
TSE:WTE
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Westshore Terminals Inc. (WTE-T) faces challenges amid significant uncertainty in the transport sector, mainly due to the proposed rail merger in the United States, which could impact shipping volumes. Analysts express concerns that volumes might be diverted to competing ports, which could directly affect Westshore's business activities. Despite this uncertainty, there is an overall sense of cautious optimism, with experts suggesting that the company will likely withstand these challenges in the long run. The stock has been fluctuating within a range, indicative of market apprehension and a potential wait-and-see strategy among investors. With a decent dividend yield providing some returns, it may still attract long-term investors while we monitor developments in its operational environment.
We are seeing headwinds in both met-coal and thermal coal. Thermal coal is on its way out. It is a good asset with a strong balance sheet but he would only add at a discount to account for the risks of coal and that TECK.B-T may be dropping some of their capacity for alternatives.
In the industrial base metal space in Canada, there is WTE-T and LIF-T. Both are very fairly priced right now. A highly commodity focused and cyclical business. This space is best to buy into when stock prices have been really hard hit. Global growth for steel trade is becoming a concern. It is not a good time to enter. The yield on LIF-T is 3.8%.
It's been sideways since 2016--dead money. Find something that pays the same dividend but with an upwards chart, like CN and CP.
It is a large terminal that exports coal. He would hold the company. They just finished a capital expansion phase. The dividend is set up to be increased quite a bit. The con side is that it comes down to coal. There is met. coal and thermal coal. TECK.B-T (met. Coal) is about 10% of their business. They hinted at driving some capacity away from WTE-T.
It has great assets in BC. It has no debt and a famous investor owns 30 percent of it. TECK.B-T may move their volumes to a terminal that they co-own next March. He thinks they can't move all of their volume. They have the ability to increase their dividend and they have no debt. (Analysts’ price target is $25.38)
Why the selloff today? Teck may be expanding its deal with a competitor causing a sizable share price sell off (over 10% today) -- this may double Teck's capacity. People may also be concerned about future coal demand and exports. There just not seem to be any catalysts to spark his interest. It is not wise to panic on this, there will be time for recovery to allow you to assess the situation.