Earning Reports to Watch (Jan 7-11)

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

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.

Sprott is a secured lender in this project, as well as a shareholder. The mining start-up looks like it has been fairly troublesome. If they work through their problems, which he thinks they will, he thinks there is tremendous upside. However, there is risk. There is tremendous upside if they can make all this work.…

(Market Call Minute.) A Buy as long as your timeframe is one to one of the half years.

Business has had strong financial results the past few quarters. Significantly increased gross margins. Turnaround plan is working as hoped. Very under valued company. Happy with improvements in corporate governance. Industrial valve backlog in orders. Expecting share buybacks to start soon (next year). Believes company is worth over $20 a share.

He looked at it recently. They run a core recruiting business in CEOs/CFOs, and launched a new division in mid-market recruiting like middle-management. The latter has been growing well. Shares have ripped higher then come down. He's watching this for another quarter or two.

The krill oil lipid trial did not work as expected. The overall portfolio is quite attractive. Over the coming year, there may be opportunities. However, there are other opportunities in other companies like ATE, which he owns.

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They're just starting to grow in the U.S. where there's a long runway ahead. Already established here. During Covid, they expanded their e-commerce which will help US expansion. Also, they bought a small company centered on men's clothes, so that's another growth opportunity.

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The issue with the share price is that some of the larger US cable companies are alluding to weak ad business. He thinks it is pretty strong for a Canadian cable company. The cable slowdown is more transient, just affecting the back half of the year. It has a nice yield. The family manages the…

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The dividend is not coming back and they should be putting money into growth. The valuation is OK so can hold for the long term. But there others in the sector that he prefers.

He prefers CCO-T. The uranium space is one he really likes. He thinks we are going back to nuclear power as you can only have so many wind turbines and solar panels.

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…