Eggplant
3 years ago
No. I think they are in deep doo doo. They just held their Q3 conference call, and took ZERO questions. What's that about? I think that level of silence speaks volumes. It looks like they are burning more than $10m of cash a quarter, with only $30m of cash remaining - but it's really only $20m if you net out the $10m of cash borrowed from Silicon Valley Bank term loan during the quarter. The working capital #'s are starting to look a bit strange: sales down, and A/R down commensurately, BUT Inventories UP, and A/P UP! It sure looks like they are stretching their payables. Who wants to do the A/P days calculation? Who wants to read the SVB loan agreement to see if covenants were tripped, or will be shortly?
On 7/27/21 Bloomberg reported that FLDM was working with an advisor and speaking to potential buyers of the company. That was 3 months ago, and: nothing. So today they announce a "Strategic Review . . . to maximize shareholder value". This looks like the trajectory of a distressed company, doesn't it?
Atlanta1
4 years ago
06:28
$FLDM
Fluidigm: Trump Administration provides saliva test at surge testing site in Waco, TX (6.75)
"Starting today, communities that are part of the federal surge testing effort for COVID-19, supported by the Trump Administration, have a new option: a test that uses samples of saliva collected by spitting into a sterile container. Made by Fluidigm Corporation and supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the easy-to-use saliva test detects SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, on a molecular level using a microfluidics platform. The accuracy of the test is comparable to other molecular-level tests of nasal swab samples, according to a clinical study conducted by the manufacturer. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has traditionally provided nasal swab tests from other manufacturers to surge testing sites, which remain a choice for community officials."
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/10/16/trump-administration-provides-saliva-test-at-surge-testing-site-in-waco-tx.html
Hole shot King
4 years ago
8K Item 8.01. Other Events.
From August 13, 2020 through September 3, 2020, Fluidigm Corporation (the โCompanyโ) sold a total of 2,479,517 shares of its common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $20.9 million before commissions and offering expenses under its previously announced โat-the-marketโ equity offering program. The sales were completed pursuant to the Open Market Sale AgreementSM with Jefferies LLC dated as of March 4, 2020, which the Company filed as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2020.
https://ih.advfn.com/stock-market/NASDAQ/fluidigm-FLDM/stock-news/83213327/current-report-filing-8-k
Hole shot King
4 years ago
$FLDM Interview on Washington University's new Saliva COVID test
Rich Head, MS, Director, Genome Technology Access Center,
@GenomeInstitute
, discusses Fluidigmโs FDA authorization of the new co-developed extraction-free saliva test, run on Fluidigm® Biomarkโข HD microfluidics platform, with Fox2 News in St. Louis.
https://twitter.com/fluidigm/status/1299752445237624839