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James Hodgins
George Weston Ltd.
WN-T
BUY
Aug 28, 2018
$101.560
Stock price when the opinion was issued
food processing
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It's had a good run. Was his top pick in March 2020. IN recent quarters, they've been simplying their structure. What's held their valuation was Weston Foods, which they are divesting. So, the company will focus on Loblaw and Choice Properties. Higher costs have impacted the former during the pandemic. But investments in home delivery have done well. He likes consumer staples now.
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Interesting at these levels. They mostly own Loblaw, which is doing very well. Weston just sold their bakery business. Weston is effectively a holding company for the Weston family. Owning either Loblaw or Weston is good, and Weston is trading around 13x earnings and pays a 2% dividend. He owns no food stocks--it's always been a difficult business.
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Low risk. WN owns the Loblaw and Shoppers Drug Mart real estate and accounts for half their earnings. A dull and boring consumer staples business. Trades at a 12% discount to its holdings in Loblaw and Choice REIT. They just raised their dividend by 10% today, though it isn't huge. They just sold their baked-goods business and sit on $3.1 billion. The family will buy a lot more shares in coming years. A well-run company. He sees a 10% rise in the share price. (Analysts’ price target is $170.38)
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Likes it for primarily being Loblaws and Choice Properties which has a solid tenant base including Shoppers Drug Mart. Has reasonable growth prospects. The only caveat is politicians complaining about high food prices, but it doesn't bother him. The grocers face costs pressures from energy costs and higher wages.
(Analysts’ price target is $189.86)
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He usually invests in small-to-midcap companies, but he likes this one and owns a small position. The price has been dropping and he sees this as a good entry point. They have a lot of excess capital, which he expects them to deploy in the back half of the year. His guess is they will expand financial services -- PC Financial -- rather than retail. They have been growing PC Financial and he expects an acquisition in that space.