small-cap stocks and many micro-caps that are traded over-the-counter (OTC) trading on...READ MORE

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (CMTL): Strong Q1; Can The Momentum Be Maintained?

1Q20 Results. Revenue of $170.3 million, EPS of $0.26, and Adjusted EBITDA of $20.6 million all exceeded our forecasts of $168 million, $0.15, and $17.8 million, respectively. In 1Q19, revenues were...READ MORE

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (CMTL): Satellite Ground Equipment Acquisition

UHP Networks Acquisition. Last week, Comtech announced it has agreed to acquire UHP Networks for $40 million. UHP is a leading provider of innovative and disruptive satellite ground station technology...READ MORE

Information Services Group Inc. (III): RPA Market Continues to Attract Investors

Automation Anywhere Raise Highlights Value of RPA Business. Last week Automation Anywhere announced it had raised $290 million at a $6.8 billion valuation, which is up nearly 3-fold from the $2.6 billion valuations...READ MORE

Harte-Hanks Inc. (HHS): New Leadership For A New Phase?

Appoints a new C-level management team. The company appointed Andrew Benett as Executive Chairman and CEO, Brian Linscott as COO, and promotes Lauri Kearnes to CFO position, replacing departing Mark Del Priore. Andrew...READ MORE

Euroseas Ltd. (ESEA): 3Q2019 Results In Line. Another Acquisition Adds Scale

3Q2019 results stabilized in challenging container market. Adjusted EBITDA, excluding dry dock expenses, of $2.0 million was slightly below our estimate of $2.1 million, mainly due to higher opex, which more than...READ MORE

Salem Media (SALM): Addressing The Elephant In The Room

Q3 results better than estimated. Total company revenues of $64.1 million were better than our $62.3 million estimate and cash flow $9.0 million was better than our $8.4 million estimate. The results benefited from...READ MORE

Genie Energy (GNE): Boring Quarter Welcomed After Rough 2Q

GNE reported 2019-3Q EPS of $0.18 and adjusted EBITDA of $8.0 million, in line with our $0.17 and $8.6 million estimates. A solid quarter for the company supports claims that disappointing 2Q results were...READ MORE

Have Active Managers Received a Bum Rap?

In a November 4th ChannelChek.com article titled “Taking Stock of Index Funds,” we highlighted how stock index funds and exchanged traded funds (ETFs) now hold more assets than the traditional actively managed funds, with passive...READ MORE

Cumulus Media Inc. (CMLS): Building Value Through Aggressive Debt Reduction

Overachieves Q3 estimates. Q3 revenues of $280.8 million was better than our $276.1 million estimate. Cash flow, Adj. EBITDA, was better than expected as well ($58.7 million versus...READ MORE

Is Tesla’s Cybertruck a Turkey?

One of the topics that is sure to make its way to dinner conversations across the U.S. this holiday season will be about Tesla’s Cybertruck. Elon Musk unveiled and announced last week the car company, Tesla, would begin to take orders on their latest entry into the...READ MORE

Onconova Therapeutics Inc. (ONTX): What do recent deals mean for Onconova?

Licensing deal to commercialize lead drug in Canada. Onconova inked a licensing agreement with Knight Therapeutics (TSX: GUD, Not covered) to commercialize rigosertib in...READ MORE

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD): Investor Meetings Renew Confidence

Tone was positive. Recently, we hosted investor meetings with the CEO and CFO. The meetings touched on every aspect of the dredging market and focused on how restructuring and deleveraging have positioned the...READ MORE

Akazoo (SONG): Creating A New Vibe On Messaging

Delivers music content on a messaging service. Akazoo inked an agreement with Rakuten Viber, one of the world's largest messaging and voice over IP services with over 1 billion users, to deliver music content and lyrics. We believe that the agreement is among the first of its kind and...READ MORE

Cryptocurrencies May Drive Innovation in Global Payments Systems

While Bitcoin was released in 2009 and is considered by many to be the first decentralized cryptocurrency, others have followed including Tether, Ethereum, Litecoin and others. Mass-market...READ MORE

Does the Recent RAS Inhibitor Data Show that We Can Effectively Treat RAS-Related Cancers?

The RAS pathway is one of the most frequently dysregulated pathways in cancer. Approximately 30% of tumors harbor activating RAS gene mutations. There are three main isoforms of...READ MORE

Dyadic International Inc. (DYAI): Step Closer to Generating Human-like Proteins with C1 Platform

A building block for human glycan is produced by the C1 platform. Dyadic’s research partner VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) presented data showing expression of...READ MORE

Why Are Basic Material Industries Suffering Despite Government Help?

In the 2016 election, President Trump ran on a platform of bringing back basic material industries such as coal, energy, and steel. He followed up on his pledges by loosening environmental restrictions and...READ MORE

Vectrus (VEC): Can Outperformance Continue?

Strong 3Q19 Results. Vectrus reported 3Q19 revenue of $359.9 million, adjusted EBITDA of $16.7 million, EPS of $0.80, and adjusted EPS of $0.84. Consensus called for revenue of $349 million and EPS of $0.78. We were at...READ MORE

The “Pilgrims” of Today

This week, across the U.S., families and friends, young and old, will gather to celebrate the “most American” of holidays, Thanksgiving. The gatherings will most surely include traditional foods of the holiday while families enjoy their own tradition of...READ MORE

EuroDry Ltd. (EDRY): Solid Quarter and Balanced Contracting Tempers Volatility

Another solid quarter as pure dry bulk play. Adjusted EBITDA of $2.9 million was above our estimate of $2.6 million mainly due to higher than expected...READ MORE

Pyxis Tankers Inc. (PXS): Solid Improvement Likely Extends Into Next Year

Positive direction with 3Q2019 EBITDA of $2.1 million ahead of expectations due to stronger MR and small tankers performance. 3Q2019 TCE rates of $12,360/day and...READ MORE

Aurania Resources (ARU:CA): On the Road to Finding the Lost Cities?

Discovery could lead the way to finding the Lost Cities. Vestiges of an old road were discovered in the central part of Aurania’s Lost Cities – Cutucu project. The road is believed to be one that linked two historic gold...READ MORE

ProMIS Neurosciences Inc. (PMN:CA): Progress Made in Q3 Bodes Well for ProMIS' Prospects

ProMIS advances R&D Programs. ProMIS Neurosciences yesterday announced results for Q3/F2019. In the quarter, the company advanced preclinical...READ MORE

QuoteMedia (QMCI): Not Likely To Move The Needle

Uninspiring Q3. Total company revenue increased a moderate 5.3% to $2.963 million with softer than expected adjusted EBITDA of $158,000 versus our $250,000 estimate. The quarter was adversely impacted by a...READ MORE

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