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This week’s Microcap Information Arbitrage Weekly Wrap-Up is ready —where we help our subscribers get back on track with important information included in our morning email updates and cut through the noise to spot what others have missed.
Last week, we highlighted my conversation with Mike of the Multibagger Monitor Substack.
Inside this week’s issue, I summarize my Investor Insight Skull Session with another Mike and full-time investor, Mike Schellinger.
I’ll also touch on:
- The eighth stock we just added to our data center screen last week plus a ninth stock we’re about to add
- An earnings recaps on Covalon Technologies Ltd. (OOTC:CVALF) (COV.V), Biorem, Inc. (OOTC:BIRMF) (BRM.V), Namesilo Technologies Corp. (OOTC:URLOF) (URL.CN) and B.O.S. Better Online Solutions (NASDAQ:BOSC).
- A small contract win for an industrial solutions provider that is more meaningful than the contract size portrays.
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Before I get into my discussion with Mike Schellinger, and because we just launched our new Data Center Screen, let’s take a look at some return stats of Geoinvesting’s top performing and first stock screen we launched in 2016 👉 the Infrastructure Screen. Well, we actually added the first stock to the screen in 2012 and then went crazy with it in 2016, with 16 additions.
We create screens to help GeoInvesting subscribers start their research process associated with trends we think will produce multibaggers.
All told, there are 25 stocks in the infrastructure screen, 15 of which were multibaggers at their peaks (10 using current or acquired returns). Additionally, 6 (24% of the stocks) have been acquired.
Maybe you’ll recognize some of the names in this screen, like Ies Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:IESC), Nv5 Global, Inc. (NASDAQ:NVEE), Limbach Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LMB), Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (NASDAQ:STRL), Jacobs Solutions Inc. (NYSE:J), and Willdan Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:WLDN).
Anyways, in case you missed it, on Wednesday we added our eighth stock to Geoinvesting’s NEW Data Center Screen launched just two weeks ago and guess where we pulled it from? The Infrastructure Screen.
Funny enough, the stock increased 1900% at its peak since I conducted a February 25, 2016 site visit. Now I’m digging in to see if their data center business will set the stock up for a round 2 multi-bagger trip.
Infrastructure stocks are great places to hunt for data center pick and shovel stocks. In fact, 15 stocks in the screen have exposure to the data center market.
Honestly and unfortunately, I didn’t see that connection early enough to fully play the infrastructure data center theme. I was already long gone from owning many of these stocks.
We’ll see if the eighth company in the data center screen will give me a chance at my revenge, even though I have not developed the conviction to own it yet. I just need to reconnect with management.
While we’re on the data center conversation, we forgot to add another company to the data center screen due to this tiny disclosure mentioned in a recent press release…
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Now, onto a recap of a great conversation I had with one of the most respected investors in microcap land: Mike Schellinger.
This turned out to be a great time to catch up with Mike, since he’ll be at Scott Weis’ 6th Annual CEO Event in Chicago on Monday (tomorrow), where 6 companies, Tecogen Inc. (NYSE:TGEN), Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAKE), Branchout Food Inc. (NASDAQ:BOF), Nexgel, Inc (NASDAQ:NXGL), Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:KIND), and Ascent Industries Co. (NASDAQ:ACNT), will be pitching their stories to 32 investors over dinner.
I’ll be interviewing the CEO of Tecogen Inc. (NYSE:TGEN), wearing my Tss, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSSI) shirt to motivate him! Don’t screw this up Abinand!
This will be back to back years in which I will have interviewed a data center stock at Scott’s event. Last year, it was the CEO of TSSI, Darryll Dewan.
By the way, I’m planning an delivering a surprise “gift” for Geoinvesting Subscribers when I return from the event 🤐🤫 🤞
Investor Focus: Lessons from a Microcap Diehard
Mike Schellinger is known on Twitter as @MikeDDKing and was a key person in building the Microcap Club (MCC) to what it is today. By the way, Mike carried the number one spot on the MCC investor leader board for many months, and still ranks in the top 5, years later.
I’ve wanted to sit down with Mike for a while, and the conversation didn’t disappoint. For anyone who’s ever tried to make a career out of tracking down value where no one’s looking and managing the chaos of illiquid names—Mike is one of the most seasoned investors to do it.
Mike’s hands-on research process totally resonates with me. He doesn’t just screen for stocks. He hunts. Every morning starts with a ritual: reading through SEC and SEDAR filings and press releases, meticulously sorted by tickers he’s owned or researched—over a thousand by his count.
This takes me back to my early days as an investor, where I relied heavily on press release research, due to the lack of resources available to the “poor” everyday investor at that time. I still carry that part of my research process with me today, so it was great to talk to Mike about how he mines press releases on a daily basis to uncover mispriced microcaps before the crowd catches on.
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Mike isn’t afraid to act fast on a quietly bullish 10-Q, but what makes his edge durable is the deep context he builds over time. Mike’s a press release hawk and a believer in info arbitrage, the kind you only earn by obsessing over the small stuff that others skim past. You can imagine that I connected with that.
His story started with a background in embedded software engineering and a father who was a CPA. That combination of analytical rigor and financial curiosity laid the foundation. But it was the low valuation rabbit hole that pulled him into microcaps, and he’s been neck-deep in them ever since. He’s weathered cycles, survived value traps, and held names for years when conviction and liquidity allowed.
Pacific Health Care Org. (OOTC:PFHO) was a standout case—he started buying it at 50 cents in the early 20-teens(or $0.03, 16:1 forward split adjusted) and watched it go to $60 ( $3.75 split adjusted), all because he caught a strong quarter in the filings before anyone else did. But he was quick to note, the fun can end fast if you don’t plan your exit in illiquid names, where timing your sell can matter as much as nailing the buy. The stock currently trades at $0.84.
I purposely brought up PFHO in our conversation because it’s a stock that GeoInvesting eventually highlighted when it traded at $0.235 (split adjusted) on 5/16/2012. The company helps its customers manage their Workmen’s Compensation affairs.
I was so happy that I thought I found the company before the crowd, as well as excited to profile the company on MicroCapClub (MCC)—until I realized that Mike had already profiled the stock on MCC.
Obviously, PFHO was one of Mike’s picks that helped propel him to the number one spot on the MCC leaderboard. Ah…what my life could’ve been like had I beat Mike to the punch. I still don’t forgive him for this!
Interestingly, I remember being able to build a rather sizable position in this illiquid stock, proving what I’ve mostly experienced in the microcap arena. If you get in early enough or during market dislocations, you’ll find enough liquidity to build a nice position in even illiquid stocks.
There’s always some disappointed or disgruntled seller out there. You just have to flush them out. Sometimes it’s ignorance, sometimes it’s buyer’s fatigue/frustration, and sometimes it’s market panic, margin calls or a fund winding down its position.
Mike’s approach is rooted in growth over deep value. He’s not necessarily chasing turnarounds or broken stories for the sake of cheapness. He wants revenue and earnings moving in the right direction, preferably with a small hint in the filing that the next quarter will look even better. That’s what excites him—an inflection point that the market hasn’t priced in/found yet.
He’s also candid about where he draws lines—steering clear of Chinese stocks, approaching private placements with caution, and maintaining a healthy skepticism toward promotional management teams. While Mike does occasionally call CEOs, it’s not necessarily to dig for info, but to better understand how operators think—gauging tone, trustworthiness, and strategic posture.
As we discussed the art of interpreting communication, I shared one of my own favorite reminders: “There’s the literal press release… and then there’s reading between the lines.” That slight detail—seeing what’s not said—is a skill Mike clearly values too.
At one point, I recalled a CEO who once hung up on me after bluntly saying, “Just read the filing.” Mike laughed; he’d been there in his own way. That’s the nature of this work. You fish in obscure waters long enough, you learn what a real opportunity smells like—and when to toss one back. By the way, regarding the CEO of that company that hung up on me years ago, well, that was the Buffett-like stock we highlighted here.
My chat with Mike reminded me just how much of this game is about putting in the hours and sharpening your instincts. In a time when AI tempts us with shortcuts, it’s a lesson that newer investors in particular would be wise to keep in mind.
A few clips from my talk with Mike
Mike Schellinger on How a Software Engineer Became a Microcap Diehard
Mike Schellinger & Maj on Sizing Up Positions and Knowing When to Trim
Mike Schellinger on Why He Prioritizes Growth Over Deep Value
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