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Based in British Columbia. They have a high ROE, although they haven’t had a history of it for the length of time that he would like to see. This makes the LED lights that you see in cars. Some of their customers include Ford (F-N), Caterpillar (CAT-N) and Tesla (TSLA-Q). The last earnings report was weak because they had some upfront costs launching a new product for a customer, which reduced margins. Thinks they can get back to their highs of $15, and go beyond that if they can continue to grow their earnings with a high ROE.
This does LED lighting for the auto manufacturing industry. Doesn’t think there is any coverage by the street yet. This has had a phenomenal track record of growing their earnings, and over the past 5 years it has been over 35%, and the stock is trading at less than 10X earnings. There are lots of catalysts for them.
This provides interior lighting solutions for vehicles. People want these things in their vehicles, so the demand for this type of product has really increased nicely over the last several years. They have seen a very strong pipeline for their product. A very profitable company. Just started working with Tesla a couple of quarters ago and are now working on their model 3. They are best in class in terms of the product they provide. A prime take-out candidate, as they keep continuing delivering and given the levels they are trading at.
In the automotive supply business, and focused on LED lighting. A lot of their product goes into the Ford F150 and other Ford products. Announced a couple of quarters ago that they were working with Tesla. Manufacturers are looking for ways to make vehicles lighter, and this is one of those ways. There is massive competition, and this is such a small company that its flies under the radar. It allows them to be really adaptive and to change. He continues to like this. Looking at their numbers, they always grow year-over-year, but not necessarily quarter over quarter. The last 2 quarters have been a little slower than what the market expected, so the stock sold off. This is a great opportunity.
(A Top Pick July 27/16. Down 20.13%.) They continue to execute on an annual basis, but tend to have fairly lumpy quarters. He really likes the business. They continue to get into more vehicles. They are into Ford and Tesla right now. When Tesla rolls out the new models, they’ll probably get more business. Trading at a fairly reasonable valuation.
He still really likes this and can’t figure out why it sold off. They reported their 4th quarter earnings about a month ago, and the stock started to slide. There is no analyst coverage on the stock. Their earnings history tends to be fairly lumpy and tend to have quarters that are up or down, but annually their quarters do grow. Currently it is trading at a great valuation. They are working on different models of Tesla through a 2nd tier manufacturer.