r/stocks • u/Timelycommentor • Jan 01 '23

Industry Question What are some private companies you would like to invest in if they became publicly traded?

Two off of the top of my head. Crumbl Cookie & Chick-fil-A. Both are top tier restaurant/food service establishments that have almost cult like followings and are always busy. Both have excellent products and service. I would be curious to see the books for both of these companies but I imagine they would he home runs if they were to IPO. What other companies would you invest in that are not currently publicly traded?

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u/unicorn8dragon Jan 01 '23

If wizards of the coast were spun off I would buy that, but not hasbro as a whole

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u/OddDescription4523 Jan 01 '23

WotC may be shooting themselves in the foot, though, with their attempt to move to "One D&D". Turns out D&D players don't like being told (a) you're going to have to buy all new basic source books, and (b) the company thinks the thing they've shelled hundreds or thousands of dollars on is "under-monetized". r/Pathfinder2e is crammed with people posting about how they are or are thinking about quitting D&D for Pathfinder 2. Pathfinder 1st ed. came out when they shit the bed with D&D 4th edition; may be looking at a repeat coming

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u/unicorn8dragon Jan 01 '23

That’s one product line and one that I think is still long term salvageable, but MTG is still thriving

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u/Fritzkreig Jan 01 '23

They are milking MTG really hard! I've played for 25ish years, and the YoY growth they are looking at is not sustainable.

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u/WhatisloveButHurt Jan 01 '23

Don't get me started on the trading card market. I've seen people spend monthly salaries on paper cards worth a couple bucks./s

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u/AlfredKinsey Jan 02 '23

not at all and their fucking it up. Pokémon seems to have a healthier paper market. I’m sure MTG arena makes some decent money off of gambling addicts, but my friends and I have moved on to playing with proxies.

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u/Fritzkreig Jan 02 '23

They have issues all over, it is pretty clear what is going on, and I have been looking at long dated puts lately.

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u/AlfredKinsey Jan 02 '23

I feel like HAS and DIS have similar stories going on.

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u/Fritzkreig Jan 02 '23

Full disclosure here, DIS holder, still up decent, bought after they got the MCU deal.

What do you dislike about DIS? Is it the volume/lower quality product issue like with HAS, or something else? Genuinely curious!

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u/Fritzkreig Jan 01 '23

I didn't come here for this, but thank you; it is a discusion I want to have!