DH CorporationDH.TOCOMMENTDec 10, 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.
Has a Put option for Dec $34, and the short Sellers drove it down. Normally would roll this over to the next month, maybe Jan $32, but thinking he will let the stock be Put to him and Selling a Call 6 months from now. Answer: The caller sold a Put Option on the stock, which is a very steady interesting cash flow business. When selling a Put, you are taking an obligation to buy the stock. In this case he sold a $34 Put and was saying that he was willing to buy the stock at $34 a share until the Put expires this month. It is trading below $34, so he is going to be Put the stock and is going to own it. Because he now owns the stock he is asking if he should Sell a Call option that gives him the obligation to deliver his shares to the person who bought the option, at probably a $34 Strike Price. This is a fine strategy.