Zpow,
CKC and others merely analyse the weak fundamental of the company (No profit no dividend). As said before, if you are not fundamental play on this stock and merely for speculation purposes as stated before, there is nothing to defend or argue on it.
About goodwill value, most forumers get it right, goodwill is not about value of its listed share or listing status, in fact nowadays listing status is not valuable like last time out. Goodwill is non-tangible asset which can be worth nothing if the company name or company itself doesn't valuable in the first place means the company name itself must able derive profit out of it. Just like Coca-cola, its name is a selling point which can make profit for you, there where the goodwill worth come from.
Goodwill under new accouting rule needs to be amortised, as goodwill cannot be properly judged and it is much fair to be amortised.
In term of fundamental discussion.
A company asset > liabilities is not good enough to prove it is a solid company.
A solid company is always means strong cashflow and profitability.
If a company cannot make profit for the shareholders, why shareholders want to invest in the company that derive zero return? Better keep in FD, right? That's the basic of investment fundamental. We invest in a company and wish the company can yield return much more than FD rate, that's the most basic fundamental.
That's why we have lot of company NTA is 4.00 but share price is at 2.00, because company cannot make much profit although asset value is high because there is no point for minority shareholders to have unless those asset value can be turned into cash and returned to the shareholders. The situation is same you own a shop lots worth 500K but no tenants demand, there is no point to buy at 500k even market value is 500K unless you can cash the 500K.
A share price is a reflection/prediction of company future ability to derive the profit as mentioned. Yes, short term wise share price can fluctuate way beyond/below the fundamental due to supply and demand or gorenging, rumour etc., that's where people can take opportunity to speculate and gain money out of it. But it is not sustainable in long term basic. Without fundamental backing (profitability) the footing of share price is not strong.
So if you are in the camp of speculation as said, I don't see why need to argue on fundamental side, to say it is a solid company.
Speculation is different ball game than fundamental play.
We welcomed both side of story, I don't see it is an insult in carrying discussion in opposite what you think about it.
You can say it is a solid company with xyz asset under their account fine.
Other can say it is a weak company with weak cash flow, fine.
Another can say its asset is not a solid figure due to xyz factor, fine.
All are meaningful discussion as long as those figure is right and exactly from their account, whether it influences others to buy or throw the stock or not doesn't matter, as share price won't move because one said bad or good word about it.
I don't see much an issue on this thread discussion. Opposite opinion is a norm, that's why we have buyer and seller all the time on both side. A half glass of water can be said half full or half empty, both are right statement, but whether eventually it will become empty or full, nobody knows. So if it will be emptied afterwards, half empty will be seen right so does vice versa scenario.
Cheers.