5 Canadian Juniors That Could Suffer From China’s Stock Market Selloff

Global stock markets took a hit recently after China’s Shanghai Composite Index dropped 7% on poor manufacturing data. Concurrently, Chinese regulators temporarily halted trading in that nation’s stock market, sending ripples of fears throughout the world’s capital markets. In the U.S. on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 450 points at one point, while the TSX dropped as much as 1.9%. Economic fears over China could continue to weigh on the share prices of some Canadian juniors, including the ones on our list today.

SciVac Therapeutics Inc. (TSX: VAC) – $0.175
Biotechnology & Medical Research

SciVac Therapeutics Inc., formerly Levon Resources Ltd., is an Israel-based company engaged primarily in biotechnology and medical research. The Company specializes in developing and marketing biopharmaceuticals, which prevent and treat infectious and immune diseases, such as Hepatitis B (HBV) and Graft-vs-Host Disease (GVHD). Its pipeline products comprise: Sci-B-Vac, a vaccine used in HBV treatment that reproduces three HVB antigens; as well as S-Graft, an enzyme-based drug implemented in GVHD treatment. Furthermore, the Company provides a range of contract based laboratory services for biotechnology entities, such as analytical testing, purification process, production, drug development and support in clinical trials.

• Market Cap: $106,257,994
• YTD Price Change: -15.2%
• Revenue (LTM): $138,445
• Operating Income (LTM): -$91,104,045

POET Technologies Inc. (TSXV: PTK) – $0.85
Semiconductors

POET Technologies Inc. is engaged in the design of semi-conductor products for military and industrial applications. The Company designs III-V semiconductor devices and processes for commercial, industrial and military applications, including processors, system-on-chip (SoC), optical and opto-electronic devices, infrared sensor arrays and ultra-low-power digital circuits and random access memory. The Company’s POET platform provides the monolithic fabrication of integrated circuits containing analog, digital and optical elements, with applications in devices, such as smart phones, tablets, servers, computers and Internet of Things (IoTs). It develops gallium arsenide-based chip design processes having several market applications, including infrared sensor arrays for the military, as well as domestic monitoring and imaging applications, and the combination of analog, mixed-signal, digital and optical functions on the same chip for use in commercial and military applications.

• Market Cap: $173,931,314
• YTD Price Change: -12.9%
• Revenue (LTM): $0
• Operating Income (LTM): -$13,910,792

D-Box Technologies Inc. (TSX: DBO) – $0.325
Entertainment Production

D-BOX Technologies Inc. is a Canada-based motion technology company that designs, manufactures and commercializes motion systems for the entertainment and industrial markets. The Company focuses on two markets: the entertainment market and the industrial market. The Company’s entertainment market consists of motion systems installed in commercial theatres and home entertainment consumer products particularly video games and home theatres. D-BOX’s industrial market consists of products for amusement parks, arcades, museums and planetariums, and for simulation and training/virtual reality. The Company supplies its motion systems to renowned integrators in various industries, such as racing and flight simulation, casinos, industrial simulation, governmental, institutional, museums, arcades and therapeutic, among others.

• Market Cap: $56,153,796
• YTD Price Change: -12.3%
• Revenue (LTM): $23,883,000
• Operating Income (LTM): $541,000

Resaas Services Inc. (CSE: RSS) – $1.50
Real Estate Services

Resaas Services Inc. is a social and global referral network for real estate agents, REALTORS, brokers, franchises and associations. The Company has developed a cloud-based social business platform for the real estate services industry. It has created a social networking platform and a suite of tools that integrate with the platform, including an enterprise social network, a global referral network, lead generation engine, listing management, client engagement modules, customer relationship management tools, analytics, file sharing and advertising engine. It also offers real estate agents, Realtors or brokers who have registered on its website, and have received a public-facing profile page, the ability to market themselves to home buyers and sellers and the ability to create, manage and track the performance of their own targeted social advertisements using its internally-built advertisement engine.

• Market Cap: $53,707,903
• YTD Price Change: -12.1%
• Revenue (LTM): $107,010
• Operating Income (LTM): -$7,146,260

Petrowest Corp. (TSX: PRW) – $0.46
Construction & Engineering

Petrowest Corporation (Petrowest) provides pre-drilling and post-completion services to the energy industry in addition to providing services for industrial and civil infrastructure projects. The Company operates in five business segments: Construction, Transportation, Civil, Rentals and Environmental. The Construction segment includes land clearing and site preparation services. The Transportation segment provides loading and hauling of logs and gravel, as well as earth and heavy equipment transportation. The Civil segment includes gravel and rock crushing, as well as safety equipment rentals and supervision. The Rentals segment provides oilfield and heavy equipment rentals. The Environmental segment operates a landfill to receive and manage contaminated waste.

• Market Cap: $81,775,554
• YTD Price Change: -11.5%
• Revenue (LTM): $209,136,000
• Operating Income (LTM): -$23,141,000

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