16 of The Most Promising Canadian Tech Stocks

Opinion about GIB.A-T: Global operations; with Canada representing ~15% of revenue, US ~30%, 44-45% in Europe and UK. Outsourcing (~55% of the business) has long-term contracts, so that's defensive and not as cyclical. Consulting side tends to be more economically sensitive. Stock's pulled back ~17% from highs in February. About 14% of revenue is from doing…

Opinion about TC-T: Sold because its ROIC returns started to get a bit wonky. In fact in last 3 years, ROIC has been negative. Satellite internet access has eaten the lunch of fibre. Hard to form a moat around its domain business. Wait for ROIC to be in excess of 20% for at least 3…

Opinion about CSU-T: A rather mysterious and opaque company. Well held, well owned, and people hold onto it for dear life. Massive compounder of 36,000% since the IPO in 2006. Acquires mission-critical, vertical market (narrow of scope -- such as an operating management system for a vet clinic or daycare or golf course) software companies. Tuck-in…

Opinion about SHOP-T: Fine job in utilizing AI, becoming more efficient. Cosmetics and clothing are two of its bigger channels, and these are among the easiest to switch supply chains. This makes those segments relatively less impacted by trade and tariff volatility. No dividend. (Analysts’ price target is $159.57)

Opinion about DSG-T: Trevor Rose’s Insights - Trevor’s most-liked answers from 5i Research Its customers are facing difficulty with making decisions given the uncertain trade environment. We think that it will see increased uncertainties in sales and earnings guidance, but largely, it has navigated challenges well in the past (2020) and we would be comfortable…

Opinion about CLS-T: Not in his fund, but in separately managed accounts. Fantastic job on the supply side. 12-month price target of $199. If you own it, hold on. Add around $148, and another 1/3 around $140.

Opinion about KXS-T: An excellent tech company, one of the few tech stocks up this year because their products are in demand now. Margins are already improving. Will announce a new CEO soon which will be another catalyst. They have the best technology but sales execution was weak, but they can fix this. Is a…

Opinion about BYL-T: Notoriously volatile. BYL has had a rough ride in recent years, but has fixed their balance sheet after selling their money-losing mobile business based in Korea. Are now focused on embedded antennas, infrastructure and satcom. They just announced a big stadium deal in South American for their wireless antennas, in which they…

Opinion about PTG-T: Payout ratio is 56%. Sales are declining by 25% and earnings have fallen by 67%. He would be cautious and would look elsewhere. Yield 13%

Opinion about ABST-T: Trevor Rose’s Insights - Trevor’s most-liked answers from 5i Research. The stock drifted along under $12 through 2022 to August when it moved up to about $16 which held to the start of November when it fell to its month-end close of $13.24. ABST is a leading provider of self-healing endpoint and…

Opinion about TSGI-T: (A Top Pick May 29/19, Up 66%) He sold out previously. He liked the 5 year forecast. As we came into late last year some of the volatility in the stock was not what he was interested in so he exited. He believes they will be stronger going forward.

Opinion about ITC-T: They sold their position due to the inconsistency of their results. He is watching it again, especially now that the momentum is improving. He is not buying yet, but will keep an eye on it.

Opinion about BEW-X: Trevor Rose’s Insights - Trevor’s most-liked answers from 5i Research The stock is now flat for the week; the white paper outlines the opportunity in low power IOT technology, but this is not really new news. Following the stock's big rally in the past year, we would consider it a HOLD. With…

Opinion about OTEX-T: Really active with M&A through pandemic. Recent sale of a business. About 30% upside to target from here. Very involved in EIM software, leader in Canada. Buy 1/3 here around $36, another ~$33, final ~$31. (Analysts’ price target is $49.00)

Opinion about PHO-T: Trevor Rose’s Insights - Trevor’s most-liked answers from 5i Research. Smaller, cyclical company. Rolling out new products. Share buyback potential. Fortunes tied to semiconductor industry.

Opinion about GC-T: Trevor Rose’s Insights - Trevor’s most-liked answers from 5i Research. Takeover offer. Pandemic hit hard. Solid assets, but re-opening slowed. Healthy balance sheet.