DH CorporationDH.TODON'T BUYAug 12, 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.
This had some issues last October. There was a US hedge fund that had a Short thesis on it. The company is a processor of financial services for banks and other financial institutions. Made a major acquisition of Fundtech. It paid about $1.5 billion, and paid about 20X trailing EV/EBITDA, which was an expensive acquisition. The Short’s thesis was that there was a consent order (?) by the US banking regulators against Fundtech. Essentially the allegation is that they engaged in unsound banking practices. As a consequence, they have had a tough time making sales out of this business. They also funded this with debt, which added to the problems. A name he is cautious on.