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Javed Mirza Iamgold Corp IMG-T COMMENT Dec 24, 2019

Been sideways, nothing happening. Gold should rally during the coming market pullback.
$4.520

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HOLD
Takeover target? Maybe, but don't buy it for this reason. This is a hold. IMG hasn't executed as well as it should. For context, we are early in the gold wave (moving upward).
TOP PICK
Good upside and balance sheet. He likes the golds. Trades at a good 40% discount to book. One of its mines is in Burkino Faso, a troubled country, so that is the lone caveat. (Analysts’ price target is $6.21)
DON'T BUY
A takeover rumour? It's always been a high beta to gold name. IMG needs to be consistent; there's always a fire to put out. Yes, he's heard rumours of a Chinese takeover, but just a rumour. He avoids IMG, not liking the high beta.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Dec 04/19, Down 6%) Problems bringing new mine on. Earnings forecasts going up sharply. Upside potential as measured by analysts is quite high. Trading at 40% discount to book value.
COMMENT
Gold.

Whole sector's been a pretty good place to be. If you're looking for real strength as far as opportunity goes, move downstream from the big names to mid-tier names like IMG. Those are the ones that are behaving quite robustly.

Often it works to buy a basket, and then drill down and add one name for some extra alpha.

BUY ON WEAKNESS

Don't argue with an uptrend. Pulling back to the trendline. You can see that it was parabolic. Will probably take a pause, but moving in the right direction along with gold. Long-term investors will be fine.

SELL

Great rocks. Lousy balance sheet, which needs to be fixed with refinancing and can get ugly for existing shareholders. For most investors, he'd sell and take the tax loss. Then re-buy in 31 days depending on outcome of refinancing. New CEO is an expert in troubled companies.

COMMENT

The question was on Iamgold and Teck Resources. IMG has declared some good news from its Quebec mine and Teck has more copper production with gold as an add-on. However both operate in some places that are less politically agreeable. He likes the gold sector but prefers bigger and more diversified companies in more stable countries including the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Chile. Following along this theme he owns both Kinross and Agnico Eagle.

TOP PICK

Consistent theme across his Top Picks will be companies that are going to rerate, due to new projects or a shift in business.

This one has benefited from strong gold prices, but real upside will come from the Cote gold mine around Sudbury. It will start to operate at full speed by end of 2025, meaning material growth in production. Budget doubled, but all sins are forgiven because so has the price of gold since the mine opened. They'll be able to de-leverage, resulting in significant FCF in 2026 and 2027 for either buybacks or distributions. 

Key will be what happens after 2028, because their West Africa mine ends. No dividend.

(Analysts’ price target is $13.07)