hangseng
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I have a question regarding the recent ann on the introduction of PEN to the S and P All Ords Index. I realise that entry into the ASX 300 allows investment firms to acquire a greater percentage of PEN as it is still considered a speculative stock. But what effect does entry to the All Ords Index have?
Hi chesteiger, thanks for the kind words.
Basically it has the same affect in that funds can now buy PEN albeit at lower percentages, dependent on each funds invetment limitations. The ASX300 will permit higher percentages, as will the ASX200, ASX100 and ASX50.
If it wasn't before it will now be on fund managers watch lists, as the next step is entry to the ASX300. PEN must hold the required market cap for at least 6months to gain entry to the ASX300. Already the market cap is high enough, however PEN hasn't had that for the required 6 month period.
Funds will love the liquidity of PEN, an often overlooked benefit of having a high number of shares. Stocks with low liquidity are often overlooked, unless they provide good dividend returns and long term capital growth.
PEN won't be providing dividends any time soon, but offers potentially very high short, medium and long term capital growth with excellent liquidity.
The games being played at the moment indicate to me PEN is already in the control of a large player. As long as the top20 keeps increasing as it has then we can be satisfied accumulation is the objective.
I trust that helps generally with your question.
As an example by the way.
SDL rose around 10 times higher with entry to the ASX300, I was lucky enough to have bought way before it happened at around 8c and it was great to be in rather than out. There was other factors as well that contributed to the meteoric rise to over 80c, including appointment of George Jones to the board and the late Ken Talbot investing a massive sum into SDL. However entry to the ASX300 resulted in a notable significant rise.