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Destiny Media Q2 Revenues Grow 86% Over Prior Year

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Destiny Media Technologies (OTC Bulletin Board:DSNY.ob – News) is pleased to announce results for the quarter ended February 28, 2010. Q2 EBITDA was $193,398 on total revenue of $869,864.  During the sixth month period, the company generated net income of $449,849 and EBITDA of $528,109 on revenues of $1,917,392.

The company continues to grow revenue and income through expanded use of the Play MPE® system where revenue during the quarter showed a 106% increase over the same quarter in the prior year.  This growth has been seen across all segments including an increase in North American revenue of 40% and a 535% increase in international revenue. International revenue represents 41% of Play MPE® business for the quarter.

“The increase in our revenue is the result of the continued acceptance of the Play MPE® system which appears to be the system of choice in the industry.  After years of developing the system and network of users, we are very encouraged by the continued increase in Play MPE® revenue.  Each quarter our revenue continues to grow by approximately 100% over the previous year’s quarter.   Over the past three and half years, Play MPE® revenue has grown by an average of 135% higher over the previous year’s quarter and in twelve of those quarters Play MPE® revenue has grown by at least 90%,” said CFO Fred Vandenberg.

A share repurchase program began during the quarter and to date the company has repurchased a total of approximately 520,000 shares for cancellation.  In addition, the company has reduced the number of $0.22 warrants outstanding by 600,000 by way of an exchange  for 336,000 shares and repurchased 150,000 options with a strike price of $.25 for payment of $30,000.

9 Top China Plays

By Glen Bradford, GlenBradford.com

The financial crisis has sent the markets plummeting. For those who believe that companies that make more money than other companies should be priced higher than other companies, boy do I have some bargain bin deals for you. In the past 6 months, I’ve hand sorted through over 5000 companies. The steals are all in China.

1) China Architectural Engineering (NASDAQ: CAEI) specializes in high-end curtain wall systems (including glass, stone and metal curtain walls), roofing systems, steel construction systems, eco-energy saving building conservation systems and related products, for public works and commercial real estate projects.

The company just got added to the Halter USX China Index.

Trading at $37.24M with a book value of $78.2M for a company that does specialty construction projects looks like a steal, especially when they made $22.6M in the first 9 quarters of 2008.

They lowered their guidance for Q4/2008 and they are eating some cost overruns. Recent news includes that they were awarded two new contracts for projects valued at $80 million in Dubai and Singapore.

The company also reported that its project backlog has increased to a new record of $245M.

2) China Yongxin Pharmaceuticals (OTC BB: CYXN) has three segments: the wholesale of pharmaceuticals and other medical-related products, the operation of retail drugstores, and the cultivation, processing of ginseng.

Currently trading at $2.19M when they made $4.0M in the first 3 quarters of 2008 and $2.6M in the first 3 quarters of 2007 is absurd. Not to mention that the book value is $12.5M.

Yongxin also just put up a new, more flashy website. The investor message boards were very concerned when their old website went down. I sat by and let the people who don’t understand website development sell out. Same thing happened with New Dragon Asia (NWD) below.

3) New Dragon Asia (OTC BB: NWD) is engaged in the milling, sale and distribution of flour and related products, including instant noodles and soybean-derived products, to retail and wholesale customers throughout China. I find trading at $9.14M with a book value of $74M mildly entertaining. The company made $14.12M in 2008.

In my opinion, investors are shaky because their operating margins got squeezed by the ridiculous expansion in commodity prices. Good news, the whole bubble collapsed. As I see it, this is an opportunity for the company to make some huge numbers in 2009, not to mention that they’ve been religious about growing revenues over the past 5 years with high predictability.

Their website crashed about a month ago and the stock price hit the chopping block, getting cut by more than half. Look for the catalyst at $0.83 of the Halter USX China Index.

4) Gold Horse International (OTC BB: GHII) is principally engaged in three business sectors in China: construction, residential and commercial real estate development, and management and operation of the Inner Mongolia Jin Ma Hotel.

Top line revenue guidance for 2009 is $90M and the company is priced at $2.63M.

In 2008, they made $4.53M on revenues of $66.91M. The book value is about $25M. Gold Horse is located in Hohhot, China; a city that has been growing at 23.5% for the past 7 years.

Gold Horse has contracted to build a wind power manufacturing plant. This company is located in the middle of china, not on the outskirts where the exports have fallen and hurt the economy.

There are two issues that I see. The first is that their cash is low and they are burning through cash to maintain operations. The second is that there are some big shareholders that look to be slowly selling the stock down.

5) Orsus Xelent Technologies (AMEX: ORS) is engaged in the business of designing, manufacturing and distributing cellular phones for retail and wholesale distribution.

What we have here is a company trading at $7.44M that has a book value of $42.4M. In the last 9 months they made $6.34M.

According to their annuals, they are trying to advance along with technology into the 3G markets and are targeting China’s rural population. They grew 16% in 2008 even with the economic crisis slowing them down in the end of the year.

6) Lotus Pharmaceuticals (OTC BB: LTUS) manufactures branded drugs and distributes them along with products produced by third-party manufacturers throughout China. Lotus also just came out with a new website in the last week.

Trading at $8.06M with a book value of $38.3M and making $6.3M in the first 9-months of 2008 makes Lotus extremely attractive. There is downside for the risk-averse. Lotus East has historically funded its capital expenditures from their working capital and has advised us that they believe this capital is sufficient for their current needs.

Lotus East has contractual commitments for approximately $65.5 million related to a Technology Transfer Agreement and the construction of the new manufacturing facility. If Lotus East is not successful in obtaining all of the funding necessary to complete the construction of the new facility, it would lose the approximately $17,219,000 spent to date, including the $17,000,000 for the deposit on the land use rights which is non-refundable.

That said, it’s still trading below book value and has several huge projects in the works setting the stage for huge growth potential.

7) China Sun Group High Tech (OTC BB: CSGH) mainly engages in the production and sales of cobaltosic oxide and lithium cobalt oxide, both anode materials used in lithium ion rechargeable batteries in the People’s Republic of China.

Trading at $12.29M with a book value of $27.45M with a 2008 annual net income of $6.74M, I immediately started digging deeper into the growth potential of this company. Not to mention that every quarter in 2008 trounced the comparable quarter in 2007.

I don’t really mind reading headlines like: Quarterly Revenue Up 42% to $7.6 Million; Net Income Increases 145% to $1.8 Million. You can’t find headlines like those with your average run of the mill blue chip.

8.  Asia Cork (OTC BB: AKRK) is a rapidly growing leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of cork-based building materials.

Asia Cork is currently valued at $4.64M, even though it has a book value of $17.1M and pulled down $2.54M of profit in the first 3 Quarters of 2008.

In my conversations with flooring experts, Cork seems to be trending back into fashion as a “green” alternative.

Another set of great headlines: Asia Cork Q3 ’08 Revenue Up 117% to $8.96M; Net Income Up 220% to $1.40M.

The issue here is the daily volumes are low and Asia Cork isn’t off it’s 52-week high as much as I’d like it to be.

9) China Kangtai Cactus Bio-Tech (OTC BB:CKGT) is principally engaged in the production, research and development (R&D), sales and marketing of products derived from cacti.

Again, I see a big deal here since the company is trading at $3.93M with a book value of $22.69M and a yearly net income of $2.1M including a -1.09M adjustment in Q1 2008.

The downside is that there are rumors that the market maker, NITE, has a lot of excess shares.

For the three months ended September 30, 2008, revenues increased by $2,229,213 or 56.4% to $6,184,685 from $3,955,472 in the corresponding period of the prior year. The increase in revenues was attributable to the fact that the company is continuing to expand its productions and distribution, and its products are better accepted by the Chinese market customers.

Bottom Line: In an environment like this, where game theory is prevailing, there’s no question in my mind that a lot of these companies are likely to become more attractive in the short term. The long term tradeoffs and value price tradeoffs warrant further investigation. Price is what you pay and value is what you get.

Disclaimer: I own NWD, GHII, CAEI, ORS, and LTUS in my accounts and the accounts I manage. I am working around Ameritrade to acquire exposure to CYXN and AKRK. I also plan on purchasing the other companies mentioned in this article.

CLFD, GNLB, and HAUP

I got a trial membership at Vectorvest.com this month. They currently have a buy recommendation on three stocks within our wheelhouse:

CLFD 1.26  +.12

HAUP 1.12 +.02

GNLB 1.29 +.01

CLFD and HAUP both have marketcaps below cash value.

Flow International (FLOW) Sees Insider Buying

StreetInsider.com reported yesterday (12/11) that Flow International (Nasdaq: FLOW) CEO Charles Brown disclosed he bought 95,000 shares from 12/9-12/10 and Director, Lorenzo Lamadrid disclosed that he bought 20,000 shares on 12/11.

It should also be noted that large Flow International shareholder, Dan Loeb of Third Point LLC, recently disclosed he cut his share by over 2 million shares to 4.7%.

Shares of Flow International closed today at 1.99 up 15% and was up 9% yesterday. The 52-week range is $1.21-$11.40.

Flow International Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in designing, developing, manufacturing, marketing, installing, and servicing ultrahigh-pressure waterjet technology.

MKRS Insiders are buying

Two MKRS insiders Officer Thomas Meaney and Director Paul Casner recently bought shares at .22.

MKRS closed today at .20

Simulations Plus Announces Share Repurchase Program

Simulations Plus, Inc. (Nasdaq:SLP), the leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, announced today that its board of directors has authorized a share repurchase program effective Monday, October 27, 2008.

Ms. Momoko Beran, chief financial officer of Simulations Plus, said: The board of directors has authorized a share repurchase program enabling the buyback of up to $2.5 million in shares during a 12-month period beginning Monday, October 27, 2008. Repurchases may be made in the open market, through a broker, or through privately negotiated transactions, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors. See entire press release.

As of this posting SLP is currently trading at $1.13.

CTGI Insider Buying

Donald Robbins CEO of CSMG TEchnologies (CTGI.OB) purchased 300,000 shares today at .63. CTGI closed today at .57

PCYN Announces Stock Repurchase

Procyon Corporation PCYN (.46), a Clearwater, Florida-based company whose subsidiaries include Amerx Health Care Corporation  and Sirius Medical Supply  announced today that the Board of Directors of the Company approved a plan on December 8, 2007 to repurchase shares of Procyon Corporation’s outstanding common stock. The repurchase plan authorizes management to repurchase from time to time up to 10% of the total outstanding shares of common stock as of December 8, 2007, subject to applicable SEC regulations and compliance with the Company’s trading window policies.