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$1.00 -0.12 (-10.71%)
10/10/2008 3:59 PM

Optimal Group, Inc. (OPMR)

CAPS Rating:
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The Company is a payments company with operations throughout North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland. It currently operates in three segments.

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OPMR doesn't currently meet the $100M market cap / $1.50 stock price minimum. (Learn More)

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262 Outperforms
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Micro Cap (4824), Business Equipment (27)
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Optimal Group, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $1.00
Last Trade Time: 10/10/2008 3:59 PM
Open: $1.12
Previous Close: $1.12
Daily Range: $0.95 - $1.13
52-Week Range: $1.10 - $6.00
Volume: 129,548
Market Cap: $28.93M
P/E Ratio: 8.37
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Optimal Group, Inc. (OPMR)

Avatar drowley (< 20) Submitted: 1/20/08 2:38 PM


I picked OPMR due to their purchase of Wowwee Toys for $55M. I was hoping there would be some way to play Wowwee's growth, and OPMR made it possible. They have a great line of personal robotics, have some excellent technical talent (Mark Tilden et al) and are positioned to be a market leader in a...More

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Avatar drowley (< 20) Submitted: 1/20/08 2:38 PM : Outperform Start Price: $3.66 OPMR Score: -42.25


I picked OPMR due to their purchase of Wowwee Toys for $55M. I was hoping there would be some way to play Wowwee's growth, and OPMR made it possible. They have a great line of personal robotics, have some excellent technical talent (Mark Tilden et al) and are positioned to be a market leader in a whole new category of personal consumer electronics (personal robotics).

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Avatar brooklynguru (< 20) Submitted: 1/10/08 6:26 PM : Outperform Start Price: $4.47 OPMR Score: -40.49

gaming

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Avatar Chemistryguy (27.00) Submitted: 12/21/07 11:12 AM : Outperform Start Price: $3.88 OPMR Score: -34.16

The gambling ban seems to half cut OPMRs sales in half, so assuming that their book value has been cut in half as well (which can be an overestimate due to a large amount of cash OPMR had at the time or a conservative estimate based on the profitability of the gambling unit) it leaves us with a Price/Book of .86. Though their annualized return on equity has not been great for a business service or toy company (they are really a mix of both now with the acquisition of WowWee) at 5.8% over the last 5 years and worse before that, they seem to have made a lot of money selling parts of the company, which still counts the same though it may not be reflected in return on equity. Just looking at it as a business service company, the business services industry has increased its return on equity to 25.8% from a 5 year average of 17.0%, and toy companies have increased their ROE to 24.0% from a 5 year average of 21.1%. If OPMR can get the return on equity of its peers, it would outperform them by between 400%-500% given my assumption as to its current Price/Book. That is a screaming deal.

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Avatar jvigor (76.82) Submitted: 11/06/07 5:52 PM : Outperform Start Price: $4.16 OPMR Score: -35.76

OPMR is trading at about 1/2 book value right now. They have a lot of cash that they are not burning and no debt. OPMR will make the turn back to profitability and their stock will follow suit.

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Avatar rgrossfool (< 20) Submitted: 10/12/07 4:15 PM : Outperform Start Price: $7.17 OPMR Score: -46.26

This company goes to show what can happen without good capital management. I made the pick based on the huge amount of cash on the balance sheet, but the company has just blown that away buying a company that appears to have no fit with the corporation. My guess is that management didn't want to let go of the assets. I predict future missteps with current management. Look to sell out at the next favorable opportunity.

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