Investment Q&A

Q: Does PSTG have a good pathway to growth? Is this a good entry point?

Q: I currently own shares in SHOP and am thinking of selling them and using the proceeds to buy shares in GOOG. Can you think of any concerns that you might have about this action?
I appreciate the good advice that you have always provided me in the past.

Q: Can you please comment on Unity Software (U) latest earnings released yesterday. Was there anything of particular interest to note from the call the call yesterday (either good or bad; I cant find a recording of the call on their site)? What is your view of this company after this latest report (buy/add, hold or sell)? Do you believe in current management, seems to struggle despite being in a global duopoly in its industry.

Q: Good morning: Can you please give your opinion on Sprout Social's mixed earnings report? Is it still worth holding, or do you have a couple of high growth ideas to replace it (3 year hold). I'm considering Intuit as a possible swap. Thanks.

Q: Can I have your thoughts, analysis on Keysight's recently announced earnings and what do you see for the future of this company. Would you consider it a buy? Thank you.

Q: I see my LMN shares in my brokerage account today from the CSU spinoff. What would you do with them? Sell? Hold? Buy?

Thanks

Q: For a 3 to 5 year hold, would you prefer ASML or NVDA?
What would be your reasoning?
Thanks!

Q: Hello,

I have small positions in these 6 stocks, all in the red - MTCH, ROKU, GNRC are in registered accounts, RBLX, UPST, ZM in non-registered. I don't find it easy to sell any stocks but in the spirit of 'pulling weeds', can I get your opinion on which of these, if any, you would sell. Any that might be worth adding to at their current valuation?

Thank you for your insights, Doris

Q: Comments on the recent quarterly results please. Thank you all for your great service.

Q: Hi team,

Can you please comment on the current valuation of this company and it's long term potential? Looking to initiate a position in it.

Thank you,

Q: In your opinion, in order of strongest to weakest - please list the following companies to excel in the next 3-5 years and if you had to choose one, which would you go with ?
Thank you

Q: Spectra7 seems to be in the “right place at the right time” scenario.

Would you agree given the trajectory of data centers and A.I.?

Q: Hello!

What are your thoughts about the entry point at the current price to take advantage of what would appear slow crypto market recovery. Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this company.

Q: Hello Peter & Team:

What is your thought about these companies with a high Insider ownership 20%+.
Could u rank them from 1 to 5 with 5 being most prefer as the best growth potential
in the next 3-5 years. Thank you.

Q: After reading the article about KEYS in the Dec/22 Investor Suite this looks like a good long term hold. Will you please update ur comments of 1 yr ago comparing KEYS to LRCX and QCOM?

Thank you, Mike

Q: Hi Nano is up on a downer day. Please comment on their latest news release.
Thanks to you

Q: Hello Peter & Team:

I would like to added some growth stocks into my current defensive ones. Which of the above stocks represents a good growth prospect within the next 3-5 years, from most prefer, to least prefer.
Secondly, From an AI perspective, are there additional names which is also a good candidate in addition to the above mentioned?
Thank you as always

Q: What are your thoughts on comments around SHOP never becoming profitable enough to justify its crazy valuation. They added 1B in opex while only adding 270M in gross profit. They keep spending more and more money on R&D, new comp plans, to compete with Amazon. But mgmt has never given shareholders a plan on when and how they are going to reap the rewards of this hyper growth mode. Like many of these big tech stocks they are following the model of growth at all costs, then eventually we are so big and have so many customers that we increase prices, and cutdown on our costs, then the profits flow in. SHOP has never mentioned a plan for this and Toby isn't exactly the guy thats going to cut pay and let people go for the sake of profits. Starting to wonder if SHOP will ever be a massively profitable company like it was meant to?

Q: If nuclear fusion became a reality, what companies/suppliers would benefit? Based on the research activity, I assume this innovation would come out of the U.S.

Q: This is an excellent response which shows that 5i clearly understands both companies:

“SHOP is in talks to add AMZN's Buy with Prime service. It allows SHOP customers to get Prime benefits, such as fast shipping, free delivery and free returns. End customers will like it, but analysts are worried that it will effectively shift business from SHOP to AMZN. SHOP needs to be careful here. Some are calling it a Trojan Horse that could backfire on the company. Most SHOP merchants use SHOP because they don't want AMZN controlling the customer relationship. Thus, SHOP needs to maintain the customer relationships it has, and this is likely why it is taking its time with this decision.”

My next question: Amzn targets each individual customer and the customer buys straight from Amzn without needing to go through a merchant store. Amzn fulfillment/shipping/delivery is a huge competitive advantage. Shop on the other hand targets the merchant stores and gives them the tools to sell online directly to the individual customers. Individual customers want goods delivered quickly with option to return. If shop is using Amzn shipping then Amzn will be a part of the shop experience and Amzn will potentially control aspects of the customer experience at shop. What will then stop Amzn from completely absorbing shop within Amzn? Amzn will already be an integral part of shop so is the monopoly power and competition regularly approvals the only thing that would hold Amzn back from taking shop over on day???