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Long term investing is the way to go, but that doesn't mean you should hold every stock forever. We don't wish catastrophic capital loss on anyone. Imagine if you held Brookside Energy Limited (ASX:BRK) for half a decade as the share price tanked 99%. And we doubt long term believers are the only worried holders, since the stock price has declined 29% over the last twelve months. It's down 9.1% in the last seven days.
We really hope anyone holding through that price crash has a diversified portfolio. Even when you lose money, you don't have to lose the lesson.
Check out our latest analysis for Brookside Energy
With just AU$1,119,718 worth of revenue in twelve months, we don't think the market considers Brookside Energy to have proven its business plan. We can't help wondering why it's publicly listed so early in its journey. Are venture capitalists not interested? So it seems shareholders are too busy dreaming about the progress to come than dwelling on the current (lack of) revenue. It seems likely some shareholders believe that Brookside Energy will discover or develop fossil fuel before too long.
We think companies that have neither significant revenues nor profits are pretty high risk. There is usually a significant chance that they will need more money for business development, putting them at the mercy of capital markets. So the share price itself impacts the value of the shares (as it determines the cost of capital). While some such companies go on to make revenue, profits, and generate value, others get hyped up by hopeful naifs before eventually going bankrupt. Brookside Energy has already given some investors a taste of the bitter losses that high risk investing can cause.
Brookside Energy had liabilities exceeding cash by AU$4,511,094 when it last reported in June 2019, according to our data. That makes it extremely high risk, in our view. But with the share price diving 65% per year, over 5 years, it's probably fair to say that some shareholders no longer believe the company will succeed. The image below shows how Brookside Energy's balance sheet has changed over time; if you want to see the precise values, simply click on the image. The image below shows how Brookside Energy's balance sheet has changed over time; if you want to see the precise values, simply click on the image.
In reality it's hard to have much certainty when valuing a business that has neither revenue or profit. Given that situation, would you be concerned if it turned out insiders were relentlessly selling stock? It would bother me, that's for sure. It costs nothing but a moment of your time to see if we are picking up on any insider selling.