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ChinaSecurities.com Small-Cap Company Feature: Yanglin Soybean, Inc.

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:01 AM on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

As many of you know, we are very bullish on the long-term future of Chinese small cap and mid cap companies for two reasons:

1]  The obvious reason – China is the fastest growing economy on the planet and nothing is going to slow down its ascent over the next 50 years and beyond. Investing in growth companies there just makes too much sense.

2]  Great Results and Valuations – Many Small Cap Chinese Companies are listing in the US (OTCBB, NYSE Alternext and NASDAQ) with great financial results.  Unlike many dubious US Small Cap Companies, Chinese Companies don’t seem to believe in losing money or failing to execute in a business plan.  As such, 7-digit revenues and profits are very common.

From a valuation point of view, many Chinese companies became a victim of their own success in Q4 2008 and Q1 2009.  Why?  When the world needed to start liquidating, one of the first places they looked were China where most investors had significant gains to sell into.  This resulted in the proverbial baby being thrown out with the bathwater and some great valuations.

TODAY’S FEATURED COMPANY

Yanglin Soybean, Inc. – (OTCBB: YSYB)

Yanglin Soybean, Inc. is a leading non-genetically modified (non-GM) soybean processor in China. The Company manufactures soybean oil, salad oil and soybean meal with an annual processing capacity of 520,000 metric tons in 2008. The Company’s products are sold directly to its customers or through distributors. Majority of Yanglin Soybean’s customers are located in Northern China.

On April 13th, the Company announced their results for 2008.

Read Full Press Release

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HIGHLIGHTS

  • Revenues up 61.5% to $250.7 million exceeding its guidance.
  • GAAP net income grew 39.3% to $14.4 million also exceeding guidance.
  • Cash and cash equivalents about $30.4 million.

MY COMMENTS:

We have a quote here from the CEO, Shulin Liu who said, “Despite the current economic environment, we expect the overall market fundamentals of the Chinese soybean industry to remain generally stable.” – Why’s that?? Well just look at what the Company does. A non-genetically modified soybean processor in China. They manufacture soybean oil, salad oil and soybean meal, so you can imagine that’s pretty much always going to be in demand in China.

As always, this is my view in a snapshot.  It is intended to give you a running start into your research.  Now, you have to do your own due diligence to make sure the valuation is not impaired by other factors including balance sheet items, lawsuits or any other negative events.

If you have any comments, I’d love to see them below.

YOUR RESEARCH STARTING POINTS FOR CHINESE SMALL CAP AND MID CAP COMPANIES

We’ve provided investors with two great starting points to research great Chinese small cap and mid cap companies.

1.  ChinaSecurities.com – ChinaSecurities.com tracks 250 of the best small cap and mid cap companies trading on North American exchanges.  It provides you with the best of the best in two ways.  First, the front page lists the best news of the day coming out of the space. It does so by giving you a text view of the best press releases by industry and via Chinese Stocks TV, a 5-minute broadcast every morning just after the open.  Chinse Stocks TV is archived, so you can catch up on shows you missed.

Second, if you want to research each of the 250 companies to find candidates for your portfolio, it has a very intuitive directory that lets you quickly review each company on the master list, or parse it out by industry and exchange if you have a particular sector of interest. Cool stuff.

2.  Right here on AGORACOM, you can refer to our China category for other featured Chinese Small-Cap Companies.  As always, we will disclose any IR relationship with any public company.  Given the sheer number of great Chinese Small-Cap Companies out there, you can expect us NOT to have an IR relationship with most of these companies.

Regards,
George

AGORACOM To Speak at Communitech 2009 Tech Leadership Conference

Posted by AGORACOM at 4:05 PM on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

 

For those of you who are in the Waterloo Region I’m proud to announce that I’ll be speaking at Communitech, the region’s premier business and technology leadership conference, being held at the Bingemans Conference Centre on Thursday, May 14th.

The hands-on workshop session is called Get Customers First, Funders Later” and will also include Mike McDerment from Freshbooks.  The workshop session is scheduled to between 9:55 am-10:55 am. 

To view the Communitech schedule click here.

I’m very proud to be sharing my views on building an online business with real customers, not funding.  Canadian web entrepreneurs have a great opportunity to step in and fill the void where the Silicon Valley free and cool model failed.  But first, we have to understand that funding a business with neither paying customers, nor a real business model is not a business in the first place.  To succeed, you need to get customers first.  It is the mantra we followed and the reason AGORACOM is now generating seven-digit revenues and profits. As such, our experiences will hopefully be extremely beneficial to those in attendance.

On March 3rd, 2009, AGORACOM reported 2008 traffic results that included:

  • 1.31 million unique visitors
  • 7.9 million visits
  • 96 million page views

About Communitech

The Tech Leadership Conference is Waterloo Region’s premier business and technology leadership conference.  The event is a full day of insights and real tactics for the tech professional, including inspiring keynotes, breakout sessions, exhibitors and of course, your industry peers.  More than 500+ attended Tech Leadership in 2008, from CEOs to middle management, government and business professionals.

See you there!

George Tsiolis

ChinaSecurities.com Traffic Rank Is Skyrocketing

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:34 AM on Monday, May 11th, 2009

Good morning to you all.  I am preparing to post a report for our bloggers, partners and influencers later today – but I just had to share this one piece of news with you right now.  Specifically, the traffic rank for ChinaSecurites.com is rocketing up the charts.  The traffic ranks comes from Alexa, an online service owned and managed by Amazon.com – and the following snapshot is worth 1,000 words:

Look At The Traffic Rank Climb Over 3 Months

As you can see, ChinaSecurities.com has climbed from an average traffic rank of approximately #530,000 over the last 3 months, all the way to 170,000 yesterday.

In investment terms, ChinaSecurites.com has absolutely smashed through it’s 90-day moving average and climbing fast.

What makes this number even more amazing is the fact that the site was launched on February 15th at the ROTH OC Conference and – like all new sites – had a traffic rank somewhere in the millions.  If I remember correctly, it was somewhere around 2,500,000.  Moreover, we haven’t even commenced mass public marketing yet.

CONCLUSION

It is still way too early to take a victory lap and we have a lot of work ahead of us to get the site up to AGORACOM traffic levels – but these numbers serve to support our contention that global demand for information pertaining to Chinese Securities listed on North American Stock Exchanges is big.

Regards,
George, Jonathan, Alex and Grace

La Mancha Q1 Profits Surge as Australian Mine Turns Cash Flow Positive

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:22 AM on Friday, May 8th, 2009

I’m very proud to announce the following Q1 2009 financial results from AGORACOM client, La Mancha whose profits surged as their Australian Mine turned cash flow positive.

Highlights from the press release include:

Key Points:

  • Cash flow from operating activities of $11.0 million
  • Revenues of $24.7 million
  • Net earnings of $3.5 million
  • Cash and short term investments of $20.1 million
  • 18,515 ounces of gold produced at an average cash cost of US $451 per ounce
  • Trading at 1.5x cash flow multiple, there considered to be significantly undervalued

La Mancha IR Hub


La Mancha
Profile

ChinaSecurities.com Small-Cap Company Feature: China America Holdings Inc.

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:52 AM on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

As many of you know, we are very bullish on the long-term future of Chinese small cap and mid cap companies for two reasons:

1]  The obvious reason – China is the fastest growing economy on the planet and nothing is going to slow down its ascent over the next 50 years and beyond. Investing in growth companies there just makes too much sense.

2]  Great Results and Valuations – Many Small Cap Chinese Companies are listing in the US (OTCBB, NYSE Alternext and NASDAQ) with great financial results.  Unlike many dubious US Small Cap Companies, Chinese Companies don’t seem to believe in losing money or failing to execute in a business plan.  As such, 7-digit revenues and profits are very common.

From a valuation point of view, many Chinese companies became a victim of their own success in Q4 2008 and Q1 2009.  Why?  When the world needed to start liquidating, one of the first places they looked were China where most investors had significant gains to sell into.  This resulted in the proverbial baby being thrown out with the bathwater and some great valuations.

TODAY’S FEATURED COMPANY

China America Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: CAAH)

China America Holdings, Inc., is a holding company which owns a 56% stake in Shanghai Aohong Chemical Co., Ltd. based in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Aohong Chemical Co., Ltd. is a distributor of assorted liquid coolants which are utilized in a variety of applications, primarily as refrigerants in air conditioning systems for automobiles, residential and commercial air conditioning systems, and a manufacturer of steel non-refillable cylinders.

On April 16th, the Company announced their results for 2008.

Read Full Press Release

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HIGHLIGHTS

  • Revenue: $35 million, that’s more than a 100% growth over $16.2 million in 2007.
  • Income from operations: $860,000. That’s WAY up from a loss of ($406,000) in the last Fiscal Year.
  • Net loss for the year: ($561,000), that compares to a loss of ($1.1 million) last year so they’ve got a dramatic improvement on their bottom line, on the income from operations and on the revenue side.
  • Cash and cash equivalents of approximately $2.23 million but that seems more than enough for a holding company.

MY COMMENTS:

One thing about this company, a ($561,000) loss translated to $0.00 per share so that probably does mean we have a high share count here. The company’s trading at 0.018 so always go take a look at that and make sure the share count isn’t too great.

As always, this is my view in a snapshot.  It is intended to give you a running start into your research.  Now, you have to do your own due diligence to make sure the valuation is not impaired by other factors including balance sheet items, lawsuits or any other negative events.

If you have any comments, I’d love to see them below.

YOUR RESEARCH STARTING POINTS FOR CHINESE SMALL CAP AND MID CAP COMPANIES

We’ve provided investors with two great starting points to research great Chinese small cap and mid cap companies.

1.  ChinaSecurities.com – ChinaSecurities.com tracks 250 of the best small cap and mid cap companies trading on North American exchanges.  It provides you with the best of the best in two ways.  First, the front page lists the best news of the day coming out of the space. It does so by giving you a text view of the best press releases by industry and via Chinese Stocks TV, a 5-minute broadcast every morning just after the open.  Chinse Stocks TV is archived, so you can catch up on shows you missed.

Second, if you want to research each of the 250 companies to find candidates for your portfolio, it has a very intuitive directory that lets you quickly review each company on the master list, or parse it out by industry and exchange if you have a particular sector of interest. Cool stuff.

2.  Right here on AGORACOM, you can refer to our China category for other featured Chinese Small-Cap Companies.  As always, we will disclose any IR relationship with any public company.  Given the sheer number of great Chinese Small-Cap Companies out there, you can expect us NOT to have an IR relationship with most of these companies.

Regards,
George

ChinaSecurities.com Small-Cap Company Feature: New Oriental Education and Technology Group

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:24 AM on Monday, May 4th, 2009

As many of you know, we are very bullish on the long-term future of Chinese small cap and mid cap companies for two reasons:

1]  The obvious reason – China is the fastest growing economy on the planet and nothing is going to slow down its ascent over the next 50 years and beyond. Investing in growth companies there just makes too much sense.

2]  Great Results and Valuations – Many Small Cap Chinese Companies are listing in the US (OTCBB, NYSE Alternext and NASDAQ) with great financial results.  Unlike many dubious US Small Cap Companies, Chinese Companies don’t seem to believe in losing money or failing to execute in a business plan.  As such, 7-digit revenues and profits are very common.

From a valuation point of view, many Chinese companies became a victim of their own success in Q4 2008 and Q1 2009.  Why?  When the world needed to start liquidating, one of the first places they looked were China where most investors had significant gains to sell into.  This resulted in the proverbial baby being thrown out with the bathwater and some great valuations.

TODAY’S FEATURED COMPANY

New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc – (NYSE: EDU)

New Oriental is the largest provider of private educational services in China based on the number of program offerings, total student enrollments and geographic presence. New Oriental offers a wide range of educational programs, services and products consisting primarily of English and other foreign language training, test preparation courses for major admissions and assessment tests in the United States, the PRC and Commonwealth countries, primary and secondary school education, development and distribution of educational content, software and other technology, and online education.

On April 21st, the Company announced their results for the third fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2009.

Read Full Press Release

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HIGHLIGHTS

  • Total net revenues increased by 36.1% year-over-year to US$65.4 million.
  • Non-GAAP increased by 4.3% year-over-year to US$14.5 million however, if you go according to GAAP, the net income decreased 10% year-over-year.
  • NON-GAAP from income operations increased 2.4% however once again, if you look at the GAAP income, it actually decreased by 14.7% year-over-year to US$8.7 million
    .

MY COMMENTS:

I’d imagine this is going to be a growing field for the next several years. The Company closed on April 20th at $51.25

As always, this is my view in a snapshot.  It is intended to give you a running start into your research.  Now, you have to do your own due diligence to make sure the valuation is not impaired by other factors including balance sheet items, lawsuits or any other negative events.

If you have any comments, I’d love to see them below.

YOUR RESEARCH STARTING POINTS FOR CHINESE SMALL CAP AND MID CAP COMPANIES

We’ve provided investors with two great starting points to research great Chinese small cap and mid cap companies.

1.  ChinaSecurities.com – ChinaSecurities.com tracks 250 of the best small cap and mid cap companies trading on North American exchanges.  It provides you with the best of the best in two ways.  First, the front page lists the best news of the day coming out of the space. It does so by giving you a text view of the best press releases by industry and via Chinese Stocks TV, a 5-minute broadcast every morning just after the open.  Chinse Stocks TV is archived, so you can catch up on shows you missed.

Second, if you want to research each of the 250 companies to find candidates for your portfolio, it has a very intuitive directory that lets you quickly review each company on the master list, or parse it out by industry and exchange if you have a particular sector of interest. Cool stuff.

2.  Right here on AGORACOM, you can refer to our China category for other featured Chinese Small-Cap Companies.  As always, we will disclose any IR relationship with any public company.  Given the sheer number of great Chinese Small-Cap Companies out there, you can expect us NOT to have an IR relationship with most of these companies.

Regards,
George

New Dawn Mining (ND:TSX) Resumes Full-Scale Gold Mine Operations

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:02 AM on Monday, May 4th, 2009

New Dawn’s Turk Mine in Zimbabwe Resumes Full-Scale Mine Operating Program

I’m very proud to announce that AGORACOM client, New Dawn Mining, is back to full gold mining operations on their Turk Mine in Zimbabwe. This is a company that produced ~ 8,650 ounces and $US 7.5 million in revenue in 2008.

Highlights from the press release include:

Key Points:

  • New Dawn’s 100% wholly-owned Turk Mine in Zimbabwe has resumed full-scale mining operations
  • The current initial production rate of 250 tonne targeted to rise to 400 tonnes per day to achieve a production target of 1,150 to 1,200 ounces of gold per month at a average cash cost of US$425 to US$450 per ounce
  • Total existing capacity at Turk Mine is currently rated at 400 tonnes per day, but current expansion projects, which are nearing completion, will increase existing capacity to 650 tonnes per day. New Dawn plans for further production increases every 6 to 9 months thereafter to maximize existing capacity
  • During the restarted mine development program, which was reported on 26th February 2009, until the commencement of full-scale mining operations in early May 2009, New Dawn’s gold sales totaled approximately US$1,300,000

  • 11 years of proven and probable mine reserves at October 2009 production rates
  • Two recent NI 43-101 reports documented an aggregate of 969,546 ounces of gold reserves and resources grading between 2.9-6.1 g/t, with additional inferred mineral resources of 355,873 ounces of gold grading between 3.90 – 5.91 g/t.

New Dawn Mining IR Hub

New Dawn Mining Profile

You Have No Limits But Your Own. Unbelievable Video Of What Is Possible

Posted by AGORACOM at 5:33 PM on Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

For those of you that believe you have limits – and especially for those who think you don’t.  Watch the video that has YouTube abuzz …. and then go test your limits again.

Hat tip to David Cohen.

Regards,
George

ChinaSecurities.com Small-Cap Company Feature: China Carbon Graphite

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:11 AM on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

As many of you know, we are very bullish on the long-term future of Chinese small cap and mid cap companies for two reasons:

1]  The obvious reason – China is the fastest growing economy on the planet and nothing is going to slow down its ascent over the next 50 years and beyond. Investing in growth companies there just makes too much sense.

2]  Great Results and Valuations – Many Small Cap Chinese Companies are listing in the US (OTCBB, NYSE Alternext and NASDAQ) with great financial results.  Unlike many dubious US Small Cap Companies, Chinese Companies don’t seem to believe in losing money or failing to execute in a business plan.  As such, 7-digit revenues and profits are very common.

From a valuation point of view, many Chinese companies became a victim of their own success in Q4 2008 and Q1 2009.  Why?  When the world needed to start liquidating, one of the first places they looked were China where most investors had significant gains to sell into.  This resulted in the proverbial baby being thrown out with the bathwater and some great valuations.

TODAY’S FEATURED COMPANY

China Carbon Graphite, Inc. (OTCBB: CGYV)

China Carbon Graphite Group, Inc. engages in the production of graphite products such as graphite electrodes, fine grain graphite and high purity graphite. The company is the largest wholesale supplier of fine grain and high purity graphite in China and one of the nation’s top overall producers of carbon and graphite products.

On April 20th, the company announced record sales and earnings for 2008.

Read Full Press Release

China Stocks TV Segment

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Revenues up 7.67% to $27.3 million.
  • Gross profit up 36.41% to $6.7 million.
  • Net income up 11.08% to $3.98 million
  • However, they did have a one time non-cash deemed preferred stock dividend about $855,000 so that takes net income down to $3.13 million or $0.21 per share.

MY COMMENTS:

Great number when you consider the fact they closed on April 17th at 0.59.  You’ve got a company here trading at essentially 3 times earnings, representing excellent valuations

As always, this is my view in a snapshot.  It is intended to give you a running start into your research.  Now, you have to do your own due diligence to make sure the valuation is not impaired by other factors including balance sheet items, lawsuits or any other negative events.

If you have any comments, I’d love to see them below.

YOUR RESEARCH STARTING POINTS FOR CHINESE SMALL CAP AND MID CAP COMPANIES

We’ve provided investors with two great starting points to research great Chinese small cap and mid cap companies.

1.  ChinaSecurities.com – ChinaSecurities.com tracks 250 of the best small cap and mid cap companies trading on North American exchanges.  It provides you with the best of the best in two ways.  First, the front page lists the best news of the day coming out of the space. It does so by giving you a text view of the best press releases by industry and via Chinese Stocks TV, a 5-minute broadcast every morning just after the open.  Chinse Stocks TV is archived, so you can catch up on shows you missed.

Second, if you want to research each of the 250 companies to find candidates for your portfolio, it has a very intuitive directory that lets you quickly review each company on the master list, or parse it out by industry and exchange if you have a particular sector of interest. Cool stuff.

2.  Right here on AGORACOM, you can refer to our China category for other featured Chinese Small-Cap Companies.  As always, we will disclose any IR relationship with any public company.  Given the sheer number of great Chinese Small-Cap Companies out there, you can expect us NOT to have an IR relationship with most of these companies.

Regards,
George

Attention China Investors: China Rising Investment Conference May 18, New York City

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:39 AM on Friday, April 24th, 2009

Readers of this blog or viewers of AGORACOM Small Cap TV are well aware of the fact we are very bullish on Chinese small-cap and mid-cap companies.  I’m bullish on China for 2 big reasons:

  1. OBVIOUS – China is going to be the place to be for the next 5, 10, 20 years.  If you’re looking for growth and some real home-runs, this is where you are going to find them
  2. NOT OBVIOUS – Chinese stocks have been smashed over the past 12 months as funds used their huge gains on Chinese stocks to liquidate and raise cash.  In other words, Chinese companies were a victim of their own success.

If you feel the same way, then you need to know about a great one-day conference in New York City on May 18th – The China Rising Investment Conference.  Here is why you need to attend:

  • Market meltdown has created opportunities to invest in outstanding Chinese companies
  • Analyst roundtable will include some of the best informed analysts currently following Chinese equities.
  • Analysts will be providing their top picks for 2009.
  • Listen to successful China investing strategies from leading public and private equity investors.
  • Meet senior management from 30 companies that will be presenting from various sectors and market caps.

The conference runs from 8AM – 4PM EST.  If you are in and around New York City, or seriously interested in investing in China, you should attend this conference.

Regards,
George