by Klaus Schachinger, Euro on Sunday
Total at the end? The TV commercials with a friendly but always demanding trainer and silent hobby athletes on the bike in the living room are well known. Fashionable treadmill maker Peloton Interactive became an icon for home athletes during the pandemic due to gym closures. The shares shot up to dizzying heights – then the crash followed. Peloton lost a good 80 percent within twelve months.
A chance? According to Blackwell Capital, definitely. The US financial investor has just acquired five percent of the shares and wants to force co-founder and boss John Foley out of the company. Peloton could be sold and the trend of the stock reversed – that would result in a “reversal”. This is how the Anglo-Saxons describe the situation when a course turns again after a deep fall. The BRSE ONLINE reversal certificate from Finanzen Verlag, in which uro am Sonntag also appears, records the price development of ten companies whose share prices have fallen sharply and offer reversal potential.
The pioneering success with its corona vaccine based on mRNA technology provides Biontech with the financial means to conduct research into the treatment of cancer. Here, the Mainz team is working on the development of mRNA and antibody-based immunotherapies. For 2021, analysts expect a net profit of 9.2 billion euros with sales of 17.4 billion euros. In the current year, 15.9 billion euros in proceeds will bring in around 8.3 billion euros in net income, experts estimate. promising.
The online payment service provider from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is popular in the USA with its cash app and Bitcoin payment function. Dorsey changed the company’s name from Square to Block to reflect the company’s long-term focus on bitcoin and related blockchain technology. Block is valued at 52x 2022 operating income (Ebitda). This is expensive compared to the crypto exchange Coinbase Global, which has a market value of 14 times Ebitda. So Visionr Dorsey has to deliver big. The risk is correspondingly high.
The US company Microstrategy invests its reserves in Bitcoin. The board of directors, headed by Michael J. Saylor, is paid in cryptocurrency. At the end of 2020, the company owned Bitcoin worth $1.05 billion, in September 2021 it was already $2.41 billion – largely acquired on credit. Microstategy’s core business is web-based analysis software. Analysts expect proceeds of $509 million in 2022, almost six percent more than in 2021. Highly risky.
The data analysis company from Denver, Colorado also works for the CIA and other intelligence agencies. Founder Peter Thiel, boss Alex Karp and company president Stephen Cohen secured far-reaching, lifetime control rights over Palantir at the IPO in September 2020. Estimates for the market are only available for 2019: over 26 billion dollars. Primus Microsoft and number 2 SAP are far ahead of Palantir. Little transparency, much risk.
Investors have sued New York exercise bike maker Peloton for allegedly misrepresenting inventory and demand as the pandemic’s impact on public life wanes. In a letter to the workforce, boss John Foley denied a report that exercise bike production had been stopped in February and March. The organization of the company is under scrutiny. High risk, but at the same time great potential.
Plug Power, with estimated 2022 sales of more than $900 million, is a technology leader in fuel cells. The US bank JP Morgan credits the company with high growth in revenue and profitability. For 2025, she is aiming for three billion dollars in sales and 600 million dollars in operating profit. JP Morgan estimates the long-term market potential at $200 billion. Favorite not only of America’s tech stock guru Cathy Wood.
Trade securities for free via an easy-to-use app: This made US discount broker Robinhood the first choice for US private investors during the hype surrounding meme stocks and the boom in SPACs and IPOs. Robinhood generates revenue by selling customers’ trading volumes to trading platforms. With $ 974 million in proceeds in the US business, the broker was number 2 in 2021 after Charles Schwab with $ 1.7 billion. Tech stock star Wood has been buying blocks of shares weekly since October.
The Israeli technology company develops inverters that convert the direct current generated in solar systems into alternating current. This is then fed into the grid. At 35 to 40 dollars per megawatt, the production costs for electricity in new solar systems are 50 percent cheaper than in coal-fired power plants. Market researchers expect annual double-digit percentage growth rates for the global installation of solar systems. Promising.?
With its cloud-based software platform, Teladoc from Purchase, New York, is a global leader in medical consultation via the web. These are used by around 50 million members in 175 countries. Teladoc intends to increase the revenue of $2.6 billion estimated by analysts for 2022 by more than 50 percent to a good four billion in 2024 and make a net profit for the first time. Interesting trendsetter.
The rapid expansion of the easy-to-use cloud platform made Zoom Video a star among users and on the stock market. With teams, tech giant Microsoft is now successfully competing against the climber. The waning of the pandemic is also slowing down Zoom’s growth. The highly profitable company must solve the problem with innovations. Exciting investment.
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In the United States, the FDA is in the approval process for Biontech and Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for babies and toddlers. So far, Biontech has only provided a 2022 sales forecast for the Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccine. A shingles vaccine and a flu vaccination program, both with Pfizer, also offer potential for more in the short term.
The electrolysis specialist is cautious about 2022 and confirms the sales target of 925 to 950 million dollars, an increase of 80 percent. Some investors expected more. Patience remains in demand: Plug Power confirmed the goals for 2025: three billion dollars in sales and a 20 percent operating return.
The price developments of the ten companies presented here Biontech, Block, Microstrategy, Palantir, Peloton Interactive, Plug Power, Robinhood, Solaredge, Teladoc and Zoom Video Communications are included in the new stock market online reversal index (WKN: DA0 ABB) pictured. With the certificate * on the index, investors participate in the performance of the portfolio. Compared to investing in individual assets, the risk associated with the certificate is lower. In order to ensure an equal weighting of the members, the portfolio is adjusted twice a year.
*Notice of conflicts of interest:
The price of the financial instruments is derived from an index as an underlying. Brsenmedien AG, the sole shareholder of Finanzen Verlag GmbH, developed this index and holds the rights to it. With the issuer of the securities shown, Alphabeta Access Products Ltd. and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Brsenmedien AG has concluded a cooperation agreement under which it grants the issuer a license to use the index. In this respect, Brsenmedien AG receives remuneration from Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc.
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