Stock price when the opinion was issued
The name has been a little bit quiet in the last couple of months. This is still a compelling yield play, north of 7%, which is very sustainable. Massive spending in the West is still forecast and this will be in the epicentre of that. It is a very small nimble company that is under the radar that not many people are aware of. The real catalyst is the new CEO, Peter Blake, who will be installed Sept 1st.
Was stopped out pretty much at $7.80, but has a small portion that was not filled. Was completely surprised by the collapse in this. It had been on its way to $9-$10 and is now down to around $2.70. A gut wrenching drop. There has to be a dividend cut coming on this. There will be a lot of tax loss selling on this so the stock could drop further.
(A Top Pick March 31/14. Down 82.07%.) This was a very, very difficult name for him to deal with. He had recommended this at $7.10, and it went all the way up to $8.60, and got stopped out at $8.70. He took another position at around $4.30 and got stopped out not too long after. Stop losses did a wonderful job for him on this. He feels that 95% of his clients over 7 years, made very good money on this. What really hinges here is the BC Hydro dam Site C project, which is going to be awarding contracts. This could be a big move for them.
Doesn’t know this one really well but thinks the issue is the amount of money they make and their dividend (8.357%) are getting fairly closely matched. This always makes people nervous. Most people don’t want more than a 70% payout ratio, they want a cushion. If the dividend gets cut, the stock will go down 20%-30%.