
TSE:BYD
This summary was created by AI, based on 7 opinions in the last 12 months.
Boyd Group Services Inc. (BYD-T) is facing notable challenges, particularly with rising labor costs and increased accident volumes, which have affected its overall performance. Despite these issues, the company has shown signs of recovery, with positive same-store sales growth in recent quarters and improving margins. Analysts have mixed views; while there are concerns regarding labor shortages and expensive vehicle repairs to navigate, there are indications that the collision repair industry may have reached its bottom. Analysts are cautious about the gap between market perceptions and expectations, indicating the need for sustained improvement and stability before greater optimism can be warranted. There are expectations for potential M&A activity, although the landscape has become less fragmented, possibly affecting future growth trajectories.
Long owned this. There are two trends that could hurt Boyd: driverless cars that would eliminate car crashes (but that could be 15 years away), and new cars need new tech like lasers. Their advantage: insurance companies prefer one company with many locations than a bunch of small shops. There's a lot of room to grow here. Also, crashes are up.
(A Top Pick March 9/18 Up 17%) There is a strong CEO and management and he has owned is personally for years. They buy the smaller auto repairs outlets and the revenue stream is regular and recurring. The risk is self-driving cars in the future that will reduce auto repairs in general. The dividend has increased for 50 consecutive quarters.
Boyd is one of the top consolidators--it's in an industry with lots of mom-and-pop shops which are ripe for consolidation. There are hundreds of thousands of auto body shops across North America. Boyd came out of Winnipeg because this market has a monopoly public auto insurer. No insurer wants to deal with thousands of auto body shops, and this has benefiitted Boyd.
Although a boring story, he says he has been buying this for quite a while. They buy and consolidate auto body repair stores and don’t sell stock and get cheap debt – the earnings go right back into the business. They deal with insurance companies, who love this business model. He does not expect it to double in the next year, but 20% is likely. Yield 0.5%. (Analysts’ price target is $118.50 )