Top 5 Stupidest Publicly Traded Companies

I was screening for new l/s ideas yesterday and forgot to filter market cap. Some hilarity ensued, and having a minute this morning, I figured I would share this collection of monkey shit. Yes, these are/were real companies and you can look them up on Cap IQ if you want.

5. Reality Racing (OTCPK: RRGI) RR

Would love to know the story behind this one...

4. MarilynJean Interactive (OTCPK: MJMI) MJMI

Sounds fishy to me.....

3. Professional Diversity Network (NasdaqCM: IPDN) IPDN

If you weren't sick to the back teeth about being brow beaten constantly about diversity, you can now invest in it...

2. H3Enterprises (OTCPK: HTRE) 3ent

This link says it all:

  1. Bigfoot Project Investments, Inc. (OTCBB: BGFT) BFT

Yeah yeah before you start getting off in the comments about how only 8% floats... the market cap is still as stupid as the pursuit

PS efficient markets my ass... and before you start stroking yourself to how well you did on your last finance exam and start lecturing me about market cap & liquidity vs. efficiency go to your local grocery store, buy some Freshpet (NasdaqGM: FRPT) dog food for $80, eat it, and then you go put your money in a company that sells human grade dog food at 50x TEV/EBITDA

Have nice day.

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When they discover Bigfoot you will be jealous that you missed out on this opportunity. My understanding is that the squatch shits gold and pisses light sweet crude.

Only two sources I trust, Glenn Beck and singing woodland creatures.
 

Boys, we are officially dealing with . . . a fucking samsquanch. Looks like a ten footer by the looks of that stuff. Boy I hate those smelly bastards . . .

"Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true. But many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly—and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence." - Thomas Sowell
 

I wonder why Aerotyne didn't come up? It's awaiting imminent patent approval on next-generation radar detectors that have both huge military and civilian applications.

 
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Anything based out of Florida is a scam. Nearly every investment fraud story starts with some location in Florida.

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"TippyTop11"

Anything based out of Florida is a scam. Nearly every investment fraud story starts with some location in Florida.

A sunny place for shady people

Overwhelming grasp of the obvious.
 

Look at CSLGBT, it measures the performance of US companies recognized for supporting and promoting equality for members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community.

 

$NDLS Noodle & Co. It’s hilarious. These guys just punch out noodles in retail shops with 800 square feet or maybe 1,000 square feet. They sell basically, my words — not theirs, high sodium noodles. People are addicted to it. stock is down over 90 percent and lost a billion dollars in market cap. $100m current valuation

We're not lawyers. We're investment bankers. We didn't go to Harvard. We Went to Wharton!
 

Did all the work on it already. Totally stupid and near restructuring if I recall correctly. But we couldn't get a borrow... ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Overwhelming grasp of the obvious.
 

$NDLS Noodle & Co. It’s hilarious. These guys just punch out noodles in retail shops with 800 square feet or maybe 1,000 square feet. They sell basically, my words — not theirs, high sodium noodles. People are addicted to it. stock is down over 90 percent and lost a billion dollars in market cap. $100m current valuation

We're not lawyers. We're investment bankers. We didn't go to Harvard. We Went to Wharton!
 

Noodles and co makes 400 million dollars more in profit than Snapchat on the same revenues

 
"Pio nono"

Noodles and co makes 400 million dollars more in profit than Snapchat on the same revenues

Lol this has got to be one of the stupidest comments I have ever read on WSO. Snap also has close to $1B in cash and little debt. Noodles doesn't make enough CFO to cover it's capex, even when you adjust out for lower capex in the future. Snap reaches an elusive demographic.... Noodles serves... noodles in a bowl.. It also has over $400M in contractual obligations on a company that is just a $115M market cap and makes just $25M in cash from operations.

Really they are both stupid but apples & oranges... I'd stick to commercial banking tho

Overwhelming grasp of the obvious.
 

My toddlers LOVE Noodles & Co. Granted when I take them there they rarely even get a noodle on their plate - only get Chicken breast or sometimes mac & cheese with broccoli and apples, but they're insane over that place.

twitter: @CorpFin_Guy
 
"accountingbyday"

My toddlers LOVE Noodles & Co. Granted when I take them there they rarely even get a noodle on their plate - only get Chicken breast or sometimes mac & cheese with broccoli and apples, but they're insane over that place.

Funny you're not even in their target demographic. But I'd take them there while you can because I wouldn't be surprised if it goes belly up or is in restructuring in 24 months.

Overwhelming grasp of the obvious.
 

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