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Jerome Hass
Corby Spirit and Wine (A)
CSW.A-T
COMMENT
Sep 15, 2015
$19.180
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A solid company with a good balance sheet and nice yield. There is a modest opportunity for upside. Since 2012 they have traded between 2.5 and 3.5 times book, with a downward basis trend. The share price is unchanged in ten years and has added no value to investors in that time. He calls these stocks, "grazers" -- too comfortable to become "wolves". Nice company -- it is not going anywhere.
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A cash machine. Owned by Pernod-Ricard and pays a decent dividend. Occasionally, it pays a special dividend. Hard to know what the future is. A safe, defensive stock. Will Pernod buy it out and go private. It's fairly valued now if you own, you could sell, but overall the stock is okay.
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WATCH
Affinity for a product is different from investing in a stock. Don't touch until gets above $13.50. Stock seems to be pausing and could continue dropping, which would be confirmed by a drop below $12, and then you should get out. Thinly traded is a problem, as you don't want to buy a stock you can't get out of easily.
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Pernod, the parent, owns about 51% of the company, so there is no chance of a take out. This controls 1 in 5 Spirit bottles in Canada. They can always make licensing in, or brand acquisitions in Canada, so there is some scope for growth. For him it is a liquidity issue. Institutions are very scared of a stock like this because it is hard to get in and very hard to get out. If you are in the name you have to be willing to stick around for a very long time.