HOLD
They have big contracts with star bucks. They made a number of acquisitions but these stories may fall apart and they had a premium valuation and then the stock fell apart when the company missed a couple of quarters. They had problems with the minimum wage going up. He is trying to do more due diligence on it.
BUY
It was going to be a top pick. He has done extremely well. Iron ore prices have moved up quite a bit. It is the right time and right place. Cash flows will continue to rise. It is one of the best companies in the resource side.
RISKY
It can be viewed as a speculative buy because things have turned around. It was a 100 bagger at one point. There were some disclosure problems and then Warren Buffet came in and is not exiting. Operationally they have been doing well.
BUY
It has been decimated. These companies are in way better shape than they ever have been. They paid down debt and now the equity price is up. He really likes the management team. There has always been speculation that they will get bought out. They have a much better balance sheet than they did before. You have to trade these stocks. This is a good entry point.
WEAK BUY
This is a difficult one because the numbers have not been great over the last couple of quarters. It's close to the bottom but not a table pounding buy. They had a problem with their ERP system.
HOLD
They found so many large rocks that they had trouble selling some of them. The stock looks cheap but diamond prices have come off a bit. It's not a bad place to be, though.
DON'T BUY
He used to own it. They ended up over promising and under delivering so he exited. Their margins were low. They had some operational issues. Things have not turned around yet.
TOP PICK
This is an excellent entry point. There was a spinoff of some of the Shaw-held stocks and the market could not take it all in. The stock fell, so now it is an excellent opportunity for investors to get in. They have come out with a number of strong quarters. 23% free cash flow yield and they are paying down their debt. This is immune to tariffs and trade wars. (Analysts’ price target is $8.13)
TOP PICK
They are doing an issuer bid to buy back a lot of stock. 20%+ growth rate over the last 4 years. They continue to take a ton of market share from competitors. There is limited down side risk because of the large buy-back issuer bid. (Analysts’ price target is $54.50)
TOP PICK
They have been decimated. They are the same price as in December but oil has gone up. They paid up a ton of debt since December. The risk/reward is there to buy this name. (Analysts’ price target is $4.63)
COMMENT
Market Outlook - Geopolitical tensions affected oil. A draconian scenario in the situation more severe than what happened today at the the strategic Strait of Hormuz would cause a shortage in oil and an increase in oil. For now the oil market is fairly supplied. In the long run oil is broadly locked in the 40 - 80 range and we are kind of at the bottom half of that. For Canada is different as we don;t have enough capacity to move the oil. This is a political issue and it might change in October. The market is pricing a rate cut in the US. It is kind of strange given record levels of employment. Maybe the Fed is more focused on the inflation target as it has been running below 2%.
WAIT
Went public 4-5 years ago. Strong grower. It stalled last year. The problem is to figure out whether this is a falling knife.
BUY
An apparel manufacture. Great strong grower 2 decades +. Low cost operator. Great Management team.
DON'T BUY
Engineering and construction company. For a couple of years it was mainly consulting, now more doing construction. It could be a mess if not executed well. A show me stock. Cyclical. He would stay clear of it.
BUY
They owned three other banks that are larger and more diversified. If he ran a more broader portfolio he would have no problem owning this stock. Having said that you should temper your expectation for the next 5 years as Quebec is their bigger market and it's been the stronger economy in Canada. All banks are now cheap as there are macro concerns in the market that he doesn't share. The group has outperform the TSX in 20 of the last 25 years.