For an early-stage technology company like Maxwell Technologies (MXWL) the question isn’t “How is business today?” Instead, investors want to know if the company is growing into its future potential and if it has the cash to get to that tomorrow. In the case of Maxwell Technologies the first quarter of 2009 was a big positive on both of those fronts. The company grew sales by 31% from the first quarter of 2008, no mean feat when one of your biggest customers, the auto industry, is sputtering. The Bootstrap line of ultra capacitors, the company’s leading edge product, saw sales growth of 41% and sales of that product line represented 34% of sales in the quarter. At the end of May the company addressed its cash needs by closing a stock offering that raised $18.5 million. That’s a lot for a company of Maxwell’s size since the operating loss in the first quarter was just $1.8 million. As of July 3, I’m setting a new target price of $18 a share by March 2010. That’s up from a prior target of $11 by December 2009. (Full disclosure: I own shares of Maxwell Technologies in my personal portfolio.)
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I’m gonna pickup 500 shares. MXWL is a real bargain @ 11.40. I should purchase 1000 shares…I’ll make a quick $7,000 if it reaches Jim’s target price…I have confidence in Jubak.
Today Maxwell is doing poorly, I’m not sure if it is realted to a new Tecate technology and if that is a reason to sell Maxwell. Also, it’s past March and Mxwl is nowhere near Jim’s target.
And now it’s a month later, I’m asking the same thing. I can’t tell if it’s good or sleeping from any of the on-line info, any updates are welcome
Maxwell is down to around original buy point. Sounds like a good time to buy more? I haven’t seen any updates so I assume the target of 25 still holds