Sink or Swim? Three Small Caps Heading in Different Directions: TWSI, HCTI & BTGI

Last Friday, small cap stocks Tristar Wellness Solutions Inc (OTCMKTS: TWSI) jumped 14.94% while Hybrid Coating Technologies (OTCBB: HCTI) and Bulova Technologies Group, Inc (OTCMKTS: BTGI) sank 23.53% and 13.04%, respectively. It should be mentioned that only one of these small cap stocks appears to be the subject of paid promotions or investor relations type activities. So what will these three small cap stocks do for investors this week? Here is a quick reality check to help you decide on a trading or investing strategy:

Tristar Wellness Solutions Inc (OTCMKTS: TWSI) Had a Busy Week Issuing News

Small cap Tristar Wellness Solutions is a health and wellness company that targets under-met consumer opportunities in the OTC and professional marketplace. On Friday, Tristar Wellness Solutions jumped 14.94% to $0.90 for a market cap $19.21 million plus TWSI is down 52.6% over the past year and up 800% over the past five years according to Google Finance.

What's the Catch With Tristar Wellness Solutions Inc? According to various disclosures, transactions of $4k, $5k and $18k have or will occur to mention Tristar Wellness Solutions in various investment newsletters and the company was busy last week issuing press releases. Last Thursday, Tristar Wellness Solutions announced another patent to its "vast domestic and international intellectual property portfolio" with the most recent patent number being granted to HemCon Medical Technologies Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of TWSI, and is specific to HemCon's chitosan-based dental sponges in China. The HemCon Dental Dressings are a unique oral wound dressing used in dental and oral surgery procedures to protect the wound site with a physical barrier and provide pain relief. On Tuesday, Tristar Wellness Solutions announced that due to the rapid incremental sales growth for the HemCon hemostatic antibacterial woundcare line in the professional hospital market, the company had decided to accelerate the national expansion of their dental product line in North America and it was noted that there are ten million third molars (wisdom teeth) extracted from approximately 5 million people in the United States every year at an annual cost of over $3 billion. Otherwise and last Monday, Tristar Wellness Solutions announced that its Beaute de Maman brand of beauty and wellness products for pregnant and nursing women had begun its national rollout to drugstore, grocery and natural food retailers across the country. A quick look at Tristar Wellness Solutions' financials reveals revenues of $1,281k (most recent reported quarter), $1,286k, $7k and -$4k along with net losses of $2,676k (most recent reported quarter), $1,697k, $2,174k and $3,589k. At the end of last September, Tristar Wellness Solutions had $315k in cash and $811k in receivables to cover $6,453k in payables and $9,029k in current liabilities. So in light of all the recent news, investors might want to wait for more financials ! from Tristar Wellness Solutions to appear.

Hybrid Coating Technologies (OTCBB: HCTI) Has Sort of Been Quiet Lately

Small cap Hybrid Coating Technologies is the exclusive licensee of Green Polyurethane(TM) coatings and paint - the world's first-ever patent-protected polyurethane-based coatings and paint products which eliminate toxic isocyanates from the entire production process. On Friday, Hybrid Coating Technologies fell 23.53% to $0.390 for a market cap of $4.63 million plus HCTI is down 13.3% over the past year and down 97.5% in intermittent trading since August 2009 according to Google Finance.

What's the Catch With Hybrid Coating Technologies? According to various disclosures, no transactions have occurred to mention Hybrid Coating Technologies in various investment newsletters. A week ago, Hybrid Coating Technologies announced that its world renowned head scientist Dr. Oleg Figovsky had recently published a book called "Advanced Polymer Concrete and Compounds" while late in January, the company announced that it had expanded its technology with a new UV curing formulation. The press release noted that Hybrid Coating Technologies' coating products address a $35 billion global industrial and specialty coatings market while the President/CEO was quoted as saying:

"We are very excited by this new formulation as it allows for the installation of a floor coating in one day rather than several days which is presently the industry norm."

A quick look at Hybrid Coating Technologies' financials reveals revenues of $48k (most recent reported quarter), $5k, $3k and $53k for the past four reported quarters along with net losses of $821k (most recent reported quarter), $1,571k, $774k and $510. At the end of September, Hybrid Coating Technologies had no cash to cover $4,037k in current liabilities and $1,279k in long term debt. So while the global industrial and specialty coatings market might be worth $35 billion, Hybrid Coating Technologies has yet to grab enough of it.

Bulova Technologies Group, Inc (OTCMKTS: BTGI) Recently Did a Reverse Split

Small cap Bulova Technologies Group has an extensive history of large scale Defense Contracts for munitions, weapons systems and combat systems. On Friday, Bulova Technologies Group fell 13.04% to $0.0300 for a market cap of $663,789 plus BTGI is up 29,900% over the past year and down 66.7% over the past five years according to Google Finance.

What's the Catch With Bulova Technologies Group, Inc? According to various disclosures, no transactions have occurred to mention Bulova Technologies Group in various investment newsletters. The latest press release from Bulova Technologies Group dates from February 11th and announced the change of its stock symbol from BLVT to BTGI to reflect the reverse split recently conducted by the company. The completion of that reverses split was announced near the end of December where the number of authorized shares of Common Stock of the Company was reduced from 5,000,000,000 to 500,000,000 and a reverse split of the Common Stock was effected at a ratio of 1 for 200. Keeping the reverse merger in mind, Bulova Technologies Group has reported revenues of $2,290k (most recent reported quarter), $1,212k, $2,249k and $1,941k for the four quarters of 2013 along with net losses of $587k (most recent reported quarter), $1,273k and $257k and net income of $5,345k. At the end of last December, Bulova Technologies Group had $72k in cash to cover $5,546k in current liabilities. So investors might want to dig deeper into the recent reverse split as well as wait for more updated financials to appear.