As you'll see from the chart below, the stock has risen to 10 cents or so 7 times in the past 18 months very easily, and this was when they had no revenues (it was a 50 cent stock less than 2 years ago). Now, revenues are starting to explode so 10 cents should be very doable by the end of the year and if the stock breaks through 10 cents, we think 15-25 cents will be the next trading range going into 2013 when business goes through the roof. So you fully understand the strategy being executed upon in key emerging markets, read the outline below:
The Company is entering an extremely competitive market but has found an underserved portion of the market. The upper echelon of full featured mobile devices includes Samsung and iPhone, among others. These phones and the services associated with them become prohibitively expensive in predominantly prepaid markets. This is because these phones have no subsidies to the end user. For example, in North America, a top of line Samsung Galaxy S3 can be acquired by the end user for no more than $299 with a two or three year contract. The actual difference between the real retail cost of $699 and up is incorporated into the three-year commitment by the end user. In a prepaid market, there is no end user commitment and therefore no subsidy, requiring the end user to pay the full $699 for the phone. Star8's offering, which provides virtually the same features as these elite devices, will retail for under $150.
The forecast for mobile device shipments in 2013 will be over 2 Billion handsets. In emerging markets where mobile operators provide a predominantly prepaid service
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end users replace their phones every six months on average. This is
because the end user is not bound to a contract where the phone is
subsidized and locked to that network. The low cost advantage that Star8
has, will allow the Company to initially carve out a very small market
share in its targeted regions of Africa and South East Asia. To put this
in perspective, the South East Asian mobile phone market has over 500
million users, not including China. The African market is very similar.
For Star8 to acquire a market share of 0.1% (one tenth of 1%) in the
first year of full marketing operations is a reasonable expectation and
would translate into 1,000,000 units sold. At this level, Star8 will
have entrenched itself as a leading provider of full featured mobile
phones and positioned itself for further growth and increased market
share.Market
Star8 markets its products to mobile operators and distribution channels in emerging markets. These markets are defined in general terms as South East Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The mobile market in these regions is predominantly prepaid. This means mobile subscribers must pay in advance for any services they use, including, but not limited to voice calls, text messages and data
usage. In this model, mobile operators offer mobile phones at full
price as there is no long term contract associated with the subscriber
to subsidize the price of the phone over a two or three year period as
is the case in North America.These markets alone are comprised of over 1 billion mobile subscribers; and this does NOT include China, which has approximately 1 billion subscribers itself.
For example, in South America, there are approximately 400 million mobile subscribers and 200 million phones are shipped to that region every year. For Star8, acquiring an extremely small portion of this market can translate into substantial revenue and earnings.
There are multiple benefits for both the mobile operator and the subscriber with this model. The subscriber has complete control over how much they spend at any given time and the operator virtually eliminates bad debt.
Also, because the phones are unsubsidized, they are not locked to the mobile operator as is done in North America. This creates tremendous churn of phones in these regions. Because subscribers are not committed to long-term contracts, they are also not committed to their phone. Subscribers in these markets acquire a new phone every six months on average.
Do you see why we like this company?? We feel our algorithm picked up very early on some accumulation which was validated by the revenue growth just announced for the 3rd quarter. Our guess is that more phones and tablet products will be announced in the near future, as well as, key distribution agreements in new markets. It would only make sense that these developments would occur now that their strategy is gaining traction. For traders, we feel the stock can be bought up to 6 cents per share and for those investors with a longer term horizon, up to 10 cents is prudent. If they meet their forecast for 2013 with approximately $3MM in earnings, a 10x PE multiple is realistic, which would take shares to the 30-40 cent range.
Editor atPhenom Investors www.phenominvestors.com
phenomventures@gmail.com
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