I have consistently cautioned people about stocks with a large...

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    I have consistently cautioned people about stocks with a large share base. SAS is one such company with a bloated share base and FBR is another. As you can see below, FBR recently raised $17m through the issuance of close to 162m shares at 10.5c and as a result, its shares in issue is now 1.4 billion and despite its penny share price just under 10c, it is valued at $138m. No revenues thus far, only a technology that may well be ahead of its time. Compare that against a proven globally successful* tech in Catapult with $86m annual revenues and a $166m market cap, and you can figure that FBR is too rich for its progress to date.
    * global success as measured by the adoption of its wearables by global marquee sporting teams.

    Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
    0 FBR    
    1   Before Placement After Placement
    2 Shares on issue [excl. performance shrs and Options] 1,241,726,743   1,403,631,512
    3 Price on announcement of $17m CR 0.12  
    4 Price now   0.098
    5 Market Cap (m) $   149.01 $    137.56
    6      
    7 COMPARE TO    
    8 CAT (CATAPULT)  
    9 Market Cap (m)   $    165.85
 
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