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Thursday, August 02, 2007

End of Summer Burners

With the fall market just around the corner, we are all revving up to lose the khaki shorts and get back into the swing of trading. In the meantime, we are wrapping up our last summer trading month with a few companies showing increased revenue and progressive market strategy - both features of course being highly ranked.

First on the chalkboard today is ATSI Communications Inc. (OTCBB: ATSX). Announcing a 12th consecutive quarter of record revenue this morning, ATSX is proving to be one of the biggest micro-cap turnaround stories of the past 5 years.

Growing Growing Growing

During troubled times back in 2004, management proved to be ahead of the trends, effectively targeting the white hot Latin American VoIP market with a top-notch offering and growing revenues from $1.3M. ATSX now expects to bring in more than $30M during '07 (fiscal yr. ended 7/31/07).

In addition to 3yr. revenue growth that exceeds 2200% and a stellar Q4 that brought record gross profits for the company, ATSX continues to see improvements trickle down to the bottom line. With consecutive quarters of positive cash flow and earnings per share (5 & 3 respectively) under their belt and a rapidly expanding market to serve (38% of Intl calls now made by Hispanics), ATSX is gaining some serious momentum heading into FY2008.

Slicing into a Very Lucrative Market

Although we may not be getting any fitter, U.S. consumers are becoming increasingly health conscious. I mean seriously, you know the times are changing when not only are cardiac system nemeses such as McDonalds, KFC, Taco Bell, & Crisco taking measures to remove trans-fats from their foods - America's largest city (as well as a growing number of others) is on a quest to take trans fat off the menu for good in restaurants.

Staying ahead of the trends and slickly positioning itself as an early market entrant - Tootie Pie Company Inc. (OTCBB: TOOT) announced today that that all pies produced by the company are now available in Trans Fat Free varieties. How about that for a sales pitch - both internally and for the company's who' who list of regional and North American distributors? (Sysco, Ben E. Keith, US Foods).

TOOT in the Right Place
With New York City and Philadelphia already in the process of cleaning up their food supplies, consumers are demanding more and more "healthy products". Exhibiting this fact, marketresearch.com has found that sales of functional foods - better defined by the source as: "those marketed primarily as offering positive health benefits beyond basis nutrition" reached $24.8 billion in '06 and are expected to increase 56%, hitting $38.8 by 2011.

$100 Billion Market

Further emphasizing the point, Natural Marketing Institute estimates that the total market for healthful offerings posted $91.1 billion in sales in 2006, a number expected to increase 13.1% in 2007, reaching $103.3 billion in sales.

It looks as though health related and healthy food products are in high demand and an increasingly growing market and TOOT stands ready to meet demand.

You cannot argue with rising revenue and being on the cutting edge of one's market. So just to end your summer with a kick, these two companies show strong growth and even stronger potential. In fact, this is exactly what you should be looking for in your micro-cap investments.

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