Investment Q&A

Q: Peter and His Wonder Team
Not sure what to do with MRS...hold or sell. I am a patient investor. Please give your current view. Do they have any earning potential in this environment? Fair to give them a couple more quarters? Thanks, your views and info is always valuable.

Q: I looked at the archived Q+A on MRS and see it's on a "short leash" in the growth fund.
Looking at the high level numbers, revenue is 141m but market cap is 44m? Seems like every other growth stock is the inverse of this. Would this not be a great take out candidate assuming someone does not own majority of shares? Even so, would seem to be a great take private candidate? What am I missing with this picture?

I am considering a small position as a flyer but wanted to hear your take one more time.

Many thanks.

Q: In the growth portfolio you bought REAL for $12.95 and sold it, per your Oct 12 update, on a day when the highest price it traded at was $9.81, locking in a 24% loss. If you "like the industry and the company's fundamentals continue to look decent," isn't this a classic case of "buy high, sell low" when nothing but sentiment has changed in the company's long term outlook?

Analyst consensus EPS is $0.47/share in 2022 and $0.56/share in 2023. If such earnings materialize, this would be 19% growth in earnings for a company with no debt. I know it's a big if, but if REAL does achieve $0.56/share in 2023, traders selling it today would be selling a stock with estimated 19% growth in earnings for only 17 times 2023 earnings. What am I missing?

I took a quick look at the 5I Growth Portfolio and found that a couple of your big losers, QST and MRS, are bigger losers than REAL and have no earnings and/or none forecast. Why not sell these instead of REAL?

Q: loss aversion-when the pain of a loss is greater than the satisfaction from a win.
many of your members suffer from it and its a retail investors greatest sin
using xbc and mrs as examples you seem to be encouraging your readers. to hold on even though you say they are on a short lease-WHY!
take the loss use it at tax time, so many great companies to buy-aritzia, gsy, lspd, nvei -i could go on and. on.
and why do you keep insisting you have to give a company 3-5 years-where did that come from.?

dave

Q: Just announced, Mission Ready Solutions Inc (“Mission Ready“) (TSX Venture: MRS) (OTCQX: MSNVF), a provider of comprehensive government contracting solutions, announces that it has granted incentive stock options (the “Options”), pursuant to its stock option plan (the “Plan”), for a total of 4,800,000 common shares of the Company, to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company. The Options, subject to the terms of the Plan and the corresponding option agreements, are exercisable at a price of CAD $0.25 per share for a period of up to 5 years.

I bought in at basically double this option and others maybe more. My initial reaction is disapointment. It seems management is being given a potential reward for bad performance.

Is my reaction "emotional" and perhaps there is good reason for this?.
Thanks John

Q: Hi,

I'm down now 62% on MRS. It is also down over 50% in the growth portfolio. What is the rationale to keep holding it at this point? Is it time to move on or will more patience pay off?

Thanks

Q: When do these companies next report and what are expectations? Can you list which companies you would dispose of first, second ... etc

Q: Hi Peter and Staff

Any thoughts on significance of recent contract announcement to your thesis?

Thanks for all you do
Dennis

Q: At $0.23 is this stock oversold? In August 5i commented that the quarter was decent but investors were frustrated with lack of orders. On Sept 7th MRS annonced a BPA but the stock continues to drop. Thoughts?

Q: In an answer to a question about MRS you stated that you are only willing to give it a short leash. What does that mean?

At what point would you sell or lighten up your position that is down over 50% from where it was recommended?

Q: Hi,
I initiated small positions in EGLX and MRS a while back. Down 32% and 53% respectively so the small position is even smaller. Should I just be patient with these two? Or move the MRS portion to EGLX? Or vice versa? Or even getting out of them altogether and putting the funds in another name?
They are in my TFSA so no tax implications.
Thanks

Q: Just wondering if you were on the presentation today, and if so what your take was.

Thanks.

Q: Your comment on the event and the Q2.

Thank you

Q: Hi Peter and Staff
Been drifting lower -yesterday bottom fell out -any idea what happened and does it change your thesis?

Thanks for all you do
Dennis

Q: Bought these when you first put them into the Growth Portfolio. Was wondering if you still feel that they have potential. What do you think is needed to get them going in a positive direction? What do their financials look like?
Thanks for your invaluable wisdom and knowledge.
John

Q: When does MRS next report and what is expected? Also, what is the situation with DND? Any further word on management's offer? When does it next report and what is expected?

Q: Can I please get your opinion on the decline of the stock price of Wishpond? Is this a result of the weak market space? Seems to me like they are on target for growth but the market is responding poorly. It feels similar to MRS who reported strong results.

Q: If you wanted to buy 3-5 small or micro stocks as a speculative’ish basket, looking for a home run within 5-7 years, what would you pick? (Any sector and US or Canada)

Q: Hello 5i team,

What are your 3 best ideas today for multi-bagger return for a 5 year hold assuming a well balanced portfolio and risk isn't an issue. Thank you,

Wes

Q: what is your take on Mrs and Gud.
2 companies that are giving me opportunity costs in my portfolio.
How much longer are you willing to wait and what could propel those stocks?