By Paul Goodwin , Analyst and Editor of Cabot China & Emerging Market Report
From Cabot Wealth Advisory, 1/30/09 Sign up for free Cabot Wealth Advisory e-newsletter
This stock used to be in the portfolio of the Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report before it fell off the earnings wagon. It's Multi-Fineline Electronix (MFLX), a company with headquarters and R&D facilities in California, and manufacturing in China and Malaysia. The company's specialty is flexible circuits, the kind that connect the two halves of clamshell cell phones. Multi-Fineline's circuits are also found in hand-held scanners, and an increasing number of small electronic devices. By putting a high density of features on a thin, flexible substrate, the company's circuits allow devices to become even smaller.
MFLX was a great stock back in 2005, but it started a hard fall in 2006, dropping from 67 in March to 10 in August 2007, as earnings shrank. After a recovery to 29 in mid-2008, the bear stomped on the stock and it plummeted to 7 in November. Since then, the stock has made a stunning recovery, soaring for 10 straight weeks to near 20.
Third quarter earnings featured a 467% jump in earnings on just a 28% boost in revenues. Q4 results will come out on February 5, and investors are obviously anticipating good news.
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Paul Goodwin
Emerging Markets Specialist, Analyst and Editor of Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report
A researcher and writer for over 30 years, Paul Goodwin has been a member of the Cabot investment team and editor of
Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report since 2005. Under Paul’s stewardship, Hulbert Financial Digest rated Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report the number-one-rated newsletter of 2006 with a 78.6% gain for the year, the number-one-rated newsletter of 2007 with a 74.1% return, and the top-performing investment adivsory for five years with a 17.9% annual return.