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Bullboard - Stock Discussion Forum Ceapro Inc V.CZO

Ceapro Inc. is a Canada-based biotechnology company. The Company is involved in the development of extraction technology and the application of this technology to the production of extracts and active ingredients from oats and other renewable plant resources. Its primary business activities relate to the development and commercialization of natural products for personal care, cosmetic, human... see more

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Ceapro Inc > Ceapro will go bankrupt in the end?
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Post by tigerpro on Sep 28, 2023 1:48pm

Ceapro will go bankrupt in the end?

1. Ceapro's Main business is very unstable.  Almost single product fo a single big client (JNJ).  It seems the big client is changing their products. If JNJ changed products and does not use Ceapro anymore in the future, Ceapro can not survive. The whole picture will be changed totally. 

2.  Piplines: why so many people still beleive in a management team who never succeed in any  pipline during the past 10 years.   10 yeas is enough. 

Enough is enough.  The management team even does not believe in their words by themselves,   they never buy stocks by themselves, whatever the stock price is (because it may go to zero at last).    Why keep trying pipelines?   The pieplines can give shareholders hope and keep management team's job and salaries.   Buying time, the slower the better. Nobody wants to see the final result of any pipeline.    Please stop dreaming, and be rational, this is the key to be a successful investor.    

3. The unstable main business is burning cash, the piplines are burning cash too. To keep their job, the mangement team plan to take risk and do acquisition. This is the last and risky solution. The risk is huge, and the final result is very bad in most case.   Pls remember, the mangement does not hold much stocks, and they never buy the stocks.  They care their job much more than the stock price and shareholder value.   If you keep dreaming, you may lose 100% of your investment from this risky company. 

In short term, the loss will be huge this year.  In the long term, the risk is even more bigger. This year may be the best year compared with the following several years.  If the business trend continues, going bankrupt is possible in the long run.   Any rational  discussion and suggestions?
Comment by tigerpro on Sep 28, 2023 2:51pm
Big lessons from Ceapro: 1. The integrity of management team is very important.   Don't make a friend with a person who keeps lying for 10 years.  He does't deserve any trust, just a selfish actor.    2. Don't believe a management team without insider buying.   No insider buying,  this can tell everything about the future of the company. 
Comment by Ciao on Sep 28, 2023 2:53pm
No. 1 Interesting doomsday scenario. I would believe that CZO would be made aware that their main  customer is changing ingredients. Not disclosing this material fact would expose the board to lawsuits esp. giving the recent comments that normal re-ordering would occur.  No. 2 There aren't so many people here that believe in the management team's ability to advance the ...more  
Comment by tigerpro on Sep 28, 2023 3:07pm
Ceapro's direct single big client is Symrise (a distributor).    Symsrise sell products to JNJ.   So if JNJ changed the ingredients,   Ceapro does not need to report.   That is very tricky, this can protect the management team.  JNJ's products are very old products,  they may use new ingredients any time.  As bio tech advances,   ...more  
Comment by tigerpro on Sep 28, 2023 3:17pm
The Q1 is bad, the CEO said the big client was re-ordering.     The Q2 is even wose, then I realized the management was lying agian as usual.   Also, I realized JNJ may be changing its old product lines.  This is the inevitable risk, sooner or later.
Comment by prophetoffactz on Sep 28, 2023 3:35pm
Why create a new Stockhouse profile and then lie to people? After Q1 CZO said it expected re-ordering upon the completion of the spin-out of a major client.  News release: "Despite the fact that inflation is prevailing on all fronts and that sales were mainly impacted by lower orders from USA for avenanthramides, for which we expect the reordering pattern should resume upon completion ...more  
Comment by tigerpro on Sep 28, 2023 6:54pm
for the Q1 result, the CEO attributed to spin off of JNJ, and never mentioned other reasons.  for the Q2 result, CEO changed his words,  said it also due to JNJ over ordering in 2021- 2022.    If this was the case, why he hided this important information in 2021-2022 annual reports.   The management just told shareholders the 2021- 2022 earnings were great, so they ...more  
Comment by Ciao on Sep 28, 2023 3:19pm
CEAPRO is in direct communication with SYMRISE and SYMRISE with JNJ, no doubt that when volumes drop drastically, the question is asked to SYMRISE as to why. Getting the answer wouldn't be that difficult and not disclosing material facts puts the board in legal jeopardy. Given that JNJ's AVEENO brand is relatively strong, changing ingredients from a forumulation and marketing perspective ...more  
Comment by tigerpro on Sep 28, 2023 3:26pm
If you do some research on JNJ's Neutrogena,  you will find it has already changed some ingredients. I just found this recently.  I was very angry...     Previously, i did not know why the stock price kept dropping, it thought it was just market sentiment ......
Comment by Ciao on Sep 28, 2023 3:35pm
Was that because of the benzene contamination? https://www.jnj.com/johnson-johnson-consumer-inc-issues-voluntary-recall-of-specific-neutrogena-and-aveeno-aerosol-sunscreen-products-due-to-the-presence-of-benzene Kindly provide the basis / links for your thoughts that JNJ is moving away from using CEAPRO's ingredients in their product line.
Comment by tigerpro on Sep 28, 2023 6:38pm
I don't think Ceapro is related with JNJ's product line of sunscreen.   Previously, Ceapro's product was used in JNJ's Netrogena Rapid Wrinkles Repair products. 
Comment by prophetoffactz on Sep 28, 2023 3:37pm
"If you do some research on JNJ's Neutrogena,  you will find it has already changed some ingredients." Tell us what CZO ingredient(s) are included in Neutrogena and show us where there is any mention this ingredient has been removed.  
Comment by boazklinghorn on Sep 28, 2023 4:18pm
Its a sad commentary when one new guy can pop up and sling a bit of FUD around and you have to take him seriously. We have a CEO that is a habitual liar who everyone agrees cant be trusted, and we have a big hole in the topline. Given that we only have one customer that is a recipe for concern. 
Comment by prophetoffactz on Sep 28, 2023 4:35pm
"Given that we only have one customer that is a recipe for concern." If a business uses the post office to deliver a product to 1 million end-users does that mean the business only has one customer? Or does it have 1 million customers? It uses the post office as a distributor. If CZO uses Symrise to distribute its products to a number of end-users does that mean CZO only has one ...more  
Comment by prophetoffactz on Sep 28, 2023 4:51pm
"We have a CEO that is a habitual liar who everyone agrees cant be trusted..." Aveeno, and Neotrogena trust him. Symrise trusts him and has expanded and extended the relationship and complemented the partnership. The auditors have audited him and where is the trial of lies coming up in the audits? Can you site one lie coming from an audit in the last decade? The Canadian government ...more  
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