SALT LAKE CITY, UT / ACCESSWIRE / August 25, 2015 / In 2015, digital-based markets have emerged as standard bearers across the entire financial landscape. Mobile gaming, in particular, has stood out as a front-runner in the digital sector, with mobile games projected to gross between 20 and 30 billion this year alone. These games can be programmed and sold inexpensively allowing mobile gaming companies to thrive thanks to low production costs and budget expenses. Meanwhile, in-app purchases often entice consumers to spend ever-increasing amounts for digital content. When a new, free-to-play mobile game goes viral, but offers numerous in-game purchases, total revenues resulting from a single game can be substantial.
While the viral, swift dominance of the mobile gaming industry isn't news to most, the important thing for investors is the ability to identify which companies have the potential to be the next big thing. One possible candidate is Tapinator Inc (TAPM). In the last two trading sessions, TAPM has experienced big gains, rising over 60% to settle in at .255 per share. The company continues to crack Google Play's lists of the most popularly downloaded mobile games, and Tapinator's recent financial and operating results demonstrated quarterly revenues that grew 172% year-over-year and 49% quarter over quarter. Tapinator was also able to eliminate all previously outstanding debt via a financing transaction that improved the company's liquidity.
This is the company's fifth quarter in a row with substantial revenue growth. Coupled with a consistent schedule of newly released games, such as the extremely popular Burn It Down, which became a Top 50 iOS game, Tapinator appears to be on the right track for sustained long term growth. Average new daily downloads are up 268% year-over-year and 139% sequentially. In this industry, that kind of activity can only be achieved through strong word-of-mouth marketing and customer loyalty, which are the keys to producing the next big game to go viral.
Also making waves in the digital sector is Avra, Inc Digital Currencies (AVRN). Like Tapinator, Avra is a potential new leader in their field that has also experienced recent gains. The company saw heavy volume on Friday that raised its stock up 27%, even despite downward trends in the Dow and Nasdaq figures for that particular session. Avra aims to be one of the first major players to bring one of the internet's biggest phenomena bitcoin to the masses.
Bitcoin is a digital currency traded online to make payments and buy merchandise. It exists without the regulation of a centralized banking system, which allows for lower fees, faster service, and less hassle. Avra's systems specialize in the use of bitcoin for the purpose of travel-based purchases in popular tourist stops like casinos, hotels, and airports. The locations targeted by the company are frequented by a tech-savvy demographic that falls between the ages of 21 and 35. Using bitcoin for their purchases allows for an easy, quick, and safe method of payment for customers who tend to be pressed for time and seeking an easy payment method.
Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. (EKSO) is another new player in digital technologies with a product that has potential to break into a number of markets like healthcare, military, and consumer. Trading at 1.10 per share with an average volume of 731K, the company manufactures wearable bionic exoskeletons that increase human strength, endurance, and mobility - a product with multiple purposes such as aiding the disabled or increasing the efficiency of military tactics. The company has gained traction recently with a software upgrade earlier in the summer, and its CEO appearing on FOX Business Network at the beginning of August.
For investors interested in TAPM or EKSO, a company with a similar profile is Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL), a clinical-stage bio pharmaceutical company with a varied portfolio of potential drug candidates to treat CNS disorders such as Alzheimer's. AVXL trades at 1.46 with a market cap of over 175M.
With multiple industries driving toward digital products and services, the tech giants of today could soon be yesterday's news, supplanted by young companies on the rise like Tapinator, Inc. or Avra. Mobile gaming in particular is one of the most exciting, rapidly moving sectors on Wall Street. A stock like TAPM could be the seed that fuels growth for investors.
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