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  • in reply to: General Discussion #14431
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    Some people have selection bias and they obsess over few things just to get over their jealously. They’ll call companies fake because they didn’t invest when the stock went up or because they sold too soon. Their only aim is to make other people sell their shares and later the company should suffer. They think if they don’t invest in a stock and it goes up then it’s fraud. All this because of their ego and the I’m never wrong mindset.

    I’m all for investigative analysis where people will show hard facts why you should not invest in any particular stock or stocks. If someone shows proper analysis/proof that something is bad then I’ll change my views in a second but till now no one has shown anything substantial against BCG or other companies. All they said was/say is it’s a Hyderabad company so all Hyderabad companies are fraud, price is low so it’s a fake company, name changed few times so fake company, receivables very high so fake company, stock price fluctuations so fake company. No one has gone to the company and verified the books, talked to the management or clients of BCG and verified their accounts.

    And in all this BCG’s management have not been transparent all the time. They haven’t properly clarified about SHP, they don’t communicate properly with shareholders and they get lazy/careless sometimes (crediting bonus shares and dividends). So investors have to be aware of everything. Talk to management and get clarity and if they don’t give proper response then approach authorities. But don’t get influenced by both positive and negative messages about the company. When there’s continuous LC people give targets of below 10 and when there’s continuous UC, people give targets of 100+ or 200+ or 500+. Investors should not get influenced by these and should always stick to fundamental analysis and talking to management or certified analysts. Just few days back when there were few continuous UCs some people gave targets of 400 but when there were LCs they are saying everything is fake and the company is fraud. So never get misguided by both positives and negatives.

    Checking how other peers are doing also is very important especially in this tough environment. Perion Network did very well this quarter and both it’s revenues and profits went up but Criteo had a flat quarter. Snap had a bad quarter but Google had a good quarter and Facebook had the first revenue drop in it’s history.

    It’s very hard to judge which company will do well and which won’t. If one company does well and other companies don’t do well, people will say the company that did well as fake/fraud. If Perion had traded in our market, some would’ve called it fake because Criteo didn’t do well. It depends on many factors, what kind of clients you have, what market you are operating in, and the size of your business. Perion is smaller compared to Criteo so it could be more nimble in a tough enviornment.

    (Other ad-tech companies haven’t reported their results yet)

    Check the stock prices of few ad-tech companies since 2020.

    The Trade Desk
    2020 low – $15
    2021 high – $111
    52 week low – $39(corrected more than 60%)
    CMP – $52.7

    Magnite Inc
    2020 low – $4
    2021 high – $61
    52 week low – $7.06 (corrected more than 85%)
    CMP – $8.83

    PubMatic (IPO in Dec 2020)
    2020 low – $23.5
    2021 high – $69.9
    52 week low – $14.73 (corrected more than 70%)
    CMP – $17.43

    Perion
    2020 low – $3.67
    2021 high – $33
    52 week low – $16.4 (corrected more than 50%)
    CMP – $20.66

    Criteo
    2020 low – $6.38
    2021 high – $45
    52 week low – $20.56 (corrected more than 50%)
    CMP – $26.7

    Viant (IPO in 2021)
    2021 high – $68.3
    52 week low – $4.59 (corrected more than 90%)
    CMP – $5.37

    These are independent ad-tech companies, others like Google, Facebook, Amazon etc are all giants. Facebook was trading above $380 in 2021 and now is trading at $167 (corrected more than 60%). Snap last year was trading above $80 and now the price is $10. Same with Roku which is a different kind of an ad-tech company. Last year price was above $460 and now the price is $82.

    In all these, Microsoft is emerging as a big ad-tech player and gaining market share and recently signed a mega deal with Netflix to run ads on Netflix. It has so many properties with which it can flex it’s muscles and be a top player. Netflix situation shows that you can’t keep relying on subscribers for growth and you need ads.

    Almost all the real peers of BCG (ad-tech companies) have corrected a lot but people (experts actually) only see big IT companies as peers and compare with them. Not just price but they compare the business, receivables, dividends and other things with IT giants.

    (This post is not to make you buy or sell or hold BCG but just sharing what’s happening with in the industry, other ad-tech companies and their stocks)

    in reply to: General Discussion #14430
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    Some people think that the market has doubts about BCG numbers only when the stock falls but the same people don’t say the same when the stock price goes up. The thing is, in market there are all kinds of people, those who doubt the numbers, those who trust the numbers and those who are on the fence. When the stock falls the doubt on the numbers go up and vice-versa. So it’s really upto the CEO to change this fluctuation in sentiment. His or the company’s recent actions aren’t helping anyone.

    It’s like a see-saw between believers and haters. When the stock price goes down, haters will enjoy and when the stock goes up believers will enjoy.

    When the stock was in single digits more people had doubt but once the debt was paid off, the stock went up and when Mr. Sharma and FPIs invested, people were trusting the company more. Then later FA happened which brought a lot of negativity but during the peak FA negativity, Mr.Sharma again brought confidence to all by converting his warrants to shares and he said that he was aware of the impairment and he supported doing impairments to keep a healthy balance sheet. That time the stock almost doubled and people were not that sceptical about the numbers.

    Later the confusion in SHP, delay in crediting bonus shares (which brought media attention) and delay in appointing CFO brought another round of negativity and after crediting bonus shares brought more supply too. Add to that the negative sentiment around tech stocks, inflation, recession fears and Ukraine war. Also the stocks that went up high last year just fell because they went up high last year.

    Considering all these, it’s not only the doubt in numbers that’s making the stock volatile. At least from now on the CEO, management, promoters should take investor friendly decisions and they should be more transparent. Equally important is they should not get too lazy. We saw that with 2 things, one is when they credited bonus shares too late and the other was not appointing a CFO sooner.

    Other important thing is Investors should value companies like how real experts like Ashwath Damodaran value and not like how self proclaimed experts who are present in social media do. He was spot on with his observation on Zomato but he himself said that he was wrong on Paytm. That’s shows maturity and humility. But our self proclaimed experts can never be wrong about anything and their analysis is always right even if companies don’t do well.

    If companies (and stocks) do well it’s all because of them but if companies (and stocks) don’t do well then it’s the company’s fault and not the fault of our experts.

    Ask them what’s wrong with BCG and they’ll say name change as the biggest reason. So for them it’s okay if you go against the law and still keep your old name which somebody else owns (I’m talking about Lycos). You should disobey the law and keep an asset just so you don’t lose the name. Then other reason they’ll give is receivables too high. Obviously receivables are high and that’s the nature of the industry and it doesn’t mean if receivables are high then the numbers are fake. I don’t know what they’ll say if they look at receivables of other ad-tech companies like TTD, Magnite, PubMatic etc which have receivables double their revenues.

    Oh sorry, I’m a big fool, I’m comparing an adtech company with other adtech companies and not with random IT companies like the self proclaimed experts do (especially you should compare only with TCS). Only TCS and other big companies should do business and rest all should pack their bags and go home and they should not build any company. It’s a crime.

    Companies which spend money to improve technology are all fake and their management idiots. They should just pay all the profits as dividends and if they don’t do that then it’s all fake.

    Last week similar thing happened when Tanla stock fell and all the self proclaimed experts said it was a fake company. Nobody explained why that company was bad (or fake) and all they said was it was a fake company. If they really want to save investors then they should tell why a company is good or bad and they can’t say since the stock is falling it’s a bad company. What if the stock price goes up? Will it become a good company then? How many have checked Tanla books before saying it as fake?

    I don’t know whether Tanla is a good company or a bad company or a fake company. I’ll not judge any company without proper research and I’ll not come to conclusion and accuse someone without having any proof. If I really have any complaints, I’ll just approach authorities and ask them what to do.

    I just gave one example of Tanla but there are many other companies where people spread fake information just because they are jealous they didn’t participate in the rally.

    This is the mindset of all the great self proclaimed experts –
    XYZ company went up and I didn’t invest in it’s stock so it’s a fake company. I can never be wrong because I know everything about everything. Only companies that I look into are genuine and others are all fake. People who invest in those companies are all idiots and fools and I’m the only greatest investor there is. I’ll steal half quotes from Warren Buffett and other half from other investors and pretend it to be mine. I’ll repeat the same thing again and again hundreds of times because my only job is to influence others on social media.

    Coming back to BCG, like I always say BCG has issues and investors should be aware of that. Last quarter there were more than 240 complaints and it’s a good thing actually because people are serious about it. These type of actions should make the management act more serious and should bring more transparency. They should bring more experts on board who can guide the company properly.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14423
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    @Sumeshnair2005, according to those experts, BCG is not a tech company like TTD, Magnite, Criteo or PubMatic but a backend company like MediaMint etc.

    Websites like adauth, builtwith etc whose job is to give details about publishers and ad-tech companies that are using ads.txt don’t know anything like these experts do. These websites put all their efforts to know the above details but our experts base all their research on “guesses”. They’ll randomly talk rubbish and think they’re always right. I know there’ll be biases and hate and jealousy but my God I’ve never seen people so delusional. God bless them and their extraordinary minds.

    If we go to builtwith, about Brightcom Direct sellers you find the following:

    Brightcom Direct Customers
    Get access to data on 113,993 websites that are Brightcom Direct Customers. We know of 69,865 live websites using Brightcom Direct and an additional 44,128 sites that used Brightcom Direct historically and 1,013 websites in India.

    And you also find these companies as competitors and similar

    Amazon Reseller
    Tremor Video
    Taboola
    Vidazoo
    Medianet
    and many other reputed ad-tech companies.

    You don’t see MediaMint or other backend services because they’re not pure ad-tech companies. Thousands of publishers use BCG’s ad-tech products and services. According to builtwith 52,099 publishers use BCG’s services in USA.

    Brightcom is not the only platform/product that BCG has as it also has audienciad.

    Everyone can download the list if they subscribe and pay these websites for information. Genuine websites like these say Google, Amazon, TTD, Magnite/Rubicon, Magnite etc as competitors but for great people BCG is comparable to backend companies like MediaMint.

    There’s no denying that BCG has some issues, mainly about corporate governance and transparency so people have to be aware of both positives and negatives. Sometimes the above positives won’t matter if the corporate governance is bad. The sooner the management gives importance to that the better it’ll be for all the stakeholders. Also always we should do our own research to understand the company better instead of relying on self proclaimed experts on MMB, social media etc.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14408
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    Morning context people are having a session on Twitter with a known hater of BCG. That guy doesn’t understand the seasonality of the business. He was complaining that q-o-q revenue and profit dropped and it’s a big red flag etc but real analysts will understand the situation perfectly. He was also complaining that Jacob Nizri was not part of BCG just because he has mentioned 44 ventures in his LinkedIn. 44 ventures is an active management firm and Jacob Nizri is the president of Brightcom Israel (OMS). Just visiting Brightcom website can reveal so many things but the self proclaimed analyst that morning context is consulting can’t even browse the net properly. Same with Bradley Cohen, he handles strategic decisions and is less involved in day to day operations. He can concentrate on his other ventures. Many people do this in the tech world as they guide, mentor and get involved in many startups.

    I have invested in other companies that are also having issues but nowhere I have seen this much hate. Don’t know what their motive is.

    Highlighting issues is always welcome but they should do it with a certified analyst and not with some random guy on Twitter.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14381
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    There’s a video about BCG where they’ve mentioned things like receivables, SHP, cash flow etc. I get it, he tried to analyse the company and said whatever he felt about it but saying things like BCG is not a tech company and its only an advertising company doesn’t make sense to me. Not every ad-tech company can have the Cost Per Converted User (CPCU) model like Affle does. And Affle concentrates more on mobile apps whereas companies like BCG do business on every medium i.e. mobile, computer, CTVs, e-mail etc etc. BCG also has CPCU and Non CPCU models and it depends on the clients requirements.

    Then about receivables it’s a known topic in the adtech industry. They compare only with Affle but not with companies like TTD, Magnite, PubMatic etc. These companies have more receivables than their revenues. Even payables are more than revenues and hence more cash on hand. Without credit you can’t do any business. If you check bigger companies, they don’t have huge receivables as they have hundreds of vendors/clients and all the vendors/clients will be in queue to do business with them. Those companies can dictate terms to smaller companies but can a company like BCG dictate terms to it’s clients? In fact it has to be flexible with it’s clients needs and not the other way around. If companies don’t have this issue then almost every company will become giants. Every industry will have problems, for example, for some companies higher crude oil prices will be very bad but for oil producers higher crude prices will be a boon. Steel and other commodity companies thrive when the economy does well but after that they’ll suffer a lot. FMCG business most of the time will be stable, they can increase price and still people will be okay with that. Hotel and tourism will do very well during holidays whereas other times they’ll suffer.

    You don’t see receivable issues in Google, Facebook, Amazon etc. Google has more than $150B in cash. Facebook has more than $50B. Amazon has more than $80B. How do you compete in an industry that has these giants? They can crush you if you are not flexible to your client needs. You let your clients pay you later so that you can survive and grow.

    Same with cash flows. You have to invest to survive/grow. Also you’ve to look at other avenues like CTV, audio ads etc.

    Then regarding SHP, I blame the company for lack of information. People assume many things because proper information is not available. I can’t comment on this without having enough information.

    Before investing people have to check all these and they should invest only if they are aware of these important things. If they consider these to be red flags then they shouldn’t invest.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14380
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    People were worried that the promoters had sold after FA was initiated and that’s why they were nervous and BCG being the model company when it comes to communication and corporate governance, didn’t inform investors about the pledge thingy and that made investors more nervous. Add to that the increase in supply by giving bonus shares and the negative sentiment around it for crediting those bonus shares too late made matters really worse. As others have pointed out, all these confusions could’ve been avoided if they informed the same thing few months back when the SHP was released.

    After seeing the explanation by the management about SHP I think people got little relief (that promoters didn’t sell those shares during FA news and it was because of pledge issue). CFO appointment also played a role. People were worried that no one will come when FA is going on but a new CFO was appointed.

    Regarding SHP confusion we should talk about it in the conference call. In the queries that we sent, he didn’t answer that and only answered when someone asked about it specifically. So I request investors when they call to please ask that question and try to get a proper reply from him.

    Markets anywhere don’t want uncertainty and people want communication with investors to be proper and transparent. If BCG follows that then we won’t see volatility in prices. Just look at Tanla and how they have changed in the last 2-3 years. Tanla too had many doubters (it still has) but when the communication is proper then everything will be better. There are many other companies that adopted better investor relations and they are doing very well (of course market factors too matter).

    Some people are excited about BCG coming out of ASM list but I don’t know whether it’s that good. With all the rules and restrictions only operators will manipulate but if those rules aren’t there then I don’t know that they’ll do. Being an investor and not a trader I’m not worried if there are restrictions to trade. One thing I want is the stock should not be in UC or LC and it should trade normally. Maybe that would’ve happened if they had not given the second bonus shares. If stability is there then people won’t be anxious all the time.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14351
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    Unsecured loans given to MediaMint (Vuchi Media) is 195.19crs and equity investment is 168.86crs (close to 170crs). Totally they’ve paid 365crs to MediaMint.

    The deal is for 566crs. 360crs should be paid in cash, 170crs in equity and 36crs later in cash. So remaining they’ve to pay (165+36=201)crs.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14344
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    @nitin_asce,

    Does that mean they’ll get back those shares?

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    in reply to: General Discussion #14338
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    @Nikhilraj, yeah people will have that doubt and like I always say they should contact the management, talk to them, get answers or they should approach SEBI or other concerned authorities.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14336
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    The problem with BCG is that the management/CEO will always act late and this will make people lose trust in the company. The appointment of new CFO is the best example. They knew that Mr.YSR would retire and had time to look for replacements but they got serious only when investors put pressure. Same with bonus shares issuance, and other important things. When you run a public company you should be very sharp and react quickly.

    Higher stock prices makes people lazy and we can see that with BCG. They should start taking more responsibilities and should look at investors concerns. Now they have to answer more than 3 lakhs shareholders and should address everyone’s concerns.

    FA is not in their hand but appointment of CFO was so they should look at things that are in their hands. Same with bonus, from their end if everything was done quickly then the exchanges wouldn’t have taken more time. If CS was there he’d have handled it properly and they’d have credited bonus shares sooner and we’d not have seen this much supply and pressure.

    Business wise they act quickly but market and investor relations wise they are very slow.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14328
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    BCG has appointed Mr.Singaraju Lakshmi Narayana Raju as the new CFO.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14247
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    @nitin_asce, I don’t know why they do that, in one of the conference calls the CEO said that since those reports contain sensitive information they don’t share those.

    I checked their old annual reports and in the 2007 AR, there is audit report of 3 companies mentioned. Frontier Data Management, International Expressions Inc and Pennyweb. People were saying these weren’t audited at all and those companies don’t exist etc but even though the report is old it shows that those companies’ are audited and profitable since the day they were acquired by BCG.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14240
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    @Rathi_b, it’s great to see you writing in the forum after many months. Hope you and all the Hyderabad members are doing well. Thank you for taking the initiative to meet the management and informing us about the meet.

    These are my queries to the management, please review them once.

    1) Update on SHP, there’s a mismatch in the SHP data provided by the company in the MCA website and in the exchanges. In the January SHP shared by the company, the promoter holding is mentioned as having 23,32,84,604 (23.32 crore) shares but in March SHP, without adding the LLP shares, the promoters’ holding has reduced to 4,24,31,791 (4.24 crore) shares. What happened to the remaining 19,08,52,813 (19.08 crore) shares?

    In the conference call the CEO mentioned that he had not sold a single share in the last 12 months but his holding (without adding the LLP shares) has come down from 9,41,05,816 (9.41 crore) shares to 1,03,81,635 (1.03 crore) shares. Was there any off market transaction?

    Still no information about this has been shared with the investors. Because of non-disclosure will there be any action against the company? How will you (the CEO) address this issue to the shareholders if there’s any action by SEBI.

    2) Why haven’t you appointed CFO and CS yet? You knew that Mr.YSR would retire in March and you should’ve appointed his replacement before the retirement for smooth transition.

    3) Update on MediaMint acquisition. Why is there a delay and no update on this? Shares were allotted to MediaMint people few months back but still its taking time to close the deal. Is the deal still on or is it put on hold?

    4) Update on forensic audit.

    5) Can you share the audited reports of all the subsidiaries?

    6) Regarding acquisition of Audio Ad company, what payment options are you considering? Can you reveal the name of the target company?

    7) The news of forensic audit, reduction in promoters’ stake, delay in crediting bonus shares has brought a huge negative press about the company and also the company is losing credibility. How do you plan to change that?

    8) What steps are you taking to arrest the fall of BCG’s shares? The stock has corrected more than 60% and your actions aren’t helping it either. If this volatility is there, then all the retail shareholders will get nervous. We know that you don’t have control over the stock prices but if the communication is better we will get some relief. We don’t get answers to our calls, mails and we don’t know how to reach you in case if we have any concern.

    9) Can you appoint any of the Big 4 as the consolidating auditor?

    10) Update on FCF.

    11) Instead of paying dividend, can you use the same cash to buyback shares?

    in reply to: General Discussion #14229
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    I think we should request Mr.Sharma (and FPIs) to take an active role (become a board member or take up an unofficial advisory role is he’s too busy) and guide them to make changes in the company. The reason people are panicking is because they are tired of not getting proper answers to their queries on time.

    Mr.Sharma has not bought shares from open market but was allotted warrants and converted them to shares which means he had many discussions with the management. He converted his warrants to shares when FA news was there so he knows about the company properly.

    If someone like him (who understands what investors want) advises the company regularly then we can expect better communication from the company.

    We’ll support the company on business matters but corporate governance this year so far has been horrible. It was better last year but not this year. It’s too bad that we have to wait till conference calls to get any response from the company. I’d have visited the company if I didn’t have health issues. My health problems started late last year but recently it has become worse.

    I don’t know when they’ll start giving importance to corporate governance and investor relations but the sooner they do that the better it’ll be for everyone. And strategic decisions too they have to look at various things before recommending/implementing. The second bonus was unnecessary and created more free float.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14217
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    @akkithegrt, some of the FIIs that are investing are passive ones and they follow a particular index and if any stock/company is added to that index they’ll buy that stock and if it is removed from that index then they’ll stop investing. Passive funds don’t follow the fundamentals regularly like active funds do. Sometimes if a company’s business is not performing well then they’ll remove it from the index and sometimes if the stock doesn’t perform well also they’ll remove from the index. With BCG the good thing is the business is performing well but not the stock.

    The reason the stock is not performing well is because of many reasons but the main reason is because of delay in crediting bonus shares. Even after FA crash when Mr.Shankar Sharma converted his warrants to shares (and also said there was nothing wrong in doing impairment), the stock went from 60 something to 100+ (which is 160+ pre bonus) and then later even when there was SHP confusion it didn’t crash immediately because the CEO increased his stake in the company but all the problems started when they delayed crediting bonus shares.

    Had they credited within time then we wouldn’t have seen this much negativity and pressure. The reason they delayed bonus is because there was no CS who would’ve handled it better than how it was handled. Delaying by a week or two or max 30 days people wouldn’t have minded but they delayed it by more than 2 months. People thought that the management is not serious or trustworthy so the pressure is more.

    I think business wise no shareholder has any concern but the concern has always been with the communication. We have to wait till conference call to get any clarity. Even in conference calls max 1k people will attend and it will not reach every investor. They should start looking at improving investor relations ASAP. It’s either the communication will be very good or it’ll be very bad. They’ll have to find a middle ground. We don’t want sprint race or other speed races and we’ll be okay with a marathon. We want stability in prices and the management should look at that.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14203
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    I also want to point out that BCG may buy only the audio assets of the target company and not the whole company. The overall revenue and/or the market cap of the target company will be more. Some of the companies mentioned in my previous post have revenues and market caps in excess of billion dollars. Also BCG may acquire assets of a company that is not mentioned in my previous post. It’s all guesses now and we’ll have to wait for the official communication from the company.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14201
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    Market sentiment is negative because of the lazy/careless attitude of the management. Delaying bonus shares, CFO, CS appointment is making the market to lose trust on the management and also there were negative articles about the company. This second bonus may have helped the company to get money from FPIs sooner but it’s impact has been worse. Normally people would’ve sold bonus shares but because of the overall negative sentiment (market and company specific) the selling pressure is more.

    In these tough times when every stock is falling, the market expects companies to be more active in communication. Since the due diligence of the audio ad company is completed they should reveal the name of the target company. Some of the companies that fit the description provided by BCG are Audacy, Cumulus Streaming, Beasley Broadcast Group, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Sirius XM, AccuRadio, Salem Media Group, MediaCo Holding etc. Few of these companies also hold radio assets so I just looked at these. If I have to check all the integrated digital platform companies then it’ll be a very long list.

    They are using the services of no.1 M&A advisors (Houlihan Lokey) and for financial due diligence they used EY’s services so they are serious about it.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14182
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    @sac6310, that’s what I meant, last year (FY) there was confusion because of pledged shares but this time that confusion is not there.

    They themselves are spoiling their name and reputation. They should disclose each and every transaction. They messed up bonus issuance, SHP etc. I don’t know who’s giving advice to them on these things.

    Now that FPIs, Mr.Sharma and MediaMint people have shares, these people should at least make the management people to change their attitude.

    in reply to: General Discussion #14174
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    This is very bad corporate governance by the management/promoters. All the hard work done by them will be of no use if they don’t change their attitude. Last year there was a mismatch in MCA SHP and the SHP data available in exchanges because of pledged shares but if that was calculated properly then there was no mismatch.

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    in reply to: General Discussion #14096
    Logan
    Registered Boarder

    It’s common that people (including me) hate/don’t like what they don’t understand and since BCG’s business is different and it listed/traded in our markets way before other similar companies did, it’s easy to understand that some people hate it just because they don’t understand it better. Affle though is an ad-tech company, it’s business model is way different than that of BCG’s. Affle is a very good company and it focuses more on ads on mobile devices because of which it doesn’t have huge receivables (there are other factors also).

    You have different companies focusing on different things but they all come under the ad-tech bracket. Criteo focuses more on e-commerce whereas others focus more on CTV. So receivables, payables, advances will be different for different companies. Comparing these companies with IT companies doesn’t work and doesn’t make any sense.

    If high receivables was the main problem and it meant that the business is fraud then The Trade Desk wouldn’t have become a leader in the ad-tech industry as it has receivables double it’s revenue. The cash on hand that TTD has is also part of the huge payables that are also more than it’s revenues.

    Forget everything else and just focus on this, TTD has to pay clients more than the revenue it makes. TTD has managed all these because of the nature of the industry and because it’s clients are also flexible. Big boys of ad-tech industry like Google, Facebook, Amazon don’t have these problems because of their size. If TTD had traded in our markets then some people would’ve called it a fraud because of its huge receivables and payables. They never would’ve believed the profits it makes.

    (I think it’s receivable days are more than 500 or 600 days)

    So it’s left to investors’ choices and what they want and don’t want in their portfolio. If they worry about receivables then they shouldn’t invest in ad-tech companies. There are many headwinds and tailwinds in the ad-tech industry and investors have to follow many different things before they buy or sell. Metaverse, digital transformation etc are opportunities but inflation, supply chain issues, Ukraine war etc are some of the headwinds. Companies have to manage/balance all these and investors should give importance to these important things.

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