Today, Jamie Murray and Mike S. Newton, CIM FCSI commented about whether QSR-T, CCI-N, MKC-N, KBH-N, BAM.A-T, ROP-N, ZDV-T, GM-N, JPM-N, VIG-N, TXF-T, SRU.UN-T, DPZ-N, ZPW-T, V-N, ECL-N, CME-Q, CNR-T, ROKU-Q, MA-N, TD-T, UNH-N, STLC-T, X-N, CJ-T, ACB-T, IPL-T, AMZN-Q, CJR.B-T, IBM-N, MA-N, BIDU-Q, BHC-T, ADBE-Q, BX-N, CAR.UN-T, VET-T, RTX-N, RY-T, CJT-T, CHE.UN-T, TFII-T, BB-T, H-T, QCOM-Q, BP-N, AAPL-Q, NKE-N are stocks to buy or sell.
He prefers it to Visa, though both are fine. MA boasts more growth. Both dominate payments. Despite new, smart e-payment companies, customers still need a card like MA--cards won't go away soon. For MA, he forecasts 10-12% annual revenue growth for the next 2-3 years and strong free cash flow, growing earnings at 30x 2020's revenues. Chip away at this when you can, because this doesn't pullback much. (Analysts’ price target is $309.22)
The most hated stock on the S&P. IBM is doing a lot of things right. It trades much lower vs. its peers, so it doesn't take a lot to get a 20-30% return out of it. The bar is set so low. The EPS is around 10-11x. They just closed on the Red Hat cloud deal. Revenue growth is 2-3% annual, but they are cutting out big-revenue, but low-margin contracts which should improve their bottom line. Red Hat's CEO could be the next IBM head, which is a plus. (Analysts’ price target is $154.76)
One of his favourite tech names that well generate a lot of free cash flow into 2021 like Microsoft. They're reinvesting aggressively, pushing into delivery through the Prime program that they're also pushing with success. All tech has come under pressure and there have been allegations of poorly paying their workers; they've raised their minimum wage to $15/hour, but under tough working conditions. Plus, there's regulatory scrutiny over them using data from third-party vendors. But he consider this short-term noise.
His weed exposure is through Constellation Brands which owns Canopy--this is less risky than owning cannabis stocks. The valuation on the entire sector rose way too high in 2017-8. Now, the industry is feeling growing pains, with unexpected surprises in working with governments. Generally sin stocks do well long term, but the next year or two will be challenging.