[Crypto World] An analyst from a leading brokerage firm has slashed the target price for that company that's been aggressively hoarding coins from $560 to $229—the reason is pretty straightforward: if the coin price fluctuates, their financing strategy stalls. However, the rating remains "Outperform," since at the current price of $180, there’s still nearly 30% upside.
Interestingly, the company's price-to-book ratio premium has dropped to 1.18x. Simply put, the stock price is too close to book value, so raising money by issuing new shares isn’t as effective anymore. Another institution calculated that the $1.44 billion they recently raised can last them 21 months, so they don’t need to sell coins for cash in the short term.
Their CFO also commented—they’ll focus on preferred shares going forward. Common shares? They’ll only consider issuing them if the price-to-book premium goes back above 1x. This move is essentially a gamble: buying time in hopes the coin price will recover and the equity financing flywheel can spin up again. But the problem now is, with the financing engine stalled, relying solely on cash reserves...