DH CorporationDH.TOHOLDApr 15, 2013Stock price when the opinion was issued
He bought more when it fell because it was massively discounted. Also, management gave very poor guidance about what was happening to a lot of their businesses. Feels their core businesses really has good opportunities on the FinTech side, in the US specifically, and the stock can slowly go up. Pays a decent yield.
He bought more when it fell after earnings came out last quarter. Hopefully this quarter they get some of the business from the RFPs they put out previously. Over the next couple of quarters you will see some changes in the company. The dividend is reasonable and he was glad they cut it. There is opportunity for the stock to go up from here.
In December, he upgraded this to a sector outperform again. Private equity was approaching them to possibly pick apart part of the business. A very cheap FinTech play. He can understand why the stock cratered. Their US lending business will pick up, and he doesn’t think the Canadian business is declining as fast as we saw last quarter.
A dying industry because it is cheque writing. They have been successful in migrating into other areas. Only 40% of their revenue comes from printing cheques. 22% is from things like loans servicing and repossession. Another 17% each is the new technology they have been doing in the US. Largest provider of point-of-sale mortgage origination software. Earnings growth has not been great because they have had to spend about $300 million to issue a lot of stocks. You get a 5.9% yield while you wait.