Maven company stock down 40%

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   jackclee lmposted 6 years ago

   Is there something we are missing? Why is the Maven company tanking?
   They acquired Hubpages and then partnered with po.et...
   What next?
   
   Their website has remained the same over the past month...
   Very few changes or new postings...
   
   What are they doing and how are they making money?
   
   Where is the innovation and the synergy?
   
   So far, they have not impressed me and I hope it changes ASAP...

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      promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Penny stocks are highly volatile and very risky. Otherwise, I suggest reading the company's financial statements to find out more about its performance.

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         Rock_njposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         OTC / Pennystocks like MVEN are notorious for selling off after a run up.  A lot of times the companies dilute the shareholder's holdings by issuing and selling additional stock, driving down the price. 
         
         I wouldn't worry about it so much.  How old is MVEN?  A year or so?  This company is just getting started.  If the founders and management have the right vision, then over time, perhaps many years, it will do well. 
         
         I am also not crazy about theMaven.com site setup.  Looks too much like the type of content farm that Google frowns upon, but I'm sure they know that.

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            robhamptonposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            Actually I think Maven has been around for a long time. Look at MVEN lifetime stock graph.

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               Rock_njposted 6 years agoin reply to this

               TheMaven Inc. took over a penny stock trading on the Over the Counter market (OTC) that was called Integrated Surgical Systems, Inc. in late 2016 / early 2017 in a reverse merger of some kind. I remember reading in their earnings release last quarter that they haven't been in business long and had grown a lot since inception.  Two good things are that so far the stock float (# of shares available) is quite low for a pennystock (but that could change if they issue more shares) and they appear to be in good standings with otcmarkets.com (meaning they are doing their filings on time and keeping to the standards needed to stay in good standing).
               
               More info about MVEN at:  https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/MVEN/profile

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            promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            Yes, I agree about a selloff. Time will tell if it's a good buy. I'm more concerned about people on HP who recommend buying the stock without doing their homework.

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      robhamptonposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Time to buy? I'd say yes

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         promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Only if you like high risk.

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      robhamptonposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Little off topic, but what actually IS Maven? I've been to the sight themaven.net and can't make any sense out of this page. Is it a blog? a newsfeed?, somewhere for the owners to post how awesome they are? If I wanted to read something on the internet that would be the last site I'd go to. I just can't tell what it is.

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         psycheskinnerposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         It's a collection of content sites (a.k.a. content farm) just like we are.

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            robhamptonposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            Hubpages is no longer a content farm. That was the point of the vertical sites.

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               jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this

               I get that but the vertical sites are not doing any better than what the old HubPages... as far as I can tell. This business of accommodating to the whims of google is a loosing proposition, IMHO.

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                  robhamptonposted 6 years agoin reply to this

                  Well then you must not be doing something right cuz I've been raking it in since they started the vertical sites.

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   Kierstin Gunsbergposted 6 years ago

   They did make an investor update yesterday.
   Here's the thing, if they really want investors to feel positive about Maven as a content platform, then the content needs to be top notch. Not updating the content looks sketchy for sure.

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      Jeremy Gillposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Kierstin, would you mind saying what you're referring with "not updating the content"?

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   Kierstin Gunsbergposted 6 years ago

   Jeremy, if you go to some of their subs (I just checked on Politics/Causes for example), and you sort the stories by "newest" the content is all from several weeks ago, reaching into last summer. I feel like HubPages does a good job of keeping their niche sites current. Even if some of the "featured" content is old(ish), it's still being updated often and they're always working to bring new content over.

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   dougwest1posted 6 years ago

   jacklee:
   Maven stock (MVEN) is a micro-cap stock with only 38.5 million in market capitalization. I couldn't find any earnings reported on my TDAmeritrade account information on the stock. These small stocks typically don't perform well. Maybe the acquisition with Hubpages will help. I am not a buyer of this stock.

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      Rock_njposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      MVEN did have a quarterly report a few months ago, with another one expected soon.  It appears their revenue is growing rapidly, but they are not making a profit at this point.  HubPages may help their bottom line, if HubPages is profitable.

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      Rock_njposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Maven Reports Rapid Growth in Monthly Organic Users and Reports Q3 Results
      
      November 17, 2017
      
      Maven today announced that its monthly traffic is climbing at an accelerated rate – from 900,000 unique users in September to 3.6 million in October, with the trend line continuing in November.

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      promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Yahoo Finance has financial statements.
      
      https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/MVEN/financials?p=MVEN

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         jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         This is from 2016...
         And it does not show promise...
         What about this past year and past quarter since buying HubPages...?

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            promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            Yahoo Finance hasn't received the full 2017 report yet. You can see the most recent quarterly statement for 2017 by clicking on the link that says Quarter.

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   Miebakagh57posted 6 years ago

   Such a traffic trend can't be real. Or its just AI driven.
   I for many were disappointed when HubPages was sold to them

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   Rock_njposted 6 years ago

   HubPages management has indicated that the vertical sites have performed quite well.  The Hubs I have on them consistently get views to a greater to lesser extent, but views nonetheless.

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      jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      The only data I have is my 500 hubs and about 5 percent have been moved to verticle sites.
      My stats does not show any improvement of the ones moved vs. the ones staying on hubpages in terms of view counts.
      In addition, my google page rank is higher for many of my articles on Hubpages vs. the verticle sites.

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