I would like to officially suggest that TSIG be considered for the index, since I am aware that it is on the watchlist. I have copied the Yahoo summary below, but would like to suggest that the past financials (which really suck) are not relevant to the future of the stock, since it is under entirely new management which has been leading the company in an exciting new direction. TSIG is a fully reporting company and all of its filings are available on Edgar. I have a large position (for me) in this company, so I am clearly biased.
TSIG has been under new management for about 8 months now and has acquired Compact Connection, which has a novel business concept, called The Card. Basically, an idividual pays $10 for a music card which then enables him to buy 10 CDs over the Internet or by phone for a maximum price of 10.99/CD plus shipping. Some of the CDs are cheaper. The company makes money both on the sale of CDs and on the card sales. Furthermore the company partners with various charities, business and sports organizations to sell the cards in order to raise funds for these groups.
Let me give an example. The company has recently inked a deal with the Babe Ruth League, which has 900,000 youthful memebers throughout the USA. These kids do fundraisers each year to cover expenses for their uniforms, equipment, etc. This year they will be selling TSIG's music cards, with $5 going to the BR League and $5 going to TSIG for each card sold. People will then use the cards to buy CDs at the discounted price. In addition, TSIG also has signed deals with the National Music Foundation and hockey hall of famer Phil Esposito to use the card. Many more deals are rumored to be awaiting the new state of the art website being developed by Cohesive.com who has worked on the Amazon website and is well recognized for their web expertise. This new website is scheduled to be ready for business by March 1.
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Consider what the company has announced in the last 2+ months and some of the companies they have partnered with.
The company also owns a state of the art teleservices center which has just signed a contract with Signature Group, recently acquired by General Electric.
Meanwhile the well known Internet Stock Review has announced that it will add 2 Internet music companies to its watchlist. There is speculation on the thread that TSIG may be one of these.
On the downside, the past financials are terrible and the new company is just starting to generate significant revenues this Q, with the BR deal. Furthermore, there are a large number of shares OS (about 57M) and a substantial float of about 36M.
In addition to selling CDs, the company is planning to use the card concept to sell books, videos, and other items over the Internet and through their teleservices operations. The Yahoo business summary is outdated. Alos I suggest a visit to the site containing their registered domain names which indicates a deal with Kodak may be coming soon. Sorry I do not have that at my fingertips.
The stock has increased about 30% in the last few days. I think that with the new website opening soon for business and a number of new deals rumored to soon be announced, that TSIG could do extremely well over the next several months.
Yahoo Business Summary
TeleServices International Group, through its VSI subsidiary, is a teleservices company specializing in the travel and tourism segment, providing automated hotel and airline reservation services on an outsourced basis. For the nine months ended 9/30/98, total revenues fell 63% to $900 thousand. Net loss decreased 24% to $6.6 million. Results reflect reduced commissions earned on the sale of airline tickets, offset by lower telephone, travel and entertainment costs.
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Statistics at a Glance -- TSIG Last Updated: Nov 23, 1998
Price and Volume
(updated Nov 23, 1998)
52-Week Low $0.043
Recent Price $0.19
52-Week High $2.283
Beta N/A
Daily Volume (3-month avg) 45
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization $10.9M
Shares Outstanding 57.5M
Float 36.2M
Dividend Information
Annual Dividend none
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq) -$0.09
Earnings (ttm) -$0.49
Sales (ttm) $0.02
Cash N/A
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book N/A
Price/Earnings N/A
Price/Sales (ttm) 8.64
Income Statements
After-Tax Income (ttm) -$16.2M
Sales (ttm) $846.0K
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