Everyone is puzzled by what has been going on with the share price. Cash flow, working capital management, return on investment, return of cash through dividends buyback, intrinsic value evaluation, cost of capital, communication with investment community, etc. are the job of a good financial officer. If you look at the management structure including the board, this company is run by the Ph.Ds and engineers. This could be the culture of German company especially for a small company, but I wonder that this is an area that needs some change. How to enhance the shareholder value especially from the $$$ perspective not just through "long term" valuation, and communicate effectively with the investment community, should be a very important function and focus of a chief executive manager. I am not sensing that at this point. |