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Game-Stop Or Game-On? RGC Has It All And Twice More

By Adam Fields. Originally published at ValueWalk.

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Shorted with over 19 million shares and almost 2x the ratio compared to GameStop (NYSE:GME), RGC is still trading 300% above IPO price. While its Game-On for RGC’s CEO, he continues to buy back…

RGC Short Interest

Regencell Bioscience Limited’s (NASDAQ:RGC) stock is an undiscovered short squeeze potential. The  short volume ratio has similar pattern as that of GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME), whereby both averaged  over 40% in the past year. In fact, RGC is more heavily shorted than GME as some days were close to  90% shorted.

Q1 2022 hedge fund letters, conferences and more

RGC

Source: shortvolume.com

However, as much as RGC and GME stock’s short volume profile is similar, not much is known about  the facts and figures of RGC, which is provided below. As of 16 May 2022, RGC’s founder and CEO  holds 10,539,159 ordinary shares, representing 81.0% of the total number of issued and outstanding  ordinary shares in RGC. RGC’s total cumulative short volume as reported by third party data analytics  provider is over 19 million shares and RGC’s total reported short volume to outstanding shares  (excluding CEO and Chairman ownership ratio) is over 7 times, which is almost double that of GME. Where are all the extra shares coming from?

For the Period 16 July 2021 to 16 May 2022 GME RGC Exchange Short Volume(i) 111,133,100 6,734,997

FINRA Short Volume(ii) 159,893,282 12,625,757

Total Reported Short Volume 271,026,382 19,360,754

Total Outstanding Shares 75,958,469 13,012,866

Chairman & CEO Holdings(iii) 10,369,462 10,539,159

Outstanding Shares Excluding CEO & Chairman 65,589,007 2,473,707

 4.13 7.83

Sources:

Total Reported Short Volume / Outstanding Shares  Excluding CEO & Chairman

(i) FINRA data from https://stocksera.pythonanywhere.com/

(ii) Exchange data from Futubull

(iii) Insiders (CEO and Former CEO) data from the latest schedule 14A and 13D filings

RGC

“Too often, sophisticated hedge funds have used short selling and complex derivatives to take  advantage of small investors. They will short a company, conduct a negative publicity campaign to  drive the stock price down temporarily and cash out, then do it all over again many times. The term  for this, as you may be aware, is ‘short & distort,’” Elon Musk wrote in his email exchange to CNBC.

As witnessed on Reddit and other social media and forums, especially during the GME short squeeze,  retail shareholders came together, driven by the community’s effort to punish market participants  who make a living shorting and distorting public companies, causing them to stumble and fall.

GME’s 3-year historical stock chart, net loss and net cash position at its financial year ended 2019 to  2022 are as follows:-

RGC

Financial year ended Net Profit/(Loss) ($ million) Net cash ($ million)
30 January 2019 (673) 803.6
30 January 2020 (470.9) 79.6
30 January 2021 (215.3) 145.8
30 January 2022 (381.3) 1,226.80

Source: Capital IQ

A short squeeze on GME created a return of 51x (current price to its historical low) to 191x (historical  high to its historical low), what is the potential for RGC if there is a short squeeze?

Founder & CEO’s Conviction Of A Better And Brighter Future

When insiders (and in the case of RGC, its CEO) have consistently bought shares of the company, it  demonstrates their confidence and belief in the company.

Since the listing of RGC on Nasdaq on 16 July 2021, RGC’s CEO has purchased over $5 million of ordinary shares and has not sold any shares. Such percentage of shareholding also gives confidence  to investors and potential investors alike as it is apparent the CEO is confident about the future of the  company.

The CEO is literally putting his money where his mouth is and he will continue to use his personal funds  to purchase company shares to demonstrate his commitment and confidence to the Company and his  position against short and distort sellers. To date, the CEO:-

  1. Has personally funded the company and did not pay himself back after IPO;
  • RGC’s CEO has continuously funded the Company since its incorporation up to the IPO without bank borrowing.
  • He converted his shareholders’ loan of $3.25 million to RGC’s ordinary shares upon listing.
  1. Is a listed company CEO who does not draw a salary and bonus; and
  • Pledged to not draw salary and bonus of more than US$1 until the Company reaches US$1 billion market capitalisation.
  • Reserved share options for all employees except himself.
  1. Has showed consistent support.
  • Of the 6,296 US-listed companies in 1Q 2022 (as published by Statista) and with reference to CEO share purchases data available on MarketBeat.com, RGC’s CEO is probably the only CEO who does not draw a salary and bonus, reserved share options for all employees  except himself and had continuously purchased more than $5 million worth of his  company’s shares.

Strong Shareholder Support

Short sellers may not have noticed or have overlooked this important shareholder composition. The  company is backed by strong shareholders, e.g., Samuel Chen and Fiona Chang, directors and  shareholders of Digital Mobile Ventures Ltd.

Samuel Chen was very successful alongside Li Ka-shing from his early investment in Zoom. He owned  8.8% of the total voting power in Zoom post-IPO and Zoom’s market capitalization peaked at US$161 billion on 19 October 2020.

Based on Schedule 13G filing with the SEC on 15 December 2021, Digital Mobile Ventures Ltd. is the  second largest shareholder in RGC, holding approximately 7.63% of the total outstanding shares.

Recent News

Following the announcement on 16 February 2022 of its investigational liquid-formula RGC-COV19TM showing effectiveness in eliminating mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms within a 6-day treatment

The company also recently announced that all directors and employees who were previously granted  stock options upon the Company’s IPO have agreed to a further lock-up undertaking for a period of six months after their stock options become vested; as their stock options are set to vest on 16 July 2022, their shares will remain locked up until 16 January 2023.

Recession-Resistant Stock

RGC CEO is a strong shareholder and will continue to invest in the company with the goal of saving  and improving the lives of patients, especially children.

Philanthropic project – helping people in need.

Regencell Foundation is a private philanthropic foundation established by RGC’s CEO in 2017. He is  currently spearheading a philanthropic project to provide grants to over 10,000 children afflicted with  ADHD, ASD, COVID-19 and those in severe financial conditions. RGC’s CEO started providing grants on  16 April 2022 and has helped over 150 children. Interested persons may see the company’s links below.


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https://www.regencellbioscience.com/regencell-foundation/

https://www.regencellbioscience.com/cash-donation-to-over-150-children-in-the-philippines during-covid-19/

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