Earning Reports to Watch (Jan 21-25)

(A Past Top Pick on April 26, 2017, Down 5%) They build student housing very well and there's currently a shortage in the west. They make a 10% EBITDA margin on these schools. In addition to revenues, they benefit from the asset value is rising in those projects. They have several the Vancouver area. Down…

CNR vs CP Owns both, core holdings. No one's building any more rails. Cheaper to ship commodities by rail than any other way. If an economic slowdown, traffic and volumes will slow down but it's still a pretty steady business. If the trade war goes on, everything gets more expensive and these two will be impacted…

They haven't indicated a discovery in the St. James Bay area, though he likes the management and this part of the world for exploration.

Cobalt is attractive but this is not a cheap producer, because they're in Canada and not Russia or Congo.

NOVAGOLD is a well-financed precious metals company focused on the development of its 50%-owned Donlin Gold project in Alaska, one of the safest mining jurisdictions in the world. With approximately 39 million ounces of gold in the measured and indicated mineral resource categories, inclusive of proven and probable mineral reserves (541 million tonnes at an…

They have quality zinc deposits in Peru, but the zinc price is the issue, so is it a good time to sell it now? They will drill another 10,000 meters so find more high-grade. He escapes a scoping study by end-June. Has a flat chart though, reflecting the low zinc price. Zinc companies aren't making…

Would recommend selling. Dividend rising too fast. Earnings not quality. Better options for investors. Current price presenting value to sell. Brookfield a better option. 

Billy Kawasaki’s Insights - Billy’s most-liked answers from 5i Research. The revenue of $6.4M missed estimates by 31%. Loss was also much worse than expected. The company continues to move into new states and media revenue grew sharply. Another capital raise would not be surprising with the US rollout. Results were weak but the potential…

Very good operators and acquirers. Post-pandemic funk, excess inventory had to be marked down. It'll take time for things to normalize. Murky construction and renovation outlook in US. More housing activity may be a good time to step back in.

(A Top Pick Jan 23/25, Down 1.1%)Stockchase Research Editor: Michael O’Reilly Our PAST TOP PICK with RCI.B is stagnating.  To remain disciplined, we recommend trailing up the stop (from $35) to $38 at this time.