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WEAK BUY
Growth prospects despite huge PE? Yes it does, but it is trading at 88x this year's earnings. This doesn't work for his portfolio and he subscribes to Netflix himself. A great business model with huge retention, but they're facing competition with Amazon Prime, Google/Youtube and soon Apple. At least you'll get revenue increases when they continue to raise rates. It's rebounded the most in the FAANGs since Xmas Eve.
Technology
TOP PICK
The company is well known in the southern US but unknown in the north and abroad. They started by inventing a super cooler and has diversified into outdoor drinkware and other outdoor products. It has a great online presence. It became public in the fall at $18 and has done very well. Mutiple isn't dirt cheap at 20x earnings. Has huge growth potential. (Analysts’ price target is $28.40)
Consumer Products
TOP PICK
It's one of the few remaining income funds. They've paid $1.20 dividend since 2007, monthly. They had a tough 2018 with issues in a subdivision. They have a payout ratio of 62-90%. Pays a secure 12% dividend. Their strong management can turn things around. (Analysts’ price target is $12.38)
chemicals
TOP PICK
It's suffered the double-whammy of eliminating drug pricing talk by politicians in the U.S. and fears of Amazon getting into the pharma space. WBA has increased its dividend 43 years in a row and expect one in June. Trades at lower than 10x earnings. He thinks pricing fears are overblown. Targets this in the mid-$70s within 12 months. (Analysts’ price target is $74.35)
specialty stores
COMMENT
Ottawa has just grounded the Boeing 737. He doesn't own Boeing, but he doesn't know how big this issue will be, so stay away. Avoid it. The grounding has a significant impact. The FAA hasn't grounded the 737 and makes the US another outlier on the world stage. Air Canada is under pressure today. Westjet could take a hit due to this grounding. The trickling down will cost both airlines money. They may have to lease planes from other companies. A big problem. Boeing's competitors have their own issues as well...He's pretty comfortable about the current markets. December 2018 was an aberration, a terrible decline that perplexed many people including him. We've since had a very good earnings season since, with 69% of S&P companies beating the street....China and the US seem to be moving towards a deal. He doesn't see a return to December's pullback. Market valuation is fair at 16x for the S&P.
BUY
Likes it and has owned it for 4 years, but it has gone sidways the past 18 months. They acquired Innovia in late-2016 but had trouble digesting it. CCL was also hit by high resin prices in 2018. They seem to have overcome these issues. The stock isn't cheap but is now fairly valued. It's a good entry point now. They just increased their dividend.
packaging
containers
BUY
The Canadian banks are good value. They've come off their highs in the recent reports, due to the harsh market action in Q4 2018. CIBC is the cheapest of the pack in terms of PE and highest yield, but it's also had its issues. It's priced accordingly. He likes the American exposure of TD, though. These are not expensive stocks. You can't go wrong with these banks.
banks
BUY ON WEAKNESS
A great company and likely a good long-term hold, but it keeps setting new highs. It has great prospects for growth with the influx of 5G. It's structured like a REIT so they payout 90% of income. The yield has fallen to 1.9% because the stock has zoomed up. The 50-day moving average is $170 so look for that level.
Telecommunications
BUY
He's liked this for a long time; it's his biggest Canadian holding. They struggled a little in latter-2018, failing to sell Colombian assets. They took that off the market in December 2018. They've been aggressively buying back their stock and will continue to this year until that Colombian bid runs out. Trading at 3x cash flow. They still have excellent exploration properties. Well-managed. A cheap stock.
oil
gas
