In the penalty box. Stumbled on a fixed price contract and lost money. With any kind of an up tick in infrastructure, they should do well. If you own, he would be tempted to hold on.
Oil is up or down $2-$3 each day and a lot of the oil companies, including oil/gas service companies, are not doing so well. Good management. Good dividend.
Mortgage insurance. Extraordinarily cheap. 4.75% dividend. Genworth (GNW-N) out of the US controls 57% of the company. Trades at 10X earnings, well below book. Investors are concerned that the problems in the US will infect the Canadian operations. He has a lot of faith in management.
Are Canadian banks good value at these levels? He is a bargain hunter and doesn't think the banks are particularly cheap. Trading anywhere from 1.5-2 times BV. Sees better things in the market place.
Lost money in BC Place where they had a fixed price contract. Also, infrastructure spending has slowed down. Had a loss last quarter and they passed the dividend for the time being. Selling $50 million plus of assets, which are not germane to their business so there are no financial problems.
This is a true contrarian stock. Every one hates the retailers. Stumbled for the last 4-5 quarters. CFO resigned. Stock price is below BV but also below tangible book. Eventually that market is going to improve. You will have to be patient for the bottom line to set in.
Had an unsuccessful hole in the North Sea. Good management. Will be getting good cash flow with a number of their wells coming on. Buy under $2 and Sell closer to $3. Very volatile. Could be a takeover candidate. Higher risk because of drilling. (Pricing is on Brent crude.)
Specialty paper. A lot of good things are happening. Company is looking to do another pulp deal. Switzerland printing is a little soft right now. Doing extra ordinary well on their wallpaper in Germany. Should be in production shortly on their dissolving pulp business. Good management.
Debt-free and trading below BV and breakup value. 8th largest furniture manufacturer in the US. Operate out of Dubuque but also manufacture and distribute out of China, Thailand, Vietnam and Mexico. No debt and sitting on about $2.75 a share in cash. BV is $19.50 and its working capital is $15 a share.
Nonstandard automobile and motorcycle insurance. Debt-free and trading below book and breakup value. BV is $0.61. Have excess capital of $100 million. Have just put in place a $30 million buyback.
Debt-free and trading below book and breakup value. No debt and sitting on $61 million of cash ($1.60 per share). Have a solar remediation facility in Quebec, which is waiting for several tenders. Have about 16,000 tons of soil to be remediated and will start up operations when they get to 20,000. Looking to make an accretive acquisition.
(A Top Pick Oct 1/10. Down 28.05%.) Sold a large portion of his holdings at $18.50. Believes it is a $20 stock. Likes this company a lot. On the right track and making acquisitions.