DH CorporationDH.TOBUYOct 21, 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.
Last quarter, their US lending wall which improved from Q1 was still sluggish. Their FinTech segment last quarter was up about 7% year-over-year, but still kind of soft. Also, had pretty squeamish guidance about it, due to delayed spending on BREXIT concerns. As a result, he models pretty flat growth over the next 6 months or so. What is good is that their longer-term thesis is still very much intact. They have done some cost cutting which has helped. Trades at a real discount to its FinTech peers. There could be a catalyst this quarter in terms of a return of growth in their US segment LaserPro. He likes names that have a real FX tailwind, and 60% of their earnings come from the US. Dividend yield of over 4%.