I just came across this company while browsing the Shortscreen screener.

Terrible Altman Z score, Chart looks like it may be getting ready for a big move, and here is their business model:

"Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in expansion financing, growth capital, management buyout, recapitalization, industry consolidation, corporate spinout, and early stage financing transactions. "

I have doubts whether this a good time to be such a company. I also don't like the idea of venture capital company as a publicly traded stock. A former stock I owned, TINY, hasn't done investors so well in this space.

So, this is one stock I will research as a possible short in the coming days.

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