Added to YB: 2026-08-27
Pitch date: 2026-08-24
XHLD [bearish]
TEN Holdings, Inc.
-11.76%
current return
Author Info
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Company Info
TEN Holdings, Inc. provides event planning, production, and broadcasting services in the United States.
Market Cap
$91.6M
Pitch Price
$7.65
Price Target
N/A
Dividend
N/A
EV/EBITDA
-6.64
P/E
-1.45
EV/Sales
30.47
Sector
Media
Category
special_situation
XHLD: A Shady Underwriter’s Pump & Dump on the Brink of T-12 Halting
XHLD (short): Short thesis: XHLD is a ~25-person events-services vendor (2 developers) dressed as AI/SaaS; FY25 rev $3.1M (-11.4% YoY), net loss $19.5M (~6x rev), going-concern, accumulated deficit ~$27.3M, 66.7% single-customer concentration. Trades ~$91.7M cap (~29x annualized rev) after August melt-up from $0.80 (8/5) to $8.30 (8/19). Bancroft Capital-underwritten IPO (Feb 2025, priced $6, spiked >$100, collapsed to ~$18 in 4 days); Bancroft named by Bloomberg among 'apparent pump-and-dump' underwriters, ~half of deals later flagged. DOJ grand-jury + SEC subpoenas into IPO and 4 same-day advisory contracts ($5.4M, ~61% of net proceeds) that Board itself calls lacking 'economic substance'; former parent V-Cube got auditor disclaimer over same fees; entire IPO-era management gone. Survival via serial dilution: shares 3.98M→11.98M in 6mo (+201%), 15:1 reverse split, Lincoln Park $20M line (~$18M left), $500K Reg-S placement to buyer at a Chinese state farm, $100K/mo MicroCap 'market awareness' promo.
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