Investment Q&A

Q: Your thoughts on Lantheus last quarter report. Do you see this as a good investment for the next 3-5 years, and if so why?

Q: Hello,

A few years ago I read that Canada was on it's way to becoming a tax haven similar to what is offered in the traditional Carribean countries. Although my corporate tax rate is ok(12% or so) I am finding equity erosion from currency devaluation/inflation, closing off capital gains benefits, etc is outstripping my ability to grow/preserve my capital.
From seeing some of the upcoming
coercion like changes w.r.t. taxation, private property, etc and an anti-saving/working/investment mindset that seems prevalent in the press makes one think Canada has or is becoming a very unfriendly place for capital preservation and growth.
Is this a new phenomena?

Thank you for your sage counsel.

Q: Good morning, I was wondering if I could get your updated views on these two companies: TGH and SPN. Tornado has had some great numbers recently due to a contract with Ditch Witch and Snipp was bit scary for a while but seems to be back on track. I bought in to TGH at 0.09 a share and have a large position. I am not sure if I should take some profits or stay the course. Thanks so much for your insight.

Q: I really appreciate the company profiles you offer. I have a question about profitability ratios. I am wondering the difference between EBIT and EBITDA also profit margin cont.op vs. profit margin total op. Is there one metric that is more important than another when considering a companies profits. Thanks Steve

Q: I currently hold TCN in my US account to get the dividend in US dollars. Today I noticed TCN was listed as a CDN holding in my US account. I phoned TD to find out why and they informed me that TCN was delisted in the US. My understanding is that Blackrock offered 11.25 US a share for the takeover. So does this mean I will only be paid in Canadian dollars in my US account and then I would have to pay exchange fees to US dollars. Confused

Q: Can you please give me 5i's view on Hispania Resources Inc.

Thanks in advance John

Q: What is your forecast for long term US Treasuries over the next 3 months and again for one year out.
I purchased an ETF which holds long term US treasuries expecting a flat to downwards move in interest rates. The exact opposite has happened which has resulted in downward pressure on the ETFs unit price basically wiping out the distribution.
Your crystal ball please.

Q: Is CVE:CA a buy ?And why? Thank you

Q: You recently suggested Vestis as an alternate to Cintas
The stock dropped 40% today
Do you still do you see this as a potential buy? Why or why not?
Ty

Q: What’s your view on Toromont earnings today? Is the drop in share price an opportunity to buy?

Q: Are you a buyer of this stock today with the latest financial report. How would you characterize todays stock price as far as cheap/expensive.

Q: Hello Peter,
Would it be a good idea to add to Topicus and Lumine group given their results? I was thinking to top it up to 5 percent weight each. . Thanks very much

Q: Comments please on earnings release today? Thank you.

Q: Hi I am following up to your response about my recent question relating to chosen positions for Sector allocations and your response:
Our data is pulled from a third party, which uses the same classifications as the TSX. There are two general sector classification systems. These are reviewed on an occasional basis, but we do think AQN and BEPC are very 'utility like' and could be re-classified as utilities.

As a longtime paying PA subscriber is it not important enough that some one at 5ii vet this information on behalf of your members - choosing the positions to reflect the correct RECOMMENDED sector allocation is quite important ....is it not ? Confusing your Utilities and Energy positions would be a huge problem for your Income Focused Investors whom are not sophisticated enough to question this discrepancy or time consuming for more technical investors whom have to have a footnote to reallocate correctly and not be able to refer to the PA analysis ?
pls advise

Q: any recommendations pro or con on this company? very attractive dividend

Q: I recently read the Simply Wallstreet report on PRL . Could 5i comment on what you agree/disagree with and why ? Their analysis is below .....

Positives

Earnings are forecast to grow 33.56% per year
Earnings grew by 83.6% over the past year

Negatives

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings
High level of non-cash earnings
Dividend of 2.02% is not well covered by cash flows
Significant insider selling over the past 3 months
They also gave it poor marks for valuation to peers in their Snowflake Analysis diagram

Thanks for your always valuable analysis ......

Q: Ignoring the the stock based compensation issue, it seems this company is caught with increasing administration costs , negative net cash flow generation , decreased ( slightly ) margins , This is countered with continuing growth in sales and backlog and and a forthcoming product price increase. I am interested to see if financially they are able to handle these dynamics. Their products seem good and they are in the big themed industries
( data centres, EV charging , infrastructure etc ) but could you dig into their financial capabilities for us. Thanks . Derek

Q: Seems like they are going to have trouble keeping up with demand. They are expanding to $900 million capacity, and then $1 billion by end of decade. If they want to grow faster and keep up with demand and capture market share, would they buy a competitor to gain more capacity faster, or?
What would you advise them to do strategically?
Could they be acquired by a larger company?

Q: Morning, your thoughts on the quarter including forward earnings. Growth seems strong. Any interest here?

thx, M

Q: What are your thoughts on this BDC?
And can you recommend another high dividend US BDC? Thanks