DH CorporationDH.TOHOLDMay 13, 2015Stock 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.
Have transformed their business from a successful firm that printed cheques to a firm that does back-office Information Technology for the financial sector. Have done a series of acquisitions and have had terrific growth. Has had a big, big run, so considers it a Hold at this time. With the growth in the US, a lot of banks will want to modernize their back-office IT. He would recommend the dividend reinvestment on it.