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Hi all. I am possibly doing an episode on how the Chinese Real Estate market may effect C'MON--Cool Mini or Not. CMON is a publicly traded company on the Hong Con exchange, currently trading at .14 cents a share.  It's a penny stock. 

CMON raises funds through Kickstarter. CMON takes backers' money and uses it to produce games--at one point they had 30 in the pipeline. Then they produce the game. This is known as "leverage" or "OPM"--other's people's money. 

This allows them to do some creative accounting with their balance sheets. Kickstarter funds count as an asset AND a liability on a balance sheet. It's an asset because they take the backers money up front. It's a liability because they need to produce games and get the to the backers.  

I noticed the company is burning through cash pretty fast--down 90% from 5 years ago.  I'm wondering if this company is solvent. The global pandemic had helped Hasbro, but CMON seems to be struggling--yet it's stock price is at an all time high!

I cannot figure this out.  If anyone has business/financial experience, analyze it and let me know if I'm wrong. Maybe C'MON is a bargain at .14!  Let me know in the comments below. Here's a link to the Wall Street Journal:  

https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/HK/XHKG/1792/financials/annual/balance-sheet





Comments

Brian Leet

A couple non-financial perspectives: 1. CMON has lived by Kickstarter and their latest project this past May raised nearly $6M. 2. Given the current world of supply chain costs and disruption it is possible that more promises == more exposure, but this may be mitigated if they are able to control/stretch delivery timing. 3. Blood Rage was the 15th title they Kickstarted. They have launched 26 since, but it remains broadly regarded as the best title. Still, their pledges keep growing, so ?? 4. Eric Lang has been the designer behind most of their best rated titles and is no longer a direct employee. I'm not sure what that means, but not ideal. 5. My bottom line: I've thought Games Workshop was pushing an over-priced, unsustainable model for a couple decades. I've been clearly wrong. Big companies have many ways to leverage relationships and IP, and I expect CMON to do the same. Whether there are stock shenanigans that could get the average small investor I'd have no idea, but I'll be surprised if the brand and value don't persist for some time. People love their mini-packed boxes.

Brent Norton

I hope they are I love their miniatures for their games