Dean Orrico

A globally diversified REIT with exposure in Canada, Brazil, Germany, Austria and Asia. Rather than being in healthcare, they are more of a rent collector. In Canada, in particular, they run medical office buildings, which is a more defensive part of the market. Yield of about 8%. Although it has some positive attributes, the balance sheet is stretched, and a lot of their debts are in convertible bonds.

The sector is trading at 14-14.5 times, while this company is trading at about half that multiple. From that perspective, it is screaming value. However, this was a 2-trick pony with hepatitis C and HIV. The hepatitis C has been slowly decreasing and HIV sales have been increasing, but not enough to offset the decline. Generating tremendous free cash flow, and he thinks the market has taken a bit of a wait and see attitude, to see how management is going to deploy this. The stock has a 2.5% yield, and he would like to see them bump the dividend. They would still have more room in terms of capital to put the money to work, to see where the next leg of growth is going to come from.

Now nearing the upper end of the valuation range. Looking at the Canadian seniors housing market, you have Chartwell (CSH.UN-T), the largest in the space, and this is in the next tier down. The AFFO multiples are very close, and at the high end of the range. They’ve started to expand into home care which is probably why they have done so well. This is an area where there has been pretty robust margins and lots of growth, with government subsidy. There are better areas where you can get higher yield, and even better valuations with growth, but overall it is a good company to own. Dividend yield of 4.6%.

Has a very small position, and it ranks high on his list. It has done very well in diabetes insulin. However, that is a part of the market where there is starting to be some downward price pressure as more competition has come in. There hasn’t been enough R&D to find out where the next leg of growth is going to be. You would think emerging markets would be a dominant area for them, but they don’t seem to be moving in that direction. The stock is not cheap and gives you about a 2.5% yield. He would like to see an activist investor get involved.

(A Top Pick Oct 11/16. Down 9.87%.) For the most part of 2016, there was a rotation out of Pharma and into medical devices. Great company, well-established and a good yield.

(A Top Pick Oct 11/16. Down 3.59%.) This was and is subject to a takeover offer by Walgreens. Sold his holdings at about $8.30.

(A Top Pick Oct 11/16. Down 2.05%.) A very deep pipeline of drugs and hidden value. It gives you a 3%+ yield. Great company.

What is really going to drive outperformance is having some diversification, but over and above that, be able to overweight which sectors will outperform. A passive product is not going to do that for you. It makes sense to own an actively managed product.

He thinks the drivers behind the healthcare sector are as powerful today as they were 6 months ago. However, the environment has been changing, where you need to be more of an active manager, understanding which asset mix makes sense. This is a passive ETF, so you are subject to the whims of the largest names. You should have exposure to the sector, but try to identify something that is more actively managed.

The problem is that it has a fairly thin pipeline of new drugs coming out, which is the reason they have gone out to try and make acquisitions. This now leaves them wondering where the next leg of growth is going to come from. 4%+ yield.

Deep pipeline. Attractively valued. It has a couple of drugs that are nearing approval in the 1^st half of this year. One is in the breast cancer area and one in the bio similar area. Dividend yield of 3.46%. (Analysts’ price target is CHF 278.65.)

A company with a very deep pipeline of drugs, one of the major ones being the cancer drug Opdivo, specifically in the immuno oncology area, which the market has written off for now. Merck (MRK-N) has clearly beaten them to the punch on lung cancer with Keytruda, but there is still a vast market, awaiting on the Opdivo end, and he thinks the market is not giving it its due value. Also, this is a potential take out candidate for something like Johnson & Johnson (JNJ-N) or Pfizer (PFE-N). Dividend yield of 3.16%. (Analysts’ price target is $59.12.)

Management has shown to be very effective in growing through development and acquisition. They are focused in various areas but the home base is in Ontario where there is a waiting list of about 25,000 people for long-term care beds. Dividend yield of 5.27%. (Analysts’ price target is $13.35.)

Healthcare. The opportunity to invest in healthcare stocks right now is excellent. It is as good as he has seen in a long time. Looking at performance generally, it has been really up until September of last year. The healthcare sector was really led by Pharma and Biotech in particular, and were among the best performing parts in the market. Year-to-date, healthcare is probably the worst performing part of the market, and trades today at about 14.5X forward earnings versus about 16.5X the broader market. Biotech was even more attractive at about 11.5X, but he recognizes the value of buying companies that pay dividends, which traditional Pharma does.

One of his larger pharma weightings. This is a high quality stock, and is more attractively valued than it was 6 weeks ago, even 6 days ago. Pays an attractive dividend of over 3%. Well capitalized, but has had some challenges with its cancer drug Opdivo. However, that corner of their products is only about 5% of the demand for this class of drugs over time. About a 3^rd of a stocks’ value is the markets’ bet on the future product flow, and the best way to understand that is to dig in and look at the patents. Doing this, you are paying about half as much for the future product flow when buying this company versus the typical drug stocks.