Shawcor Ltd. (A) (SCL-T)

At 8X forward earnings and with investors/analyst attention seeming to increase, we don't think much has to change here. As always, we would use prudent portfolio principles around trimming/re-balancing to limit a single company becoming too much of a portfolio but do not think it needs to be sold just because it is 'up'. While it is up nicely over the last year, it is still down 30% over a five year period. Past prices don't really mean much, but sometimes zooming out can help. 

In terms of a recession, in general it is difficult for all/any companies to avoid impacts but MATR might be a bit less sensitive to an economic slowdown than say a consumer discretionary company.
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The Enbridge 3 pipeline will get built by early next year, but Keystone is a question mark. Shawcor coats pipelines, so they benefit from this construction. But Ottawa is anti-pipeline as are well-financed interest groups opposing pipelines. Wait and see how the pipeline chips fall in coming months.

Chances are the Trans Mountain Pipeline will be built or at least East Mountain could. These things have been held up for so long, investors are losing faith, but if the pipelines are built, Shawcor will come back a long way. He expects better times for pipelines because there's so much supply pressure. Eventually these companies will do well, but it'll be uncertain for a few years.

This hasn't done much, and is in a bit of a Bear cycle here. It’s not been able to bust up through $36. The only thing positive is that there is some kind of strength in the low $20's. It is in kind of no man's land right now. He wouldn't put any new money into this.

The world leader and a top player in this space. He thinks the oil industry will start to pick up again so it is a good buy here.

A global leader in pipe coating. They recently reported, and management seems optimistic that drilling activity has troughed. It is rising in North America, and this company is seeing the benefits of that. A lot of their larger projects in 2015 and 2016 were being put on the back burner and delayed. But now they are being asked to bid a lot more larger projects. If you are a long-term investor, you could start picking at this here.

She owns this, and it has been a somewhat volatile ride, because their fortunes are somewhat connected to the energy patch, being a global pipeline coater. A lot of the pipeline systems in North America are quite old and need refurbishment and it is very hard to build new pipelines. The stock is currently at $26.80, and she wouldn’t sell it down here.