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Recently bought this. Had been looking at names that were unduly hurt or had not participated in this big rally, and this one was a screaming opportunity. Had some struggles lately, as the market is trying to digest its recent acquisitions. They have a bit of a tax issue with respect to the US. A good fundamental company with a reasonable amount of earnings. Their acquisition makes sense and will allow them to continue to grow.
A good dividend growth story. Well-managed from the perspective that it generates cash to the owners. They are very good to their shareholders. He would attribute the last $5 decline more to the fear of rising interest rates than anything specifically material to the company. Close to a 5% dividend yield is pretty darned good.
Auto parts have climbed a wall of worry. Everybody was waiting for the auto cycle to end, to roll over from 17.5 million and go down to 16 million, which it appears to be doing. However, these stocks haven’t done anything, they just continue to make money. Generates lots and lots of cash. The multiple has gone from a very low level to a still cheap basis, because of fears. You want to buy a stock when everybody is afraid. As long as they keep spinning cash, it’s a wonderful business to own. He wouldn’t be adding to new clients accounts today.
This has been a good Canadian story. The issue for him is, what do you pay for a good story today. It has very, very high expectations, and is part of the whole disruption world. What they do for businesses is wonderful, and they have a good lock, as proved by the fact that Amazon (AMZN-Q) uses their technology. The issue for him is valuation.
He continues to like this. Trading at only 14X earnings. Had some recent disappointments. Anticipated the appliance market would grow 4%-6% this year, but it looks like it is going to grow at only 3.5%. This market doesn’t like disappointments. He likes that he is getting a global franchise that has a reasonable currency play because of the weakness in the US$. A well-run company.
He likes to look at contrarian opportunities. This is a monopoly movie distribution business in Canada. It had a lousy quarter, and is going to have a lousy quarter coming up. He looks at this like a commodity. Movie cycles come and go. There is good hope on the screen looking forward. It has become a wonderful value opportunity to buy a depressed stock. Dividend yield of 4.4%. (Analysts’ price target is $48.)
This has a dividend yield of 4.8%, the highest it has been since 2001. It got punished with the oil sector, and because of all the politics involved. This is a growth business. They are going to grow the dividend at double digits for the next couple of years, and thinks it can continue to grow at double digits beyond that. (Analysts’ price target is $62.)
A play on the US single family home market. Made an acquisition earlier this year of the Silver Bay portfolio of about 9000 single-family homes, adding to their portfolio of about 8000 homes. This is a back-door way to get US exposure into a Canadian portfolio. Also, the supply of single-family homes in the US has been light. Dividend yield of 2.5%. (Analysts’ price target is $13.63.)
(A Top Pick Nov 30/16. Up 11%.) He still likes this. They are in the electric generation business. A year ago, they were just finishing up the first project. Now they’ve finished the construction of the last turbine, and it should be in full operation by the end of this year. For the next 10-15 years, they’ll just be spinning cash. Thinks they’ll raise the distribution in 2018. A well-run company.