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Process cheques, but can do it more quickly. You take a picture of your cheque and send it to the bank, rather than taking it in physically. They do this for a lot of corporations, so have been able to gain a lot more market share. They are under the radar with only about one analyst covering it. Have a lot of cash on the balance sheet. Have looked for acquisitions, but because the stock is trading at such a multiple, it is hard for them to make something that is accretive. Feels either someone is going to buy them or they’ll pay a special dividend. He picks away at this when there is weakness.
A great company, with the $64 million question “what are they going to do with all their cash”. Too much cash is holding ROE down. Management said they are looking at stuff, but it has been a long time. The stock has performed well even without an acquisition, but if they finally acquire something, the stock will rocket ahead. If the same condition exists a year from now, investors are going to be very frustrated with management.
(A Top Pick Sept 28/15. Up 14.89%.) They’ve done well in terms of their earnings. Last quarter was a little lighter than what he would have liked, but they have a very sound balance sheet with about $1.60 a share in cash. Still feels comfortable with this. At some point he expects they will get taken out or will make an acquisition.
He likes the optionality. They do a lot of electronic checking business, and can sell units to a company to allow them to deposit cheques directly into the bank. If you need a picture of a cheque they have that technology. They deal with a lot of the biggest banks across the US. A very high recurring revenue business that generates a lot of cash flow. Has $30 million of cash in the bank. Less and less cheques are being used, which is a big knock against them. If they can use the cash in intelligent way at a reasonable valuation, the stock should react very favourably. This gives you a dividend and free cash flow along with a relatively stable, but declining business.
An E solutions provider for electronic commerce, and allows for payment processing. Thinks there is going to be a growing demand for financial technology for FinTech companies. Although he doesn’t own this, you are in the right sector and the right space. Expects there will be a continued demand for sectors and companies where Canada has some of the best growth stories.
If a company is above a $100 million market cap, they will typically attract a larger number of institutional investors. There was a recent highlight suggesting that this company has upside towards $5 or more. Not cheap at a 21X PE against 5% earnings growth this year. Earnings growth forecast for next year is fairly modest at 4%. Have very interesting products and are continuing to build out, particularly with US banks, but expected earnings are pretty modest. ROE is 11%.