e-Future Information Technology Inc. Message Board

Did you read the latest quarterly earnings that came out last week?

From Cash Flow 1st Q 2013 release:

NET LOSS attributed for $900,000 in Cash loss
Annual Bonuses bled $2,200,000
Buildup in Inventories another $1,500,000
Paying down of tax and accounts payable largely responsible for remainder...

E-Future has $7,000,000 in cash as of Q1 2013. Pretty easy to figure out.

They don't have more cash than their market cap. They have 7 million in cash, which is about $1.75 per share.

Price/Sales ratio is getting insanely low for a niche software company on the cusp of profitability.

Not sure what to make of this. I will say that the company has to do a much better job of communicating with investors and managing their press releases. They should also take the advice of long-term investors instead of acting like they above the law and accountable to nobody. Adam Yan needs to be restrained. He keeps spending money on pet projects rather than investing in the core of the business. The company need stop this. There is no need to take these big risks when average performance from the core business will send the stock soaring.

Yes they do... because each software package is tailor made to the specific needs of the retailer E-Future does business with. One nice thing about this company is the wide moat of protection they have. Retailers and distributors work for 1 year or more implementing the software, which involves costs well beyond the software product. As a result, E-Future has little-to-no customer churn.

Unfortunately, I have to agree.

This stock loves Press Releases just days before earnings... they've made a regular habit of it. And there is always some ex-employee looking to dump into the strength which always comes in pre-market trading.

Although this company may continue to post strong earnings results, at this point the stock has an exhaustive history of selling the news... and always with irregular trading to the upside in the pre-market.

This company appears to be legitimate... as far as legitimacy, I'm not concerned. What I do worry about is that the company is simply becoming a trading vehicle for manipulators either from inside the US or in China - who may be related to the company.

I would agree with not buying any more, but simply holding on to shares you currently own. Right now, it's hard to make sense of this company - there are so many conflicting events occuring and sourced information available that could be strung together to make a convincing bull or bear argument.

Hopefully the company doesn't give back these gains, but until Adam Yan can keep a CFO, there is going to be too much room to doubt management. (the last CFO was a real gem of a human being, I'm serious.. Sean was a great guy and had a very sincere, honest, caring way about him).

Kay, I tried to be civil. Sorry if you thought I took a pot shot at you, but in the future, don't be afraid to call the company to ask for some clarification. The Secretary and CFO are usually available to talk to and are very friendly and patient.

I like the fact that no information or research has been written about this company in years. It provides us a cause when we try to answer why this stock is stuck at these very low valuations.
Little EFUT is off everybody's radar. Most investors simply recognize it from it's glory days when it IPO'ed back in 2006 and stay away from it due to its association with speculation.

I also think that the company has a very positive relationship with its shareholders. I believe due to this positive relationship that they have displayed, it would be very uncharacteristic of E-Future to pull the carpet out from investors and buy the company for $4.50 to $5.00 a share.

If the SEC ever solidifies an agreement with the Chinese authorities regarding audit oversight and working paper sharing, and/or punitive measures taken against Chinese executives who defraud foreign investors, it would be the time to buy this hand over fist as the last uncertainties are removed.

I don't know, but I think you may be over-analyzing the situation. I think it's as simple as some people wanted to move on with their lives and there were other willing individuals to step and and fill those roles immediately.

Measurement and Balancer sales are very cyclical, and I would expect them to come back at some point. It's nice to see remote tank monitoring devices with some positive sales momentum. I think it's still possible to get some exponential growth there.

I bought in a few months ago and hold just a few thousand shares and the performance doesn't deter me from holding on to that small position. The reason is because small-caps are not performing across the board. The trade right now is just getting into anything liquid to avoid being punished by the Fed's easy money policy. The whole market is a joke and nothing seems to be valued based on long-term valuation principles. That will eventually change.

SMIT seems like a good gamble in the long-run as their cash burn rate is quite slow and gives them plenty of time to turn thing around. In a year, CEO and CFO will be more comfortable in their roles and the past will be the past.

His son, I believe.

You guys should sue the company.

The whole company was out of the office the whole time San Francisco Giants were in the World Series. That was likely paid for with company funds. The secretary who answered the phone was nasty and felt entitled to blow off a shareholder with a boatload of shares.

I sold back then at $3.10 to $3.15. I said back then it was just a salary vehicle for the Bates family. I was right then, and I'm right now.

Nobody was short, UNTIL YESTERDAY.

Plenty of shortable shares to start the day, but the retail masses think you can short anything Chinese for an easy payday. They will get wiped out unless they cover quickly. The earnings report was, categorically, very good.

Everybody is noticing the weak 1st quarter guidance. Clearly they didn't listen to the conference call. 2nd quarter will be better than last year's very strong 2nd quarter, while they expect further growth and margin expansion over the next 2 years as service revenue begins to increase on the margin growth.

You are shorting a company at 0.5 times sales in an environment where a multiple of 4x that (or 2x sales) would be on the cheap side.

Many people thing anything Chinese trading on the US exchanges is some kind of scam. This company is legitimate. Anybody who has put the effort into investigating this company, as I have for the last 5 years, has no doubt about that.

The earnings report wasn't poor. Please tell me exactly how it was poor, if you indeed believe what you are saying?