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Q: I went back to Constellation Software’s old reports to compare results to Topicus’ current results. Constellation had similar revenue ($891m USD) in 2012 to Topicus in 2021 ($846m USD).

Here are the revenue growth rates for those years:
CSU : 15%
TOI: 50%

Here are the acquisition amounts in those years:
CSU: $141m USD
TOI: $385m USD

By the numbers, it would seem that Topicus is significantly more aggressive in terms of growth by acquisition than Constellation was when it was the same size back in 2012.
My question is can Topicus keep this rate of acquisition up over the next five years or so, or are they picking off the low hanging fruit and things will get much more difficult down the road? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Michael on February 14, 2022
Q: DND has taken on debt for acquisitions. Is there a legitimate concern that anticipated profit may not materialize, setting up a potential death spiral for the company? Quite separate from the general tech meltdown, would this concern explain some of the profound share weakness in the past few weeks? We have seen this scenario play out with other Canadian companies that over-payed for acquisitions that did not generate the anticipated profit, costing equity holders dearly.

Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Joel on February 14, 2022
Q: Up over 124% on this stock and 15% of an account should I pull some off the table? Unregistered account.
Read Answer Asked by mike on February 11, 2022
Q: Hi...Bill Harris on BNN today said that Avenue is no longer in Leon's. They had bought, believing in the pandemic impact that would cause people to stay home and buy a TV & sofa. Now, with the potential reopening post-Covid, people may soon prefer to go out to a baseball game and have a beer & hotdog (I'm paraphrasing). The result = Leon's may feel the impact. I am a happy owner of LNF...just curious on your thoughts?

Thanks....Steve
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on February 11, 2022
Q: Please comment on Brookfield's announcement this morning and what it means / what you think
Read Answer Asked by Alexander on February 10, 2022
Q: The latest news from BAM would suggest another spin off is on the horizon would 5i see this as positive. According to what I've been able to read so far the spin off would be a private company how would that benefit the common shareholders over the long term.
Read Answer Asked by Thomas on February 10, 2022
Q: If BAM spins off it's asset management business, what is left? Just 'Brookfield' and it would be similar to their infastructure/renewable/insurance spin-offs?

Thanks in advance
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on February 10, 2022
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