China Shenghuo Pharmaceutical Holdings (NYSE Alternext US:
KUN)
(??????(??)????) has resumed trading on the NYSE Alternext US exchange. In early
action, the price of its shares was cut in half, dropping 98 cents (52%) to
$.91.
The company’s stock was suspended from trading in late August
because China Shenghuo was late in filing its financial statements. The company
said two of its accounting personnel falsified records, issuing bogus employee
advances and inflating the collection of trade receivables. In late November,
China Shenghuo released restated financial reports for 2007 and the first three
quarters of 2008.
Thus far in 2008, China Shenghuo is reporting that
revenues are higher by 43% at $21.4 million. Unfortunately, expenses are rising
faster than revenues, leaving the company with a net loss of $2.2 million. At
the same point in 2007, the company reported positive earnings of $3.7 million
or 19 cents per share.
China Shenghuo derives 90% of its revenues from
Xuesaitong Soft Capsules, a TCM used to increase blood circulation. In January,
the SFDA approved Tian Xin Soft Capsules, an OTC nutritional supplement. Like
Xuesaitong Soft Capsules, the new product is based on the Sanchi root. The
company has also begun a Phase III clinical trial for Wei Dingkang Soft
Capsules, a TCM that treats peptic ulcer disease by inhibiting the growth of
helicobacter pylori.
At the present price, China Shenghuo’s market
capitalization has shrunk to $18 million, a little more than half of its
expected 2008 revenues.