So far, Mercado Pago has 28 million users in Brazil and great growth potential.
A ratio below 1 means the company has enough earnings to cover its dividend obligations, and a much lower ratio usually reflects lots of room for dividend growth in the future.
That’s not necessarily bad, if the company has ample cash on hand to handle it and if it’s just due to a temporary problem such as, perhaps, a supply chain issue.
Mutual funds will occasionally close to new investors for a time, if their managers find themselves with more shareholder dollars to invest than great ideas for where to invest them.
From E.S., online: Years back I was a total newbie, frequently searching online for “best stocks right now.” I ended up finding a tiny stock.
I learned my lesson: I’ll never fall for another pump-and-dump scheme like that again, and if I end up riding any false wave, I know to jump off immediately.
The Fool responds: Don’t be too hard on yourself — even the best investors make some regrettable moves, and new investors can make many.
As you know now, many penny stocks can be manipulated in “pump-and-dump” schemes.
Initial endeavors included trying to grow chickens more rapidly, and an early success was cloning a gene that led to my successful drug Epogen, which treats anemia.