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@WallStCynic
May 13, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Tomorrow Wirecard ($WDI GY) is going to release preliminary 1Q 2020 results, having not released 4Q 2019 financial statements. In over 40 years of investing I cannot ever recall a similar situation. Their auditor, E&Y has not yet signed-off on the 2019 audit. #Unprecedented
Wirecard, as promised, released “preliminary” 1Q numbers (revenues and EBITDA) this morning. The absurdity of this situation beggars belief. A company cannot prepare current financial statements without previous balance sheets, etc. That’s a fact. GY
(2) Yet the last set of (unaudited) financial statements we have for Wirecard are from September. Consider that a company whose sole business is tracking financial flows cannot account for its own financial position. What proper fiduciary would risk doing business like this?
(3) This is a German “fin tech” company that is in the blue chip DAX 30, yet cannot produce financial statements on a timely basis. Nor provide proper financial documents to complete their own special investigative examination! Let that fact sink in. This is some story.

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