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Review of Andlauer Healthcare Group

May 06, 2025

Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND) announced on Thursday April 24, 2025, that it will be joining the UPS family of companies in an all-cash transaction at $55.00 per share. UPS has agreed to acquire AND, valuing the company at $2.2 billion, which represented a premium of 31.1% over the closing price prior to the announcement.

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B

Review of D2L Inc.

May 06, 2025

DTOL has been effective in modernizing the learning experience for organizations and the public sector across the globe, and while it is growing its top-line at a moderate pace, due to its SaaS-based nature, it can scale up its earnings quickly. DTOL has seen margin expansion in recent quarters, and we are encouraged by its high revenue retention rate, its diversified customer base, and positive free cash flows. While it is growing at just a moderate pace, we feel its valuation is fair, and if the company can continue to execute by growing its product pipeline and attracting new customers, we feel its multiples can expand closer to the average of its peers.

Rating
B

Review of The North West Company

May 06, 2025

NWC is a low-risk, high-quality consumer staples name that has demonstrated a track record of consistent operational efficiency and disciplined capital allocation over the years. The company’s business model targets niche markets of remote, rural areas with small populations, which keep the competition less intense for NWC relative to other retailers, allowing them to earn decent returns on capital. NWC’s same-store sales growth has been stable over the years, which even accelerated slightly in the most recent fiscal year. The company has a prudent “incrementalism” approach in its store expansion strategy, as the company gradually expand the store count while optimizing profitability and same-store-sales growth.

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Q: In a recent question on LLY, you said "President Trump is about to sign an executive order that would likely slash the cost of drugs (and hence the profits for maker) on a slew of popular, expensive products".

What effect will this have on the price and dividends paid by HHL.to and LIFE.to ?
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Q: It has been awhile since Kinaxis has been at this level. I know that you like the company, but do you see any reason to trim or pull back at this time. I am at 5% but that doesn't keep me up at night.

It just seems they get a few good quarters in a row and then one bad one bumps them back down for a couple years and then they claw there way back to where they are now.

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