DH CorporationDH.TOCOMMENTMay 25, 2016Stock 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.
About a year ago, it got really pounded. All the Canadian companies that were doing acquisitions in the US came under a kind of cloud. The 2nd hit was when the tech sector in the US came under a cloud, and everything that was in that sector got sideswiped. Thinks this company will recover. They have transformed a very old cheque printing business into a very strong technology business, where they do the back office technology for some of the 9000 banks in the US. There is lots of potential for growth, and at some point one of the big system integrators will decide to make this an acquisition.