Stock price when the opinion was issued
Had this is a Top Pick in May at $0.50. It is up a little, but through a really crappy market. Probably has been a pretty good relative outperformer. Trading at 3 or 4 times cash earnings, so it is really cheap. There are rumours that it is going to get taken out. If the valuation doesn’t get higher, it will get taken out either by management or some private equity guys. Really inexpensive and he suspects that within the next 6-12 months something will happen.
Has been a really frustrating stock, because they have a nice sustainable dividend yield of 9%-10%, but management recently attempted to do a transaction which would essentially allow them to buy out the company for next to nothing from shareholders. Feels the stock is weak right now people are concerned that management is not working in the best interests of investors. He has similar concerns. There is a dark cloud hanging over the management team. Thinks there will be some resolution on this. Just raised their dividend again and the payout ratio is low, so there is no dividend cut coming.
Basically a seller of hardware equipment. A very, very low margin business, but they have a very good top line. They are going to generate $22-$23 million in cash flow, which is supportive of the dividend going forward. This has a large yield on it and he doesn’t think it gets hurt as rates go up. If they can improve margins just a little bit, they get good growth in the stock. Thinks this is undervalued.
System integrating company. A 10% dividend shows a lot of confidence. He owns some of this stock. He was buying today even.