AtkinsRealis Group (ATRL-T)

Hard business to value. Not a good option for investors. Better for investors to avoid. 

Canadian engineering firms have a strong business model in Canada, and they're continuing to expand outside Canada; lots of opportunities to do well. He holds STN instead. Buy a bit now. If price goes up, you'll be happy you got in earlier. If price goes down, buy a bit more to average down.

Good price to enter right now. Would prefer WSP over this company. Quality earnings, especially after recent changes. 

Big fan of the space, especially with the incoming US administration. Changed its business model, now focused on higher quality and the nuclear resurgence. Nuclear represents about 20% of their business and those margins are very high. Can unlock value by monetizing Hwy 407. Attractive valuation compared to peers.

Fixed-price contracts were an overhang. Now more into engineering services. His favourite thing is expansion on the nuclear side, and they're involved internationally. This will sustain growth going forward. Low valuation. Balance sheet's better, as is earnings generation. Yield is 0.1%.

A Canadian name to look at in the space.

Came back from the dead to do extraordinarily well. Great environment for engineering and similar services. Nuclear division has also been a lot in the spotlight. ROE is ~10%. PE's of all these companies are getting up around 40x trailing earnings. Rather fully priced. Very good exposure to the US, and the USD is strong and likely to remain so for a while.

In a trade war, services may not be as badly affected as some products, so these companies could be somewhat of a haven.