Topic: How To Invest

Pat: Can you give me an opinion on a company called GuestLogix? Thanks.

Article Excerpt

GuestLogix, $0.42, symbol GXI on Toronto, (Shares outstanding: 64.3 million; Market cap: $27.0 million; www.guestlogix.com), provides onboard retail and payment systems to airlines, railways and passenger ferries. The company sells the GuestLogix Mobile Virtual Store and the accompanying point-of-sale handheld device. GuestLogix was founded in 2002. It is based in Toronto, but it has sales offices in the U.S., U.K. and Singapore. The company estimates that its systems serve about 90% of airline passengers in North America and 40% worldwide. Its clients include American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United/Continental Airlines, US Airways, Southwest Airlines, British Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Ryanair, Qantas Airways and WestJet. In the three months ended November 30, 2011, GuestLogix’s revenue fell 1.8%, to $6.3 million from $6.5 million a year earlier. The company lost $1.8 million, or $0.02 a share, compared to a profit of $160,000, or nil per share, a year earlier. To keep growing, GuestLogix needs to increase its sales to Asian and Latin American airlines. It…