To repeat what I have said on other threads:-
The value of stock as far as I can ascertain has no direct bearing on the well-being of a company. It may be a reflection of the well-being or it may be a reflection of the overriding market forces in general. However, a low share price (nor a high one for that matter) does not mean that a company is necessarily in trouble - or visaversa.
As a mature company, B&O stock is a traded commodity. They do not at present require fresh capital for any expansion and therefore the price is based on the perception of the company's value by analysts and traders. They recommend buy, sell, hold etc.. based on making money for themselves (and hopefully us with our pension schemes) rather than for the company. Looking around us though and given the world climate we are in now, the financiers perception of anything has in my book no credibility at all. (incompetent ether-makers criticising makers of physical things for the state of the world economy which they induced).
In terms of B&O's product range, marketing strategy etc... put some credence into what is going on in the world at the moment. Toyota - perhaps the largest, most efficient car manufacturer in the world - with cutting-edge, technologically-savvy and financially amenable products is likely to go from a 2.3 trillion Yen profit in 2007 to a 150 billion Yen LOSS in 2008. That's huge when you are the best at what you do. Even if you are not the product leader, you probably can't do much worse than that.
What is important for B&O and likewise Toyota, is that they are able to modify their businesses as to control their costs and their cashflow and to secure a line of credit if needed. B&O's sales may be a disaster and if in 2007 they sold lets say 100 BV7's a month and now it is only 10, then they will survive provided their costs are cut as not to bleed to death. This is a result of people not buying and saving for the storm irrespective of the price, quality or capability of the product.
Stock is imaginary and perception of a few who don't care. Costs are real and that is where the real battle lies right now with B&O and most other manufacturers.
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