Cascades IncCAS.TOTOP PICKFeb 15, 2017Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 10, 2026. Market Open.
Likes it, though shares have been down the past year. They fixed their operational issues. Demand remains strong in container board, and they opened a facility in Virginia which could raise margins. They sold their European division, so are more streamlined in operations. Pays around a 4% dividend. Still likes it.
They've been hit by a lot of input costs, which may be easing now. It's hard to raise prices on tissue paper and costs have been rising on recycled fibre. Their new container board factory will operate soon. CAS is selling at the low end of its range historically. But be patient until the stock price doubles or even triples.
(Analysts’ price target is $9.83)
They have 2 core businesses, tissue and container board. He likes the container board side in particular because of the growing economy where people are shipping more things in boxes. It is a fairly tight market right now for container board and there have been price increases in the last couple of days. As more and more online shopping occurs, that is going to lead to more things shipped in boxes. Trading at only about 5.5X enterprise value to EBITDA. Dividend yield of 1.15%. (Analysts’ price target is $14.60.)