Westport Fuel Systems Inc (WPRT-T)

Have to be careful with tech companies in this space. Something becomes a darling, and the market thinks everything will move in this direction. Doesn’t see this happening. Doesn’t want to bet on one technology here. Natural gas is seen as a bridge fuel. But with energy moving in a greener direction, what will happen to natural gas? Be a little bit cautious. Likes them, but they’re not going to transform the system. Nice medium term solution until we move to full electric.

A smaller company that has entered into a wide consolidation range. The volume is not as high as he would like. It is encouraging to see the successful test at $2.70. He would use this as the exit point. There is no strong trend – he would pass.

(A Top Pick Jun 22/17, Down 32%) They have an interesting business. After their merger, they are continuing to grow the two companies. He thinks this one is going to do well. He is looking at buying it again.

He has a bias against this company because for over the past two decades all they have done is issue new shares and lose money. Until they turn a profit it will continue to be a “show me” story.

This looks quite good. There was a breakout recently. It was basically resisting at the 200-day moving average for a long time. Come March, it broke out quite aggressively. It moved above its 200-day and 50-day moving averages and is now up to multi-month highs. You want to buy this closer to some of those major moving averages. The 50-day is at $2.34, so it is a bit frothy here. He wouldn’t be entering right now, but would look for a pullback.

This continues to be a huge growth area in the liquid natural gas and liquid propane markets for bigger users. The company has said they are going to be profitable starting in 2018. (Analysts’ price target is $3.00.)

He continues to like this. Expects you will continue to see them garner more and more market share as they go along. They’ve announced they are going to be EBITDA positive in 2018, the 1^st time in history. Expects to see the stock continue to appreciate with more interest.

Clean burning heavy engines. They were a market darling 10 years ago. We are now actually seeing the progression to cleaner fuels such as natural gas. They have a joint venture with Cummins. They also have components. They have sold off non-core businesses. (Analysts’ target: $3.00).

Uses natural gas to boost the efficiency of large engines. He has been hearing how great they are for at least 22 years. The company has done a really poor job in bringing out shareholder value. They like to raise money and have raised a lot over the years, but have never been profitable and never made that much in cash flow. He thinks this is one of the worst companies in Canada.