I have been wanting to get long-term invested in the stocks that I think will greatly benefit from future technology trends. I believe that pure robotics are further in the future than most people realize, but wearable robotics are much closer to adoption. With that opinion I want to be positioning myself in the exoskeleton market. There are a number of very small exoskeleton companies but the one that stands out me the most is EKSO. A few things that stand out are that they are not only penetrating the medical market but they are also heavily focused on the industrial market, where as the other exoskeleton companies are primarily focused on the medical market. Ekso has also recently landed a few contracts, one with the VA and another with Ford that will help them generate the revenue they need to become profitable.
As with most small growth companies the biggest risk here is that they are not yet profitable and will need to generate cash flow through debt or stock dilution, which makes it very important to not jump in too earlier. Up until now it has been too early to buy and hold but I believe with the Ford and VA contracts they may be a few quarters from turning the corner and becoming profitable.
Price is still a little rich at this point but I will be looking to buy a little bit around $2.20 - $2.00 as a long term speculative buy-and-hold.