BlackBerry (BB.TO)

The company is a survivor. He considers it too speculative a stock. But they had done a good job at surviving. And they are doing some interesting things. You may see somebody interest in taking them over.

This has had a turnaround and transformation. They are moving away from making their own a hardware, and going more and more into the services side. When he compares this to other players, he would rather own something like Facebook (FB-Q) or Google (GOOGL-Q). It looks as though the stock is responding nicely to the CEO's moves and some of the things that are changing. The forward PE is 225, which is surprising, and the growth rate is 20%. Doesn't see the value when compared to some of the other stronger technical names out there.

Has outrun its earnings and FMV potential, so he would describe it as a hopeful speculation. Hopes that the QNX technology will take off in somebody's fleet in the future. Right now, with a number of high tech stocks, you are buying them somewhat on a wing and a prayer. It looks like John Chen is adding the value he said he would.

He was short this a year ago, then they had an earnings beat and he got shaken out of his short. Now he is long. There has not been a consistent trend. It is a business that is transforming into a software and security business.

He likes what John Chen has been doing. Recent results were quite good and exceeded analysts' targets. He likes the company. It has a lot of analysts following it, which means that when it continues to turn, they are going to upgrade recommendations. This could easily go up another 50%.

This had good news today and the chart reflected it with a breakout above $15. In the near term, he would look for it to possibly come off at least $1. However, it may not do that. If you want to own on a longer basis, you could probably buy it now and not worry about the volatility.

This company reinvented itself, and he didn't think people gave the CEO John Chen enough credit to be able to do so. One issue they face is how they grow the business from here. There is an opportunity to buy stock here, because if he can execute on that part, the stock should go higher.

He can understand the technology and how the software is going to be rolled out and what the company is, but it is hard to pin down the profits. Even though it looks like it is rolling out, it is hard to grasp what the profitability is. When he can't figure out what it is, he stays away.

(A Top Pick May 26/17, Down 8%) It’s a renovated, reconstructed company now. It is not going back to the old tier, and it is going to be hard to crank it up to the previous levels. But that won’t stop it getting back into the $20 range. It has continued to earn royalties on the hardware. It is now a specialized software companies.

(A Top Pick Dec 22/16. Up 37%.) 2018 might end up being a really good year. They’re making money now and have stemmed the revenue decline. John Chen keeps on hitting his targets.

(A Top Pick Dec 22/16. Up 44%.) He likes what John Chen is doing. He basically hits targets. When looking to turn around a company this big, it takes a huge amount of time. In this case, it was more difficult, because they had to get out of one space and more into another. One of the beauties of this company is that as they turn, the analysts are on it regularly, so more people will jump into it.

(Market Call Minute.) In transition from the phone business to the software business. Haven’t got their software business growing, and still have to get turned around. The hope is Ottawa.

Paid $10.46 a few years ago when he thought it was going to be taken over. John Chen basically says "These are my goals." and has been hitting them. When management does that, it gives him more confidence. They’ve had to completely turn around this huge, huge boat, which takes time. Revenues are way down from where they where before, but seem to be stabilizing to some degree and thinks they are going to go up, and there is going to be a positive bottom line. Can see this going well over $20.

Has a lid somewhere around $15, and has hit it over and over and over again. The company is focusing away from handheld devices, and moving into areas where they can prosper. Nevertheless, you need a break out. You need it to stop going sideways. The only way to trade this is to buy it somewhere around $8-$9. He wouldn't touch this at this point, because it is getting too close to the top of its range.

John Chen has done a great job of keeping the company alive. They’ve totally shifted away from mobile phones and into software. It is still one of the most secure phones you can use. Thinks they will survive, but whether they will prosper or not is another question. Needs another couple of good quarters, where the revenue from the software side really starts to show.