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Confused about what happened to NILE Stock? Why is it not available for trading?

The article delves extensively into the merger between BitNile and Ault Alliance and discusses how BitNile stock (NYSE American: NILE) post-transition is traded as Ault Alliance stock (NYSE American: AULT).

It also focuses on how Ault Alliance has performed as a company in the past and takes a detailed look into the analysis of its stock AULT from different analysts’ perspectives.

It also sheds light on what BitNile has diverted its focus into.

Key Takeaways:


What are BitNile, NILE Stock, Ault Alliance, and AULT Stock?

Ault Alliance, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, decided to merge with and into BitNile Holdings, Inc. and renamed the parent company Ault Alliance, Inc. after an announcement by the Group in a press release.

Ault Alliance is a holding company with a diversified portfolio that focuses on acquiring undervalued businesses and technologies that are disruptive and have a worldwide impact.

Ault Alliance Holding Structure
Source: Screenshot from ault.com

Ault Alliance owns and operates a Bitcoin Data Mining Center with the help of its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries and strategic investments.

It provides mission-critical products required in various industries, including oil exploration, crane services, defense/aerospace, industrial, automotive, medical or biopharma, consumer electronics, hotel operations, and textiles.

Ault Alliance is also a licensed credit lending division, where it extends credit to selected startup and entrepreneurial businesses.

Before the merger, BitNile traded as NILE stock on the NYSE.

After the merger, BitNile doesn’t trade as NILE stock on the NYSE and trades under the Group’s ticker, AULT.

After the merger, their corporate headquarters became the same as the Ault Alliance and came under the same management.

They have also re-aligned their focus to Metaverse and customized VIP experiences for consumers.

BitNile Company Details

Company Name

BitNile Holdings, Inc.

Year Founded

2014

Headquarters

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Founder

Milton “Todd” Ault III

CEO

William B. Horne

Ticker

NYSE American: NILE (Now traded as NYSE American: AULT)

Current Status

Wholly Merged & now a subsidiary of “Ault Alliance.”

Website

bitnile.com

 

Ault Alliance Company Details

Company Name

Ault Alliance, Inc.

Year Founded

1969

Year of IPO

1996

Headquarters

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Founder

Milton “Todd” Ault III

CEO

William B. Horne

Ticker

NYSE American: AULT

Industry

Electrical Products

Sector

Producer Manufacturing

Number of Employees

318

Market Cap

$34.849 million

Revenue

$107.79 million

Website

ault.com

When did NILE Stock become AULT Stock?

As per an official press release by Ault Alliance on December 20, 2022, they decided to merge their wholly owned subsidiary Ault Alliance, Inc. or AAI with and into BitNile Holdings, Inc. by January 3, 2023

They decided that AAI would not exist anymore post-merger, and the business of BitNile Holdings, Inc. would continue. Still, the entire parent group will be renamed Ault Alliance, Inc. on the day of the merger.

On this day, i.e., January 3, 2023, the company decided that the NILE stock would no longer be continued, and Ault Alliance, Inc.’s stock would continue trading under the ticker AULT.

The Founder and the CEO of the company Ault Alliance, Milton “Todd” Ault III, stated that the name change to Ault Alliance reflects the changes that they began to build in 2017 and the growth that the company has seen to become the diversified holding company that it is today with more than $600 million in assets.

He further mentioned that Ault Alliance aims to operate in three main segments.

The three main segments are as follows:

  • Hotels, Real Estate, and Data Center:

      • Ault Global Real Estate Equities, Inc.

      • Four Midwest Marriott and Hilton hotels

      • St. Petersburg, Florida land development project

      • Alliance Cloud Services, LLC – the Michigan data center

      • Limited partnership investment in Hotel Fouquet’s New York.


Revenue Projection by the company

As per another announcement, the plans to spin off Imperalis Holding Corp (to be renamed TurnOnGreen, Inc.) and Giga-Tronics Incorporated.

The company expects that apart from the revenue from the spinoff, Ault Alliance will reach $200 million in revenue for 2023.

The company is restructuring to focus on the goals and make them more transparent and achievable. The company would be focusing on maximizing the return for its shareholders by increasing the value of the stock.

They will not engage in any significant acquisition in 2023 and will focus solely on growing the company internally and raising the market cap and revenue.

Ault Alliance Company Stats and Ault Stock Performance

Let’s check the company stats as reported by Yahoo Finance.

 

Ault Alliance Financial Performance

Profitability

Profit Margin

-81.03%

Operating Margin (ttm)

-35.42%

Management Effectiveness

Return on Assets (ttm)

-5.70%

Return on Equity (ttm)

-26.88%

Income Statement

Revenue (ttm)

107.79M

Revenue Per Share (ttm)

0.57

Quarterly Revenue Growth (yoy)

N/A

Gross Profit (ttm)

28.54M

EBITDA

-25.44M

Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)

-87.58M

Diluted EPS (ttm)

-0.7400

Quarterly Earnings Growth (yoy)

N/A

Balance Sheet

Total Cash (mrq)

21.5M

Total Cash Per Share (mrq)

0.06

Total Debt (mrq)

100.97M

Total Debt/Equity (mrq)

22.15

Current Ratio (mrq)

1.35

Book Value Per Share (mrq)

0.94

Cash Flow Statement

Operating Cash Flow (ttm)

8.18M

Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)

-230.32M

Legend: ttm – trailing twelve months, yoy – year over year, mrq – most recent quarter

  • As we can see from the company stats, the Profit Margin and Operating Margin are both negative and stand at -81.03% and -35.42%, respectively. It indicates that the company incurred a considerable loss in the last financial year.

  • It is further cemented by the fact that Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity(ROE) are negative at -5.70% and -26.88%, respectively.

  • ROA measures a company’s profitability in terms of its assets. It helps us understand if the company is generating profits from its assets. A negative value indicates utilization is not optimum.

  • ROE, on the other hand, is derived by dividing Net income by Shareholders’ Equity. Since the income is negative, hence there is no ROE; hence it is negative.

  • The revenue at $107.79 million is good, but there hasn’t been much growth. The Gross Profit is positive at $28.54 million, but the EBITDA is negative at -$25.44 million. It indicates operational challenges, and the cash flow is very poor.

  • Ault Alliance has a massive debt of $100.97 million, and the Total Debt to Equity Ratio is 22.15, which is exceptionally high compared to the acceptable range of 2-2.5.

  • It means the revenue is insufficient to cover its liabilities and indicates that the company’s growth is financed. It poses a significant risk to the investors and the shareholders.

AULT Stock Performance

Stock Price History

52-Week Change

-88.61%

S&P500 52-Week Change

-12.41%

52 Week High

1.0500

52 Week Low

0.0800

50-Day Moving Average

0.1232

200-Day Moving Average

0.2030


Share Statistics

Avg Vol (3 month)

6.6M

Avg Vol (10 day)

7.15M

Shares Outstanding

394.7M

Implied Shares Outstanding

N/A

Float

306.02M

% Held by Insiders

13.29%

% Held by Institutions

6.90%

Shares Short (Feb 27, 2023)

14.4M

Short Ratio (Feb 27, 2023)

2.52

Short % of Float (Feb 27, 2023)

4.15%

Short % of Shares Outstanding (Feb 27, 2023)

3.65%

Shares Short (prior month Jan 30, 2023)

13.27M

  • We can see that Ault Alliance’s AULT stock has dropped by 88.61% in 52 weeks. The 52-week high was $1.05, and the 52-week low was $0.080.

  • At the time of writing, AULT stock’s current market price is $0.088.

  • The average quarterly volume has been 6.6 million, and the number of shares outstanding is 394.7 million.

  • The massive drop in the stock’s current price indicates that investors have lost confidence in the stock. The bear phase that the stock market is going through and the macroeconomic factors have further added to the woes.

  • However, the company has seen a complete restructuring of late, and it will take some time to regain the investors’ trust. They have announced that they will now focus on generating high revenues and creating value for investors and shareholders.

AULT Major Holders

Let us look at the breakdown of the major holders of the Ault Alliance.

13.29%

% of Shares Held by All Insider

6.90%

% of Shares Held by Institutions

7.96%

% of Float Held by Institutions

54

Number of Institutions Holding Shares

Top Institutional Holders

HolderSharesDate Reported% OutValue
Vanguard Group, Inc. (The)13,386,481Dec 30, 20223.39%1,256,990
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,377,884Dec 30, 20220.60%223,283
Blackrock Inc.1,699,682Dec 30, 20220.43%159,600
Marshall Wace LLP1,360,034Dec 30, 20220.34%127,707
Two Sigma Investments, LP926,075Dec 30, 20220.23%86,958
State Street Corporation775,723Dec 30, 20220.20%72,840
Gsa Capital Partners Llp742,754Dec 30, 20220.19%69,744
Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation718,323Dec 30, 20220.18%67,450
Northern Trust Corporation485,069Dec 30, 20220.12%45,547
Group One Trading, L.P.445,906Dec 30, 20220.11%41,870

AULT Stock Analysis

Let us check the analysis of the AULT stock by analysts from Tradingview and Simply Wall ST.

Analysis by Tradingview

Ault Stock Weekly Buy Sell Indicator by Tradingview
Source: Screenshot from tradingview.com
Ault Stock Weekly Buy Sell Indicators based on Oscillators and Moving Average by Tradingview Analysts
Source: Screenshot from tradingview.com

As we can see on the weekly timeframe, 14 out of 26 analysts have concluded that AULT stock should be sold, which is why the indicator shows the “SELL” signal.

The Oscillators are showing “Neutral,” and Moving Averages are showing a “Strong Sell” signal on a weekly timeframe.

Ault Stock Monthly Buy Sell Indicator by Tradingview
Source: Screenshot from tradingview.com
Ault Stock Monthly Buy Sell Indicators based on Oscillators and Moving Average by Tradingview Analysts
Source: Screenshot from tradingview.com

The majority of analysts, 15 out of 26, have concluded that AULT stock should be sold, which is why the indicator shows the “SELL” signal on a monthly timeframe.

The Oscillators are showing a “Neutral” and Moving Averages are showing a “Strong Sell” signal on a monthly timeframe.

Note: The oscillators include various indicators such as RSI, Stoch RSI, MACD, etc., and the Moving Averages include different moving averages such as EMA 20, EMA 50, SMA 20, SMA 50, SMA 200, etc.

Analysis by Simply Wall ST

Let’s check some critical points identified by Simply Wall ST.

  • The share price has been highly volatile compared to 90% of the other stocks in the last three months.

  • Shareholders have been substantially diluted in the past year. There has been a significant shareholder dilution in the previous year.

  • Ault Alliance has not been able to build a substantial market cap (its currently $34.85 million).

  • Their shareholder return of -89.4% is significantly lower than the US Electrical Industry, which gave a return of -16.1%

  • They also underperformed the US Market, which returned -13.7%.

  • AULT’s short-term assets ($100.1M) exceed its short-term liabilities ($74.4M) and also exceed its long-term liabilities ($80.6M).

  • AULT’s net debt-to-equity ratio is 15.7% and is considered satisfactory. Their Total Debt to Equity Ratio is 20.4% which is high, but they have reduced the debt from 68.2% to 20.45.

  • AULT has sufficient cash runaway for two months and has raised additional capital.

Price to Sales or PS Ratio of AULT

Since Ault Alliance is unprofitable, we use the PS Ratio to measure its relative value.

The Price to Sales or PS Ratio is calculated by dividing the share price by the company’s annual Revenue per Share.

AULT PS Ratio stands at 0.3x

 

AULT’s PS Ratio vs. Peers

Ault Stock Price to Sales Ratio against Peers Graph by Simplywallstreet
Source: Screenshot from simplywall.st

 

AULT’s PS Ratio is much better as compared to its peers, who have an average PS Ratio of 47.3x


AULT’s PS Ratio vs. Industry

Ault Stock Price to Sales Ratio against Industry Graph by Simplywallstreet
Source: Screenshot from simplywall.st

 

AULT PS Ratio is also better than the US Electrical Industry having an average PS Ratio of 1.7x.

 

AULT Stock Forecast

Note: Due to a lack of enough data, both the Tradingview and Simply Wall ST analysts could not provide any revenue projections or price forecasts for AULT.

  • However, according to 7 analysts at stock analysis, the price prediction for AULT is $3.83, i.e., an increase of 4000%+ with a high of $5.78 and a low of $2.02 in 12 months. However, it seems extremely unlikely that BitNile asset price will grow 40 times in such a short time.

  • Similarly, one analyst at CNN has quoted a price forecast of $2 in 12 months, i.e., an increase of 2000% +. This kind of price movement seems unlikely.

New Avatar of BitNile

BitNile Metaverse

 

BitNile Metaverse Page
Source: Screenshot from bitnile.com

 

As announced on March 1, 2023, Ault Alliance launched bitnile.com, an immersive website that will incorporate the dynamic features of a metaverse.

The website can be accessed via mobile, tablet, pc, or a VR set to experience the dynamic ambiance of the Metaverse.

It aims to change how social media functions nowadays and provide multiple features such as ecommerce, video games, social interactions, games based on skill, etc. It also accepts Bitcoin as payment.

Milton “Todd” Ault, III, the Company’s Executive Chairman, stated, “The launch of BITNILE.com has been many years in the making, and we are proud of the progress that Douglas Gintz and his team have made. I believe this new product and experience will be the first of its kind, and I look forward to sharing more on February 28, 2023. We look forward to our launch on March 1, 2023.”

 

Bitnile Homepage
Source: Screenshot from bitnile.com

 

BitNile Market

 

Bitnile Shop Homepage
Source: Screenshot from bitnile.com

 

One of the revolutionary features of BitNile is its immersive shopping experience through Metaverse. One needs to go the BitNile’s shopping page to feel a never before seen shopping experiences such as The Spanish Paella Cookout Experience or The Grill Master Experience and many more.

 

BitNile Shop with the displaying the Paella Cookout Experience
Source: Screenshot from bitnile.com

 

BitNile Experiences

Bitnile Experiences Homepage
Source: Screenshot from bitnile.com
BitNile VIP Experiences Page
Source: Screenshot from bitnile.com

 

BitNile Experiences’ team provides customized real-world VIP experiences such as dining with celebrities, being part of the “behind the scenes” at the Indy 500, or being part of the New York Fashion Week backstage.

You must visit their experiences page and select what you want to experience.

Insert the indy 500 experience pic.

BitNile Experiences Page Displaying the Executive Indy 500 Experience
Source: Screenshot from bitnile.com

 

NILE Coin

According to an announcement on February 24, 2023, AULT will introduce a coin called NILE Coin for purchases made within the world of bitnile.com

NILE Coins will enable users to play games in the metaverse world of bitnile.com and purchase products to enhance their avatar or other features related to gameplay. They will be able to connect to other community members in a completely new immersive way.

It should be remembered that NILE Coin is an in-platform currency with no monetary value in the real world and is also not currently available for trading.

FAQs:

The most frequently asked questions are as follows:

The NILE Stock is traded as AULT at NYSE American after the BitNile Holdings, Inc. and Ault Alliance, Inc merger. According to different analysts, the average price prediction for the new NILE Stock, i.e., AULT, is $2 to $5.78 in a year.

A NILE Stock is called an AULT Stock nowadays. When BitNile and Ault Alliance merged, and the parent company became Ault Alliance, NILE stock was stopped and traded as AULT stock post-merger on January 3, 2023.

BitNile is part of the parent group Ault Alliance post-merger on January 3, 2023. Although it dropped by 80%+ in 2022, it restructured and changed its focus to growing. However, most analysts believe it is still not a buy or hold. Most signaled sell.

To Sum It Up

BitNile Holdings Inc. and the NILE Stock have gone through a complete restructuring this year. It is venturing into the space of the Metaverse and trying to take advantage of this new space.

It also offers a new kind of shopping experience that caters to consumers who want to experience a customized shopping experience, not just a simple drive to the mall or ordinary online shopping.

It creates an exceptional opportunity for additional revenue growth, and they can emerge as a market leader if they pursue this path diligently. However, the shareholder return on the stock has dropped by more than 80%, and the investors have lost confidence.

The company was focused entirely on acquisitions, so they have burnt a lot of money and have not grown their revenue.

The company has officially announced that it will focus on growth, and no further acquisitions will be made this year.

Hence, it is left to be seen how they tap their growth potential, how their revenue grows, and how they create value for the investors and the shareholders. Only then will it rebuild investor confidence and bring in new investments.

 

 

 

 

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