Markets. The S&P 500 for the last 10 years shows the last 5 a little more encouraging but the market seems to be overbought in the near-term. PE multiples are reasonable and he is optimistic the economy globally is improving. Feels that economic growth is going to be pretty good for the coming 1.5 years.
Holds patents on location-based mobile advertising. Expanding but unfortunately they are losing money. Expected breakeven in about 18 months but there are some new IPOs coming. Valuations are heating up in their space. Very speculative.
New plant they are buying and converting looks quite interesting. PE on a trailing basis is about 10X. ROE is interesting at about 20%. His Quant system does not rate it well because near-term earnings are declining dramatically. Was $.38 last year and the most recent quarter in November was minus $.51. If they can get it together, growth rate in earnings should be pretty good.
Selective asset management technology is very good. They have a USB stick ($25 monthly) which allows you totally secure access via Internet anywhere globally. Used by the US military. Wait to see if they get increased sales.
Gold, as a metal, has turned back up and this should drag along platinum. Overall earnings are declining about 20% year-over-year. Actual earnings growth is pretty modest at 8% for 2012. Prefers others.
US wind company. Have been able to get a 30% tax credit from the US government which dramatically improves the economics. Expecting the systems to fully generate and produce visible earnings and cash flow in the 1st and 2nd quarters this year. Could be a takeover candidate.
Company is expected to have decent earnings growth in future. Bringing on new fields in the North Sea and the UK. This would be of interest to about 5 potential buyers so he would continue to hold. Trading at about 8X PE.
Had a huge outperformance last year. With a decent yield, the stock moved up a great deal in price. In the last couple of months people have seen an improvement in economic growth and are moving out of the defensive plays. Continues to rank well in his Income Model.
85% of their income is recurring revenue. Focused on the electronic transportation space. Continue to have very strong free cash flow. Good cash on the balance sheet so are continuing to do acquisitions. Recently acquired Telargo.
More speculative. 3 pieces to creating value in rare earth. 1) 20% comes from digging it out of the ground. Reactivating a mine in South Africa and to have it into production in the 2nd half of 2013. 2) 40% is created by being able to separate rare earth minerals they have signed a deal with GCD, the only Chinese separation company.