Solazyme, Inc. (NASDAQ:SZYM)

Conversion of existing carbon based feed stock into usable oils is a genius application. This can revolutionize several industries: food, cosmetics, energy. They look like they are at the low point of their S curve and have the relationships going to put them on the steep grade up to technological and business success quite soon.

Profits are supposed to come online early 2014. Right now this company is making all the right choices and I think the potential here is huge when commercial production ramps up.

These oils will change our world.

The stock has just moved up 15% in the last 2 weeks however I believe this is under the radar and is an oil play as we have seen prices rise this company creates rapid algae which oil comes from and they use it with special chemical companies and a niche player in their industry

This is a stock that will benefit from the energy mix of the future with its innovative, forward-looking technologies. At today's price, it's a steal.

Wish I had given the thumbs up when it was below 7. May be a short term loser, but disruptive innovation in the form of algae based fuels, food products etc. seems like somewhere I want my money to be.

I like the promise and potential in green energy and oil based consumer products for this one. Will be rocky in the short term though

Sooner or later these companies doing junk science will run out of lobbying money and subsidies. The only danger to shorts is govt bailing them out by pushing connected companies like GE to buy them out. Either way these companies are nothing but illusions.

So many revenue streams. The company consistently makes its projections but stock continues to flounder! I believe it is cheap at this level

Solazyme is one of the most interesting - and misunderstood - companies out there today. Many people think of it as a biofuels company. What they do is create different kinds of oils from very small algae in a patented process that happens in the dark. It seems that darkness and spread into the minds of the investor community.

This company IPO'd soon after May 2011 around $18.00 per share and has had a rocky ride down to its current price of about $7.46 per share. The market cap is not even a half billion yet. However, some positives are that it has a current ratio of over 8, and just over 43% of shares are held by insiders.

Most people who do look positively on focus on the strategic partnerships they have, such as with Bunge or Archer-Daniels Midland. And of course Solazyme is using its oils for the cosmetics and food industries increasingly more aggressively.

What has me particularly excited is the fact that Solazyme can create oils that never existed before in nature. These custom made oils may be created after, for example, a food company gives them the specifications, and then then it would be produced in such a way that the oil would be more concentrated than usual oils. Therefore, these oils would be be cheaper, or more valuable to the purchaser, and easier to transport, as theoretically less would be needed to achieve the same result as with other oils.

The fact that they could make something not seen before means they could do something really big and unexpected one day - like come up with a missing piece to the puzzle in the search for cure to a disease or health epidemic. Just think - we now have people who are more and more overweight, helped less and less by antibiotics, and bacteria and viruses are mutating quickly. So perhaps their techniques can be used to make not only oils for food, but for medicine - the difference between the two has often been obscure throughout the ages.

And this is the first major step forward for this company - don't you think after profitability comes, their engineers will come up with other innovations? You need to make your own decision, but for me, I will keep investing more into this company if things continue developing, as I believe they will.

A disruptor AND value-adder. The varied applications, blue-chip partnerships, substantial IP and actual execution add up to an important and profitable company.

The company's future looks bright for the next five years, with the new deals signed with Bunge and AMD. Analyst estimates give it a price target of $28 for he next 12 months.

Proven technology, Proven Operations capability, excellent strategy for profitable growth, and huge markets to disrupt.

Great technology, acquiring patents, multiple markets, good margins. It's just a matter of time.

This company is not only about biofuel. They also have a cosmetic line and nutritional suppliments.

Renewables are the future.

I've seen this movie before. It wasn't exactly a box office smash.
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/06/13/this-just-in-more-upgrades-and-downgrades.aspx

HG

"Renewable oil" - What's not to like about that? Seems to have a good foundation. Green thumb for me.