If Smart Parts went public, would you buy its stock?

[Carbon]

assume for a minute you have a little money to blow.

Consider for a moment, they have a decent Profit to earnings number.

Consider, up to this point pretty much the majority of smart parts' big ticket item has been succesfull. Shocker, freak, Ion. (sorry Nerve)

consider they have an ability to market their products well.

[magman007]

no, but thats because i dont use any of their products. id purchase in dye if i had one to wager on

[MadPSIence]

I'd purchase an ion and throw it through their front office window with a used condom over the barrel.

disgusting? yeah. so is their business practice.

[rifleman wi]

yea.. SP in the stock market.. then they would try to put a patent on Stocks saying that they invented it, and then make every other company on the market pay a fee to use it.... ide go with dye too.. everyone has their stuff..
and no im not trying to start an anti SP thread or flame war.... just making a comment..

[Resurection]

Honestly, I would buy the stock. Unfortunately, the stock would probably do well up until (and this is a BIG if) they lost their patent lawsuit. I would try to buy as much stock as I could and take it over.

I would use my stock earnings to buy products from everyone except SP and put stickers on it saying this gun bought by Smart Parts for Me.

[riooso]

NO! Their business is predicated on very tenuous parameters. Analogous to balancing a ball on a razor blade.

Riooso

[BigEvil]

Any public offering by Smart Parts would be subject to extreme fluctuation in price. Every time someone filed a peice of litigation against them or they against someone the stock prices would swing. I realistically could not see any piantball only company being stable enough or prosperous enough to even consider and IPO.

[warbeak2099]

I was thinking about this recently. If I was some ridiculous billionaire, I'd buy SP and close it down. Then I'd start a new pb company that would actually make good quality products and seell them for what they're worth. Ie. I would not sell a gun such as a shocker which is really only worth around $600 for $800. Oh wait, no. Instead of starting the new company, I'd just give AGD crap loads of money.

[RRfireblade]

2 years ago? Hell yeah....

Now? Not till Dye finishes tearing them a new one in court (case going forward BTW)and then we'll see whats left.

http://www.68caliber.com/news/industry/story041125.php

[WenULiVeUdiE]

I would have bought stock before the release of the Shocker and Ion. Then sold it a few days after. I would much rather invest in Dye than Smart Parts, depending on how they do in court.

[Timmee]

I'd purchase an ion and throw it through their front office window with a used condom over the barrel.

disgusting? yeah. so is their business practice.

The OP didn't ask if you liked their products or business practices. He asked if you would buy their stock, if they were a publicly traded company.



Staying on topic, I probably wouldn't. Wal*Mart stock seems to be a safer stock to go with (I know, I used to own quite a bit of it when I worked there).

[dolphin1823]

would have been a good idea befor the Ion came out. Now it wouldn't matter, I don't think they have any more tricks up their sleave.

[latches109]

Sure I'd buy a straddle. With a 3 month maturity. Got to love that volatility.

[FreakBaller12]

I'd put my money on NPS/DYE. They seem like their at the forefronts of the sport right now.

[Carbon]

Does NPS have a market/distribute in europe?