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Hometown International Inc: A $100 Million Valuation Mystery
TLDR Hometown International Inc, a small deli in New Jersey, is valued at over $100 million despite making only $35,000 in revenue over the last two years, with intriguing details about its CEO, chairman, and suspicious financial movements raising questions about its presence on the stock market.
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A small deli in New Jersey is valued at over $100 million, owned by a publicly traded company called Hometown International Inc.
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A small deli in New Jersey, owned by a publicly traded company, is valued at over $100 million despite making only $35,000 in revenue over the last two years, with the CEO being the local high school wrestling coach, sparking questions about its presence on the stock market.
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Dan Mangan investigates the publicly traded company Hometown International Inc. by looking up public filings, discovering that the CEO is a high school principal and wrestling coach, while the chairman is based in Hong Kong with interests in a luxurious hotel in Macau, revealing intriguing details about the company's key figures.
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Hometown International Inc. has major owners connected to opaque companies in Hong Kong and Macau, with suspicious financial movements and a web of shady individuals linked to the company.
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The $100 million valuation of Hometown International Inc. may not be reflective of actual investor interest or trading activity due to the small number of shareholders and minimal trading volume on the over-the-counter market.
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Hometown International Inc. may be using a unique method, potentially a reverse merger, to become a publicly traded company without the traditional IPO process, as suggested by finance expert Aswath Damodaran.
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Foreign companies value having their stock traded in the US due to the transparency and liquidity of the stock market, as highlighted by the unique case of the $100 million deli.
