Q: Hello 5i,
In 2024 I sold my full equity position of GSY not at the top but did well for the multi-year hold (thank you 5i). I started watching for a possible rebuy particularly after the 5i report A-. One of my goals was to create a corporate bond holding portfolio vs a bond etf for a portion of my fixed income %. I noticed GSY has a 5-year 6% coupon with a BB- rating bond on the market. GSY does carry a lot of debt thus if an investor is fine with collecting a 6% return with a stepped-up risk protection profile within the bond world does this make sense? I am assuming in a downturn the bonds will trade down as well but since I have a lot of equity risk already would this make sense? I would plan to hold until full maturity and keep this in a registered account so interest tax is not an issue.
CORP GSY 6.0 05/15/30 380355AK3
Security Description
Issue Description CORP, GOEASY LTD, Call May27@103.000
Security Number 0377427
Alternative Sec Id T657E7
Security Description CORP GSY 6.0 05/15/30 380355AK3 (C)
Issuer Full Name GOEASY LTD
Coupon 6.000
Maturity 05/15/2030
Issue Date 11/04/2024
Dated Date 11/04/2024
In 2024 I sold my full equity position of GSY not at the top but did well for the multi-year hold (thank you 5i). I started watching for a possible rebuy particularly after the 5i report A-. One of my goals was to create a corporate bond holding portfolio vs a bond etf for a portion of my fixed income %. I noticed GSY has a 5-year 6% coupon with a BB- rating bond on the market. GSY does carry a lot of debt thus if an investor is fine with collecting a 6% return with a stepped-up risk protection profile within the bond world does this make sense? I am assuming in a downturn the bonds will trade down as well but since I have a lot of equity risk already would this make sense? I would plan to hold until full maturity and keep this in a registered account so interest tax is not an issue.
CORP GSY 6.0 05/15/30 380355AK3
Security Description
Issue Description CORP, GOEASY LTD, Call May27@103.000
Security Number 0377427
Alternative Sec Id T657E7
Security Description CORP GSY 6.0 05/15/30 380355AK3 (C)
Issuer Full Name GOEASY LTD
Coupon 6.000
Maturity 05/15/2030
Issue Date 11/04/2024
Dated Date 11/04/2024
5i Research Answer:
While it is still a relatively small company at $2.4B, and does have some rate and economic risk, we would be comfortable holding GSY bonds, certainly, as part of a fixed-income allocation (i.e. not a giant weighting but part of a portfolio). While there is not a lot at GSY in the way of fixed assets, cash flow, earnings and dividends (which could stop, if needed) offer decent protection to bond holders.