Stock price when the opinion was issued
He's looking at it. It's softened up considerably. Decent dividend payer, cut a few years ago but now back on track. High-quality company with share price having sold off. An opportunity, but he hasn't pulled the trigger yet.
Spike on chart due to strong earnings and a bunch of analysts giving it a "Buy". Got ahead of itself. Disappointment recently. He doesn't like buying at all-time highs, where there's often more downside than upside.
6.4% bond maturing Nov 18/19 at $96. The yield to maturity is 7.63%, which is still an investment grade bond. It was rated as a BBB minus, but Moody’s downgraded it to one notch below investment grade late last year, and their bonds have fallen by about 15 points. They have 2 bonds maturing between now and 2019. Their forecasts are for about $1 billion in EBITDA in the next 2 years.