Invests primarily in debt obligations issued by emerging market issuers. Focuses on sovereign, quasi-sovereign, and private (non-government) emerging market issuers. Now — the numbers.
The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
An average decline of 5% a year over the last 4 years — the most striking risk in this picture. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.
This company is not turning a profit, so the market is pricing its sales instead: 1× for every dollar of annual revenue.
No analyst target is on record for this company.
The stock trades near its peak today. For long-term holders the ride has paid off so far — though past performance guarantees nothing about the future.
The company sells $116.3M a year; the problem isn’t sales — it’s costs running above that number.
It pays out $0.45 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
A loss of $68.5M against $116.3M in annual sales.
At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts less than a year. After that, the company needs to find new money.
We grade companies — revenue, margins, balance sheets. This is a fund, so there is no report card to give. That is not a low grade; it is a different kind of thing.
One-line summary: a basket, not a business. Judge it by what it holds.