Elevator Pitch Rocket Internet (“RKET”, “Rocket” or the “Company”) is an interesting “free-roll” or “bump-itrage” situation, where investors today can buy the stock with a capped downside of EUR ~3c per share and the potential to make a few Euro’s if the offer price is bumped, setting up an incredibly asymmetric trade. Overview On the … Continue reading Rocket Internet (XTRA:RKET) →

Last week, I and several other shareholders in Excelsior Capital ("ECL" or the "Company), delivered formal notice under section 249D of the Corporations Act 2001 (the "Act"), requesting the directors of ECL call and arrange a meeting of the members of ECL to consider and vote on the following resolution: That the directors of the … Continue reading Excelsior Capital (ASX:ECL) →

Elevator PitchAt the beginning of June 2020, Luby’s announced that post its strategic review, the Board had decided to sell off its operating divisions and assets and distribute the net proceeds to shareholders.Upon first glance, Luby’s does not look like an attractive investment proposition, however, it has a substantial Real Estate Portfolio that was recently … Continue reading Luby’s (NYSE:LUB) →

Situation overview On September 13th, 2019 Tencent made a non-binding "take-private" offer for Bitauto at US$16 per share/ADS. This deal looks to have a high probability of closing given Tencent already owns 7.8% of Bitauto and has secured votes from the largest shareholders adding a further 48.5% (JD.com, Li Bin, Cox). As Bitauto is incorporated … Continue reading Yixin Group Limited (SEHK:2858) →

First a hat tip to @aceglobalvalue and @backoftheenvelo for their extensive notes on BP. I will summarise my thoughts on the situation, but props should go to them for doing the groundwork.   Situation Summary Boustead Projects is an OpCo/PropCo idea, with a high probability of the hidden Real Estate value being realised within a year, through … Continue reading Boustead Projects (SGX:AVM) →

Connect Group plc Ticker:                         LSE:CNCT Price:                            30p Shares:                        247m      Market cap:         £74m   Net debt:                    £70m     EV:                           £145m   Core EBIT:                  £41m      EV/EBIT:                3.5X   Core FCF:                    £28m      FCF yield:              35%     Thesis Summary Connect Group is a classic GoodCo/BadCo. The GoodCo in this case is Smiths News, the … Continue reading Connect Group plc (LSE:CNCT) →

Ticker:                                 LSE:HSW Market cap:                        £110m EV:                                        £90m Normalised EV/FCF:          5X (pre-tax)   Summary & Disclosure I own … Continue reading Hostelworld Group plc (LSE:HSW) →

Overview Staffline has had a tumultuous twelve months to say the least. It all began with an ominous trading update in early January of this year, where they mentioned net debt had spiked to £63m from £37m in the preceding half due to acquisition costs and "exceptional items". Then on the 30th of January, they … Continue reading Staffline (AIM:STAF) →

Note: this is an extremely illiquid situation. I purchased a few hundred shares over the week following the announcement, but have been unable to acquire any more at a price I consider safe. Therefore, this may not be an overly actionable idea, but is still interesting nonetheless.   Business overview Friends Bank (FRIE) is an … Continue reading Friends Bank (OTC:FRIE) →