Today, Brian Acker, CA and Stan Wong commented about whether MSFT-Q, PPL-T, ABBV-N, EA-Q, STZ-N, MU-Q, NFLX-Q, BCE-T, UNP-N, MFC-T, ZUQ-T, BAC-N, V-N, SLF-T, T-N, DIS-N, CVS-N, AAPL-Q, GE-N, NKE-N, RCL-N, AAPL-Q, CTC.A-T, SBUX-Q, WN-T, M-N, XOM-N, GILD-Q, STN-T, ARE-T, AEM-T, TSGI-T, RY-T, CAT-N, POW-T, CNR-T, ATD.B-T, TECK.B-T, FCX-N, ORCL-N, GILD-Q, C-N, WFC-N, AMGN-Q, CTC.A-T, BLK-N, TCL.A-T, VRX-T, CASY-Q are stocks to buy or sell.
Markets. When you look at what the British pound has been doing over the last couple of days, and also that we had a big move in the marketplace, he thinks investors are voting with their money and saying that the status quo will likely remain. Hopefully tomorrow there will be a little bit of a solution so that we don’t need to use the word Brexit anymore, at least for some time. Looking at the S&P 500, we are trading at 18X forward earnings, and 19X on the TSX. In the last 10 years they have both traded on an average at about 14X, so we are at a bit of a premium. Interest rates have acted as a bit of a safety net or tailwind for equities, but really the key variable is to see an improvement in earnings growth at some point in the back half of this year and into next. The S&P 500, pushing above the 2100 level 3 times, seems to be a serious area of overhead supply. We are there again right now, so let’s see if we can break through that. Based on valuations, he is a little cautious that we can break through that. We still have some more geopolitical issues which are happening globally.
A slow and steady consumer staples name. Technically it has done well, moving up and meandering higher in the last little while. In the last 12 months, it is up about 10%. Decent technical moves. A bit expensive, trading at about 17X FE, and growing at about 7%. PEG ratio to growth is a bit higher at about 2.4X, which would concern him. He would prefer Metro (MRU-T) or Loblaw’s (L-T). Dividend yield of about 1.6%.
Has owned this for some time, but has been noticing in the larger growth type of names, they are starting to move sideways. He is watching this very closely. Valuations are higher for these types of names. Trading at 29X forward earnings, so there could be a shift from growthier types of names to more value oriented types of names. Still a name he likes, but he would watch it very closely for the next little while. If it starts to break down even further, then he would want to take some profits off the table.
Trading at about 15X earnings, which is not too bad compared to a lot of other retailers, so from a value perspective it seems okay. Has never been able to wrap his head around the different types of companies they have, whether it is the sports type or the Canadian Tire brand itself. With the real estate, that has pushed the shares up a little. He likes it here, but just has not bought shares yet.
Sold his holdings recently at about $100. Over the last little while, has realized that iPhone sales growth is starting to wane a little. Representing 2/3 of the revenues, he believes that is a bit of an issue. Valuation wise it is still very cheap, trading at around 10 or 11 times forward earnings. Has lots of cash on the books and paying a dividend, but thinks penetration in China is not as strong as people had hoped. Also, on the next iteration of iPhones, are people going to line up and is it going to be as successful as the previous ones.
His model price is $40.85, a 42% upside. The market doesn’t quite believe this company’s balance sheet. Pays 4.66% dividend yield. He would have some in your Canadian portfolio.