To ensure another angle is shown in this thread, regardless the prior Dev's statement (respect that Dev's work in Stellaris btw, not at all being negative toward that Dev) -- but there are other realities and influences at play in Paradox that make one go "Hmmm."
- NASDAQ Stockholm listing for Paradox stock, symbol PDX, shows a 25% gain in value in the past one month. For those that aren't as familiar with the stock market, that is RARE for public companies already the size of billion-dollar market cap such as PDX is, to have a 25% valuation hike upward in one single month. Annual factoring would be 12 x 25% = 300% Annual growth, to put in perspective (and I highly doubt PDX will go up 300% total for the remaining 11 months but just showing the numbers so you see annually how it factors out, which is extreme movement in buying activity into the stock).
- Market/stock buyers may be favoring the return of their on-again CEO, after the prior CEO was fired. Either her long-term prospects and/or short term results were not favored "by the street" in terms of investment dollars in/out of the stock. Buyers are back in after former CEO is gone, that simply can't be argued.
- More market cap, if PDX chooses, could result in liquidating stock for leverage should they choose, but the stock is still half the value of former highs that are double the current valuation (you need to look at a 5-year chart of PDX stock to see that there has been a roller-coaster ride but recent 2 years were rough and PDX valuation has been down from prior highs).
- More leverage = more recapitalization, translated - more development dollars should they choose such a path, more employees (which the last earnings call essentially stated as such), but we don't know how much more of a hiring push and revenue growth this recent trend could be revealing.
- November earnings report wasn't good in terms of profits, was actually negative/loss .31 per share, but one thing in the stock market world is that once the bad news is flushed out, future forecasts, future growth potential, greatly outweighs short-term losses (if what we're seeing in market trends correlates to such).
So, this is a stock market based analysis that - something is happening within the company that Stock Analysts at big financial firms like to see, as 5x major Analysts rate the PDX stock a "Buy" at current levels (even after the 25% run-up they're calling PDX a Buy, which in itself says something). Speaking of who's "in the know" - those people are, because they represent billion-dollar investment firms and some of the more powerful investment banks on the planet.
Don't take any of this to imply that PDX stock is a "good buy" because of my words - always, always do your own "Due Diligence" for stock market investing, but the macro point is that ALL of the PDX portfolio, I:R among the many, could see some recapitalization IF they choose to monetize some of the recent gains and invest in themselves (i.e. invest in many more quality employees). But, we shall see.
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