Saturday, July 21, 2007

MGT Capital Investments Inc.

MGT Capital Investments Inc. is an AMEX listed security that has been trading in a range between $2.80 and $5.40 over the past year. With 38,900,380 shares outstanding, a recent price of $5.05 gives a total market capitalization of $194,498,005. While there are certainly larger companies, MGT Capital Investments Inc. has definitely earned its place in the pack. Last year, MGT Capital Investments Inc. created $-0.39 in earnings for every share outstanding.

MGT Capital Investments Inc. is currently priced by the market at 0.00 times last year’s earnings. Many trading multiples around the world are quite attractive these days, but don’t be fooled. A Price to Earnings ratio of 0 simply means that the security didn’t make any money last year.

With a share price under $50 a share and earnings per share below $1 a share, MGT Capital Investments Inc. is unlikely to be an interesting value proposition.

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