Topic: How To Invest

Hi Pat: Could you give me your opinion on Enablence Technologies, especially since they propose to change the number of shares outstanding?

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Enablence Technologies, $0.15, symbol ENA on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 33.4 million; Market cap: $5.0 million; www.enablence.com), designs and makes optical components that help deliver voice, video and data services to homes and businesses with fibre optic connections. The company is based in Ottawa. In the three months ended September 30, 2012, Enablence’s revenue fell 56.1%, to $2.2 million from $5.0 million a year earlier (all figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). The company lost $4.7 million, or $0.20 a share (adjusted for a 20-for-1 share consolidation—see below). A year earlier, it lost $5.8 million, or $0.25 a share. Enablence’s $21.0-million debt is a very high 4.2 times its $5.0-million market cap. The company ended the latest quarter with cash of $2.0 million. It raised a further $3.3 million in a share issue in November 2012. To raise more cash, it also sold its Swiss subsidiary for $2 million. Enablence paid $5.9 million for this business in…