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While the stock market’s performance of the past two days is enough to give most investors pause, an opportunity exists to invest in an under-the-radar firm in a fast-growing industry that trades at a low valuation relative to its peers and our price target. We initiated coverage of ML Capital Group (OTCQB – MLCG), an emerging company in the e-cigarette and vapor pen space, in June and the stock more than doubled in a matter of weeks as it had been oversold. The Company, and its industry are on a tremendous sales growth trajectory and we outline four reasons why to buy the stock in our latest research update.
Reason #3: Stock is way too cheap As noted in our June report, MLCG’s valuation pales in comparison to its publicly traded peers. For example, e-cig leader MCIG, which carries a $145M market cap, recorded sales of $110,000 for 1Q14 and vapor company Vape Holdings (OTCQB – VAPE), which recorded an estimated $31,000 in Q1 sales, carries a $19M market cap. This compares with the current $2M market value assigned MLCG. Even at our target price of $0.24, the market cap would only be $20M. As a result, this under-the-radar vapor pen and medical marijuana play offers the greatest upside, in our view. Reason #4: U.S. market trends are in the Company’s favor Just yesterday, Washington State became the second state in the country to open the market for the legal sale of recreational marijuana. Plus, other states and jurisdictions have gotten into the act. On Monday, the State of New York became the 23rd state in the union to legalize and permit the sale and use of medical marijuana, while in the District of Columbia voters appear to have gotten enough votes to have proposed recreational marijuana approval legislation on the ballot in November. All of these steps can exponentially increase the size of MLCG’s market. Bonus: With the stock market reeling, it should be noted that since a stock like MLCG does not trade in correlation with the broader market, the stock could offer a speculative, high potential alternative for opportunistic investors. For more information, please read or download our detailed Company Report issued on June 17, 2014. http://www.goldmanresearch.com/20140617787/Opportunity-Research/the-top-vapor-pen-opportunity.html Recent Trading History For MLCG (Source: www.Stockta.com) 
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