Investment Q&A

Q: Almonty Industries has been on a very positive trajectory over the past 14 months. Can you comment on its future growth and the long term potential success of this mostly tungsten mining stock.

Q: What is your top 5 Canadian buys in order at today's price for each
Small cap
Mid cap
Large cap

Thank you

Q: Hi 5i,


Thomson Reuters (TRI) has recently displayed several technical signs that could indicate a potential bottom, including bullish RSI divergence, improving MACD momentum, increasing rebound volume, and a possible inverse head and shoulders pattern around the 123–124 level.

Considering both the technical signals and fundamental strength, would you consider the probability of a near-term base formation to be high?

What specific fundamental or technical conditions would you need to see to confirm that TRI is forming a sustainable bottom?

Many thanks for the advise.

Q: Hi,
I know that these companies vary widely.
Given today's prices, could you please rank the order if you were to initiate a position for about 3 years? Please also give a short blurb about advantages/disadvantages of buying each one today.
Thank you!

Q: TSX:ELVA (Electrovaya)

Buy, your outlook, long term?

Thank you.

Q: Hi,

Sorry my last question meant to ask about individual stock compounders, not ETF's. Can you list 5 Cdn and US names that you would DCA into over time? For example, I'm assuming BN would be on that list. What other names? Looking for names that can CAGR +10-20% over time. Thanks!

Q: Can you suggest some stock and ETF's traded on both US and CDN exchanges that employ many blue collar workers that may not be effected by AI implementation. My thinking is that one always needs humans to do "actual" labour like building homes, plumbing & electrical maintenance etc. Does this make sense?

Q: Patience is wearing thin on some of these names, they just continue to have negative momentum and I don't want to sell into the negativity and sell just because others are selling. What are your thoughts? Are fundamentals still strong in these quality companies? Is your updated view still a hold on these? Thanks!

Q: Greetings,

Team 5i seems to be regularly optimistic on TRI and yet I see nothing on the 12month, 6 month or 1 months charts that reflects this.

Insider buys seem scant, however, BMO asset management added 18.7% more shares (simplywallstreet) over 4 months ago, while prices were taking elevator downwards.

Can you kindly explain why you think this business will flourish in the future?

Cheers
A

Q: Please comment on their recent quarterly earnings and the outlook for this company.

Q: ABXX I just need to know what you think of this company. Their business sounds interesting

Q: Inspired by Ryan's recent webinar (bought Ouster thank you) I spent some time over the holidays looking at other companies in robotics and automation. I would appreciate 5i's input on which (if any) they see as being set up for success based on the idea you discussed that robotics had yet to have its Chat GPT moment and therefore was not overbought.

Please provide a brief evaluation on the growth and prospects of each one and whether they are a buy today or provide a suggested entry point if they are overpriced. Please rank from highest growth potential to lowest without respect to risk and then again with a 50% weighting on growth and 50% on safety.

SYM - Warehouse automation, robotic vehicles, automated storage. Fast growth, Walmart account (concentration risk?).

PRCT - makes the AquaBeam Robotic System, a specialized surgical robot for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia. Seems like something a lot of people could use. 43% YOY growth through Q3. Acquisition target?

Alient Inc - designs and manufactures specialized motion control products that are used in advanced automation systems (robots). Under 1 billion market cap so little coverage. Profitable

CGNX - smart cameras, vision sensors, and AI-based image processing software that allow machines to see, identify, and guide

NOVT - Smaller market cap. Limited analyst coverage driving stock price. Comonent maker for automation, medical robots and industrial systems. Profitable if expensive.

AEVA - I wish I'd asked this before today's announcement. Sell FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) LiDAR-on-chip, which detects velocity in real-time, unlike standard LiDAR. NVDIA partner on self driving cars. Still a tiny company after today with limited but very positive analyst coverage.

AIT - They design and install robotics cells, fluid power, and motion control systems for US manufacturers. Profitable and reasonably priced. Moving from distributor to higher value robotic engineering?

Note I left out TER, KTOS and AVAV intentionally but if you feel that either have higher potential, please insert them into the rankings. Lastly, any better suggestions that the 5i Team feels strongly about would be a welcome addition. This is a lengthy question so I would support consuming an extra credit or two if that helps you allocate time to provide an in-depth reply.

Q: please name 5 best stocks that are below historical price levels that are still quality profitable companies (my review of 2025 would suggest something like ATD), but maybe I am really off. Please make a broad comment for your choices if ATD point of reference for such a question. forgive me if too vague.

Q: KITS is doing nicely but has a PE of 155 which is way above my comfort level. So it should come down and I plan to wait for a while. It is also consumer oriented and has likely benefited from peak seasonal trends. What sort of forward PE and growth would you look for?

Q: A question for the 5i team that will likely be of interest to a lot of us do it yourselfers. With 2026 in the headlights and big gains in the TSX where do you see opportunity going forward. 1-Could you make recommendations on sectors you think will out perform or under perform. 2-Which markets do you see with the best potential. 3-Your three top picks in growth and three top picks in income. I have a lot of built up questions that you are welcome to, hoping for a good in-depth response as per the norm. Crystal ball gazing but better you than I!

Q: Hi 5i team,

Are there any interesting and investible stocks that are showing up on your radar that are close to turning a profit (maybe a quarter or 2 away) or have just turned profitable? Similar to a company who just initiated their first dividend, these types of stocks tend to get noticed quickly in the investment community. I assume these would be small and/or mid cap and thus higher risk but that is fine.
I/we sincerely appreciate your sage advice throughout the year and especially in the difficult weeks ...keeping us calm.
All the best to your entire staff and families during the holiday season and into 2026!!!

Cheers,
Steve

Q: Making National Gas out of garbage…hmm what could possibly go wrong….. can you say Xebec or Greenlane Renewables,anyways,Bruce Campbell made this a top pick(again) on Market Call today,he really likes the company and it jumped 11% today.Could I get your opinion of this company in regards to growth,management,debt and more importantly profitability,would you recommend this here,if not what do you think would be a good entry point for a 2-3 year hold …thanks and Happy Holidays!!

Q: You last commented on DBO a year and a half ago. What are your thoughts now as the company seems to have some momentum?

Q: What is your thoughts on ZOMD.V?

I have recently taken a starter position as they have solid clients. Lowering operating costs as well as great earnings.

Thank you

Q: Please comment on the quarterly earnings for BPL-T. Thank you.