DH CorporationDH.TOCOMMENTAug 10, 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.
Technology tends to do well from October all the way through to January. This company’s chart shows a declining trend from April, and there are no signs of it bottoming as of yet. There was a large washout recently, coming into August, and it is now starting to inch higher. It is not really recouping those losses and is holding below its 20, 50 and 200 day moving averages. When you have a stock below its 200 day moving average, that is generally a warning sign. It means it is really unloved and long-term holders are cautious about it. There is support at around $29.