Investment Q&A

Q: Hi, Could you please post the upcoming quarterly earning estimates for these companies. Thanks

Q: Insider buying a good sign ?

Q: Hi,
In the year ended Oct-2018, revenue was up more than 30%, but earnings did not increase that much. Does this signals that the last acquisition is not as successful as the company expected or there are some onetime charges which has brought the net earnings down. If I want to add some money at this price, should I buy CCL.b or put money in TCL.A?
Thanks
Piyush

Q: Thinking of swapping fcr for tcl.a with the potential for capital appreciation as the only criteria.Reasonable?

Q: Darn. I accidentally wrote TFI instead of NFI in my question on a replacement for GS. So lets try this instead as TFII is now in the equation..... TFII, NFI, and TCL.A. Please rank these three in order of preference at current values for a replacement for GS. Thanks Garth

Q: If I want to choose between TCL.A and CCL.B for a one year hold, which one would you recommend? I'm looking at the combined growth and knowing TCL.B is ahead of CCL.B on yield (4% vs. 1%) as is. Thank you for your insight.

Q: TCL.A has had insider buying and fundamentals (to my eye) look good although earning predictions are flatish. My daughter is down about 30% and I’m temped to add to her position. Does that sound reasonable or would you recommend waiting for 1 or 2 quarters.

Q: Big drop in GS today. Any idea why ? Also would you endorse selling and replacing with either TFI or TCL.A and if so which one at current values ?

Q: I am considering selling TCL and buying NFI to try and reduce downside risk while still having upside potential. Your thoughts please.

Q: Greetings 5i Team.
We are adjusting our accounts and looking to place 6% of our equity allocation in the Cdn ‘industrials’ category. If you were to choose among the listed securities, which names would you prefer for each of a one, two, three, and four name selection?
Thankyou
Sam

Q: For a 3 year hold,would you consider this a good stock to purchase?If yes,buy today or wait for the next quarterly report to see how the consolidation of their takeover is progressing?

Q: I’m looking for some income and some growth. Assuming proper diversification, how would you rank these?

Q: Good morning 5i,
I should say right away, thanks very much for the heads up on Jnj. I took your advice and got out in the summer!
but, I unfortunatly do have some that are still in loss territory. I am worried that these are probably down at their lowest point and that there may be a rally in the New Year that I would miss if I sell for tax loss.

I wonder what your thoughts are on that? Also, if you think that there isn't much of a chance of them coming back soon, how would you rate them as a sell, ie which one most likely to stay down for 30 days?
thanks

Q: Just wondering if you are still generally positive on this one. I am surprised that it has sold down so much after recent earnings.

Q: Hello, according to the company profile of TCL.A, the price-to-cash-flow ratio (P/CF) is 4.70. When one looks at the P/CF ratio of any company, above what ratio would you say that this is a good P/CF? In your opinion, what would be the top 5 utilities company right now? Thanks, Gervais

Q: Hi,
For the Industrial portion in my RRSP account, I am considering the above companies. With RTN, I wanted to diversify outside of Canada with a large cap stock. Do you see any issue with this company at this time? Is there something else you would prefer? I know you don't cover the US but respect your opinion.

As for the other three (TFII, TCL.a & NFI) could you rank best to worse buys at this time? I am considering adding 2 of the 3 to limit the number of stocks owned. My criteria are: to hold for long term (5 to 10 years), lower impact by any slow down of economy, good growth in dividends and low leverage. Is there another stock or two that would be better than the ones I am considering?
Thanks as always for your help.
All the best,
Dan

Q: How do you feel about the various debt metrics at TCL?

Q: Could you please comment on TCL.a results, with special reference to progess on Coveris acquisition. Do you see stock rebound in near term ? Thanks

Q: Charge as many credits as you see fit...at least 4...got lots. Annually, I follow the O'Shaughnessy system and go through the tedious process of ranking over 90 stocks into deciles. I am screening for stocks that are good value, less volatile and have a good + growing dividend. For value, I use P/E, P/B, P/CF, P/S. For volatility, I use Beta. For dividends, this year I have added 5 year growth % into the process. The resultant summary number is the cumulative of the 7 metrics, with roughly 60% value, 15% volatility and 25% dividend weighting. I then marry this up with a technical screening, using charts with a 200 mda, looking for a rising vs rangebound vs declining chart.

Question 1 = your thoughts on my screening system? I thought of adding in other metrics, but I wanted to keep it relatively simple. Factors such as payout % and ROE can always be a looked at in the next phase. Should I drop any of the metrics if they are redundant?

Most of the stocks screened as expected. However, 3 stocks didn't screen well at all and I am trying to figure out why. It may be that my population of stocks is skewed to value stocks, so if any of the other 3 stocks had growth or REIT characteristics, then they might be seen as outliers.

Question 2 = CSH's fundamentals screened horribly = 10th decile. Could it be that REITs may screen out differently, due to their very nature?

Question 3 =Both PBH and WSP screened poorly = 8th decile. Could it be their fundamental metrics exhibit more growth characteristics?

Question 4 = Reading past 5iR questions on these 3 stocks leads me to believe you are still strongly in favor of all 3. Please confirm.

Thanks...Steve

Q: I am down to 30K in my RSP and no TFSA, looking to have 6 total positions. Thinking SPB, TCL, AQN & DIV. I know Diversified is higher risk but I feel comfortable with that company at today's levels. Would you be okay with those 4 and what 2 would be best to add for Dividend with some growth but overall safety. Should I add a specific bank like BNS or would ZWB be better for me right now?
Same question for AQN, would I be better removing single stock exposure and going with ZWU?
Charge as many q's as necessary.
Thanks!