Disruption! From now on, everything will be different: PayPal, BYD, BioNXt

PayPal's recipe for success: Easier, faster, cheaper

When the payment service PayPal was founded in Palo Alto, California, in 1998, most people in Germany still dialled into the Internet via modem or ISDN. Marketplaces, such as online auction houses, only spread gradually and lived above all from their innovative power. Peter Thiel's team quickly realized that the comparatively young Internet would soon be of great commercial importance and that a payment service was needed. The following years can be summarized quickly: Since 2004, PayPal has been available in Germany, and since 2007, the Company has also had a banking licence in Europe.

Compared to traditional financial institutions, PayPal quickly gained the upper hand on the internet - even though credit cards were initially the number one means of payment online. However, problems with security and handling drove customers to PayPal in droves. The cooperation with eBay, to which PayPal even belonged for a time, also contributed to the spread of the service. Those who regularly bought things at auction soon no longer wanted to use bank transfers and appreciated buyer protection. Today, PayPal is so strongly positioned in the market that one can trust the share despite recession worries. Despite the share price losses, PayPal is still up more than 65% over eight years.

BYD: Flat screen instead of sports chassis

The Chinese carmaker BYD is also something of a revolutionary. In the same period, the share even generated a return of a whopping 429% - and that despite the fact that the share is also already trading well below its all-time high. Why is that? BYD was an early adopter of electric mobility. This spring, it even stopped building internal combustion vehicles altogether. Another unique selling point of BYD is that the Company relies heavily on connectivity and technical bells and whistles. Large displays, WLAN, Bluetooth and lots of LEDs are more convincing to Chinese customers than a tight chassis. Why this is so is not surprising - after all, cars on China's roads send data to the authorities every thirty seconds. Driving pleasure is then quickly redefined. But back to BYD: As a promising company in the most important car market, the share is naturally highly rated. Whether the exit of Berkshire Hathaway or worries about a trade war between East and West: this market position is convincing and unique.

BioNxt does it better and cheaper

Completely free of worries about trade wars or financial crises are shareholders of the Canadian biotech BioNxt. The Company has positioned itself in various promising areas and sees itself as a problem solver within the healthcare system. The German subsidiary Vektor Pharma TF GmbH has developed a patch around the well-known Parkinson's drug rotigotine that can compete with original preparations in studies. A clinical trial of the product is currently underway, with the results expected by late summer. Only a few months ago, a court in the US cleared the way for generics in this very field. Also, a few months ago, BioNxt received an order to produce an orally soluble product. To fulfil this order, the Company has invested in a coating and cutting machine at its Biberach site.

The business field of innovative dosage forms, which is also gaining commercial momentum, is extremely promising for BioNxt Solutions. The Company does not rule out acting as a contract manufacturer in other areas in the future. The dose can be adjusted depending on how effectively an active substance reaches the patient. This saves costs and strikes a chord with already cash-strapped healthcare systems worldwide. The incipient commercialization can be an opportunity for investors. In parallel, BioNxt is involved in the diagnostics sector, offering self-tests related to oral health. There is already a letter of intent for the production of biosensor products for testing inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity, such as those that occur as a side effect of drugs for opioid abuse, for the US market.

Companies that have rethought tried-and-tested products from the ground up are also successful on the stock market - good examples are PayPal and BYD. BioNxt Solutions has made significant progress in the commercialization of its product range in recent months. If the positive trend continues and the figures are right, the share, which currently represents an enterprise value of around CAD 58 million, should be seen by many investors with new eyes.