Stock price when the opinion was issued
Just reported and earnings were decent, and also made an acquisition which created more interest. The stock has had a really tough time of it, of course being in the healthcare sector with Valeant (VRX-T) and Concordia (CXR-T). They also have accounting issues which is not good. They really need to get a big 6 accounting firm and get rid of the smaller one. Not his favourite company, but the valuation is attractive enough, so it is interesting. He would like to see a couple of more quarters.
Healthcare tends to do well in the summer, from about August all the right through to November. The chart has a nice double bottom at around $2.75, which implies that we could see a substantial move higher. If it can break above resistance at $6, you calculate the difference between the high ($6) and the low ($2.75), and that magnitude would be expected on the upside, but only if we break above resistance.
This has fallen into that category of healthcare rollups, and came off pretty hard a year or so ago. It has since recovered, and then they missed on earnings. It has been tied up in some controversy on their suit of short sellers. Price momentum has not been great. A very volatile stock, which he doesn’t like.
(A Top Pick Sept 23/15. Down 37.88%.) A Short report came out last fall that really took the stock down hard. They have addressed all the issues, and now the stock is starting to move up. He trimmed his position when the report came out, and then started gradually adding back. Very attractively valued at 6X enterprise value to EBITDA. Expects they will continue to make acquisitions, as well as grow organically.
Had owned this and it was extremely frustrating. The business is sound. They went out and bought surgical and day hospitals, ones that were at half capacity. Through their marketing, they increased the amount of usage and ramped up their cash flow. The company has not had the best IR relations with reporting. He would go to others where you have fewer headaches.
(Market Call Minute.) Valuation is super cheap on this.