MM view on PTM

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Question asked 19/04/2022

MM view on PTM

Hi James, Just wondering what your thoughts are on PTM. I purchased at $8.00 four years ago and the share price has slowly trended down to under < $2.00. Under your rules is this a Sell?

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Hi Geoff,

Unfortunately, this has been the fate of many active fund managers over this time frame, PTM have just had the added impost of their founder retiring and the founder’s ex-wife selling shares which tends to satisfy the markets appetite for stock. On a P/E of ~9 this stock is incredibly cheap however their earnings are in decline. In FY21 they made a net profit of $163m, in FY22 this is expected to drop to $121m going to $106m in FY23. Share prices follow earnings over time and as such, we do not like PTM.

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