NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Investors looking for gold-medal stocks have reason to stand up and cheer when it comes to companies at the forefront of the big developments reshaping the world we live in -- and Wall Street Reporter's got plenty of likely candidates.
For example, Access Integrated Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:AIXD) is transforming the movie business by shifting thousands of cinema screens to digital projection, and CEO Bud Dale Mayo tells Wall Street Reporter analyst Rick Grubbs CFA there's a lot more to come.
Audio interview: www.wallstreetreporter.com/profile.php?id=27810
"AccessIT is still a development company really, having just touched the surface of the opportunity and converting the motion picture industry to digital," he says. "We certainly do look forward to substantial growth in fiscal 2009."
Highlights of the interview include:
-- How AXID plans to finance the ambitious next phase of its
expansion, which aims to convert another 10,000 movie screens to
digital projection over the next three years. "Once we get
rolling, I think we will see very substantial growth and widening
EBITDA margins."
-- A tour of the company's vertically integrated business model,
which encompasses all aspects of digital film projection from
licensing to distribution and advertising.
-- How unique long-term relationships with all major entertainment
studios support the company's leading market position. "We've not
experienced any reduction in the resolve of Hollywood and theatre
owners to move forward."
As a supplier of farmed seafood, Australis Aquaculture Ltd. (Pink Sheets:AUQCF) is at the center of multiple macro trends: soaring food prices, improving global diets, and even the high cost of oil. In the near term, CEO Josh Goldman recently told WSR how a new fish farm in Vietnam could help the company double its sales in fiscal 2009.
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"The major constraint has not been the distribution network or demand," he explains. "It's really been supply. Over the past 12 months, we have had a range of initiatives to build supply, and it's really only now that those initiatives are bearing fruit."
Highlights of the interview include:
-- How Southeast Asia opens up enough production capacity to boost
the company's revenue 10-fold within five to seven years.
-- Why the combination of rising food prices and the depletion of
wild fish stocks put Australis in a "very special" position that
could translate into a multi-billion-dollar business.
-- How high oil costs make AUQCF's products even more competitive
against wild fish on a consumer level.
And for a world searching for new ways to make businesses more efficient NewMarket Technology Inc. (OTCBB:NMKT) is stepping up to the plate. CEO Philip Verges recently told WSR how he's simultaneously growing the company's systems integration operations and converting existing short-term customers into long-term recurring revenue; shares have already surged.
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"We launched an initiative just at the beginning of this year to try and make that transition into longer-term recurring revenue contracts," he says. "We've had a couple of big successes, and we're still in the early stages of this transition."
Highlights of the interview include:
-- Mr. Verges' confidence in NMKT's ability to grow its revenue to an
annual run rate of $120 million this year on the back of
"tremendous" organic sales growth and M&A.
-- How extensive business in Latin America and Asia has buffered the
company against U.S.-specific economic concerns -- and even the
North America unit is reporting record sales despite the downturn.
-- Management's "big ambitions" to build NMKT into a consolidator
(and incubator) of early-stage technology companies.
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About Access Integrated Technologies
Access Integrated Technologies Inc. (AccessIT) is the global leader in providing integrated solutions for digital cinema. The Company's ground-breaking digital cinema networked services have enabled U.S. theatres to play almost 8 million digital showings to date.
About Australis Aquaculture Ltd.
Australis Aquaculture Ltd. is an award-winning provider of delicious, healthy, sustainable seafood. The company spearheaded the introduction of Barramundi in North America and has proudly seen it grow from a favorite in Australia into an international culinary trend.
About NewMarket Technology
NewMarket provides certified integration and maintenance services to support the prevailing industry standard solutions. Concurrently, NewMarket continuously seeks to acquire undiscovered emerging technology assets to incorporate into its overall product portfolio.