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Brooke Thackray
Cummins
CMI-N
DON'T BUY
May 23, 2018
$149.060
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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He's a big believer in hydrogen fuel cells, a source of energy the world needs. CMI is one hydrogen company with real earnings that has invested heavily in hydrogen. They are a leading maker of truck engines. Also, they made a series of acquisitions in the past 5 years to build an impressive portfolio of hydrogen technologies, like the first hydrogen-powered train, airplane and fueling station and this year they build a device to cleanly extract hydrogen from water.
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BUY ON WEAKNESS
They reported a blow-out quarter, sending shares 9% higher. They beat revenues in 4 of their 5 largest divisions, boasted expanded marginsThey are part of the transition to nuclear energy, even though it will likely get less support under Trump, at a pace that will match customer needs. Also, he likes their power systems business (generators, commercial power systems for buildings), timely during the data centre boom. Caveat: While only 9% of their sales come from China, those could be hit by Trump tariffs.
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Industrials usually show strength from January to May, but CMI-N has shown weakness earlier than expected. This has him worried about this company and this sector as a whole. Technical support has been broken as well, so he would not buy this.