23 Stock Top Picks and 5 ETF (Feb 01-07)

(A Top Pick Jun 08/20, Up 37%) Had a really big run. Bought it for the reopening potential and travel. Also a broadcaster too. Disney+ has become a huge competitor to Netflix. Has come off from the highs. Cruise lines are not back yet and amusement parks are not 100% yet. One of the best…

(A Top Pick Jul 21/20, Up 37%) Great business. Demographic tailwind. User loyalty. Pandemic surgery slowdown created a backlog that's coming online now. Good free cashflow growth can be used to pay down debt and make acquisitions. Good upside for next several years.

Holds it in high regard. Divested and modernized. Expansion into non-meat protein. Earnings are cyclically depressed. Not a barn burner of a growth stock. GDP-esque growth rate. Put in your RRSP. Will do well in the long-term.

Stockchase Research Editor: Michael O'Reilly LEN recently reported revenue growth over 21%, easily beating the consensus outlook. New orders is creating a growing back log for the home builder company. Margins are doubling to over 26%, while SG&A expenses are declining -- all going directly to the bottom line. Cash reserves are over $2.5 billion,…

She's been adding on this pullback. Sector benefited with Covid. Growth of their PRO division is actually greater than DIY for the first time in the last few quarters. Not housing starts that drives them, but housing turnover. Housing shortage encourags renovations. Building out e-commerce, and so operating margins will improve. Yield is 2.16%. (Analysts’…

He lightened up on the banks last quarter. When stocks stop rising on good news, he gets concerned. Canadian banks had quite a run. Lower yields were a headwind. Likes the US assets. Overcapitalized. Eventually will raise dividends, buy back shares, do acquisitions. He's adding. Valuations are at the higher range, buy you could do…

Very fine company. One of the best property and casualty companies in the world. Relatively resilient, defensive business model. Long-term, he recommends it. But for short and medium performance, we're exiting a recession, so it makes sense to put more capital into cyclicals.

If we get inflation that translates into higher long term interest rates then it should help insurance companies. It has a big equity portfolio compared to others. The risk-reward ratio is different. He prefers MFC-T.

Good momentum. Basket of commercial, residential, storage, and so on. Issue is the expensive valuation. Another way to play it is to look at the US homebuilders, such as ITB, his preference, which also has a home renovation component. Supply/demand dynamics speak to years and years of home building.

Allan Tong’s Discover Picks CAP REIT stock surpasses it peers in several categories: earnings, cash flow, gross and profit margins. Its PE, for example, stands at 11x compared to SmartCentres REIT’s 71.7x and Allied Properties REIT‘s 17.4x. ROI is 6.89% vs. 0.99% and 3.63% against those same names. True, the dividend yield pays 2.24% which…

CP vs. CNR Owns CNR. Numbers positive over the last little while, but the KSU acquisition may hamper them going into next year, with the stock moving sideways. Rail industry is great: limited competition, hard to duplicate, good pricing power, sweet spot of transportation. KSU acquisition will enhance their business. Forest fires are affecting the…

All infrastructure stocks will do well. He's been looking at WSP. He prefers the valuation of Stantec, though. WSP is well run, but the PE is anticipating projects coming in sooner than likely to happen. Governments have delayed infrastructure projects in the past, so keep that in mind. If you own this, hold on. This…

(A Top Pick Jun 17/20, Up 37%) It's waiting for things to line up to do well on a fundamentental basis. Their aerospace business lags, but aerospace in general will come back. Defence is their stable business, based on dependable US defence budgets. This creates a lot of free cash and could lead to share…

CP vs. CNR Owns CNR. Numbers positive over the last little while, but the KSU acquisition may hamper them going into next year, with the stock moving sideways. Rail industry as a whole is great: limited competition, hard to duplicate, good pricing power, sweet spot of transportation. KSU acquisition will enhance CNR's business. Forest fires…

Billy Kawasaki’s Insights - Billy’s most-liked answers from 5i Research. They missed operating revenue estimates. Cash burn was less than expected. Revenues are rising 59% and cash burn fell 42%. Probably turning a corner with this upcoming quarter with easing restrictions. Medium term outlook remains intact. Unlock Premium - Try 5i Free

(A Top Pick Jun 03/20, Up 68%) Finally getting traction with investors. Great CEO. Building up presence in higher end pharma space. Great story, good backlog. He'd still buy it here.

Last year they fended off a challenge from an activist investor. Its platform enables remote work, so share soared during Covid. But then earlier this year, the activist threatened to take it over. Instead, in April, Box struck a deal with another investor, KKR, for a $500 million investment to mostly use to buyback shares.…

They report Tuesday. He expects amazing numbers given Twitter and Snap's blow-out reports last night. GOOG has a booming ad business, YouTube is gangbusters and their cloud division is hitting.

Hit hard by the pandemic. In really good, recovering markets. Problematic balance sheet largely resolved. Should be a big year of recovery. Holds valuable technology, which would easily push the shares to $2-3.

Leery about the valuation. Great business that helps manage supply chains. Trades at 230x 2021 earnings, too rich. A 45% correction because of a stumble. Growth rate of 12% doesn't justify valuation. Sales are growing more rapidly than earnings, margins are shrinking.

They report Wednesday. He expects them to talk about small business (FB sells a lot of ads to them) especially. He expects a fine quarter because online advertising is so strong.

Buy. Great CEO and they have tons in the pipeline and lots of deals are doing well. Shares have come down, so buy now.

They report Thursday. He expects them to tell a good story. It would benefit from cross-border travel.

Great. A core holding. Low cost, pure beta play. Bullish on EM. They've underperformed for the last 11 years, and they're set for a long period of outperformance. The issue is that it's still 40% tech, and he's moving away from tech. Look at DEM instead, as it overweights EM companies that have higher dividends…

He likes Brazil for its tax reforms, which will likely be moderate than originally feared.

Not overly bullish on healthcare as a whole, as its growth may be less attractive. Likes medical devices, with a built-in backlog due to Covid. He owns SYK. There should be a significant pickup in procedures over the next 2 years. SYK has strong earnings growth, near a 1-year high. Also look at IHI, the…

Not yet. Investors can re-balance their portfolios. If you aimed for one percentage of equities and another for bonds, you can move money to maintain that balance. That is one of the most prudent things people can do. The bottoms are not in yet.

(A Top Pick Jan 07/19, Up 14%) They are one of the lead orders on this. There was a technical issue where it was listed on the TSX and NEO. The fund refused to list it on the TSX. It doesn't have good liquidity due to this and so they gave it up.