Investment Q&A

Q: Hi team, I know you've mentioned that you don't like dual-class shares. But don't you think that in ATD's case it has actually worked very well? The stock has gone up 500+% in 5 years. Maybe this wouldn't have been achieved had the founders not have had the 10 vs. 1 votes. They obviously have done an excellent job. Your comments pls.
Thank you,
Silvia

Q: Re Q by David today,I am in same line.On 4/26 Royal Bank reduced the target price to $68 from $70.Is this material?My simple opinion is the fall is partly due to rotation out of a strong performer,who has grown by acqistions

Q: i am reading all your answers to couche tard questions as the stock gets hammered day after day, i have added a few hundred shares each day as it keeps dropping, now own 4000 shares. my question is could there possibly be something else going on other than the 2 class of shares-- the price of oil, the cdn. dollar etc etc. some downgrades somewhere i have not seen, i agree with you it makes no sense but maybe we are all missing something. dave

Q: Hi Peter,Ryan et al. My daughter age 32 has $32K to invest in her TFSA. My initial thought was a half position in CAO and KXS along with full positions in BNS. ATD.B CTC.A,PBH,
and HCG. Any suggestions and comments would be appreciated for at least a 3 year time frame.
Thanks in advance.
David

Q: Hi 5i - I have a small position in ATD.B - is now a good idea to bump it up to a full 5% position (i.e. is the current price to good to pass up) or should I average in over the next 3-6 months? Thanks, Neil

Q: I would like to add to some of my positions. Of the following companies, which ones do you feel could be added to now: atd.b, Efn, Hcg, mg, Esl, sj, Dhx, Tcn, syz.

Thank you

Q: wondering if you can comment on the investment merits of atd'b . Also -are you concerned about general drop off of automobile usage thru uber ,ride sharing etc . in the future..how this these events would affect atd's business plans overall

Q: I hold this in my RRSP and it has dropped from $60.00 to present level of $53.85. How much further would you feel this is going to drop, or are we at the bottom. I feel I should average down.

Thanks for your advice.

Q: How would you rank these companies in terms of growth and risk level? which 2 do you believe offer the best risk/reward potential?

Q: Hi, 5i.

What are your top picks for consumer staples at this time?

Thank you,
Robert

Q: Hello Peter,
I have done well on bombardier and was thinking of selling my position and adding to alimentation couche tard to bring to 5% weight given the current debate on the control structure. The stock is down on the news and was wondering if the switch would make sense given Bombardier is more speculative, but 5% weighting of couche tard makes me a bit nervous. Please advise.

Q: Hi,
I may have timed out in my last attempt to ask this question so please ignore it if it's still in the queue.

I'm looking to add either PBH or ATD.B. I currently only own Loblaws in this space. Do you have a preference for a long term hold in an RRSP account?

Thank you,

Robert

PS. Love the ability to tag my favourite Q&As.

Q: Hello 5i team,
Could you shed some light on the recent comments by Alain Bouchard regarding Bay Street's opposition to extending the dual share structure while Prem Watsa just got the OK to extend the dual share structure; what is the conflict here? and how would this affect me as a shareholder?
Thanks,
Antoine

Q: Hello Peter
I have ATD.b in my portfolio,and after reading today article in The Globe And Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com//report-on-business/couche-tard-chairman-says-bay-street-investors-blocking-founders-control/article29699072/ I would appreciate your opinion. Is this situation posing any serious danger to ATD.B (sell of) or is this opportunity to buy more of this stock, or do nothing is better option?
Thanks Andrew

Q: Hi 5i, I'm investing on my NEW TFSA, the stocks I'm thinking on choosing from are: PBH KXS ATD.B GUD NFI RRX OTC.
I would like to reduce the number of stocks to 4. Which one would you suggest I go with, for a 5 year investment, I would like to max my growth and I do not mind taking some risk.
Thanks

Q: I've been thinking about the long term prospects of ATD.B recently. In a North America where non-gas vehicles may see adoption rates that could outpace even the most optimistic estimates (cue the Tesla Model 3 and general Silicon Valley enthusiasm), where does that leave ATD.B?

Q: ATD.B announced the sale of assets this morning. Is there more to this than just the disposition of unproductive assets ?
Thanks, Nancy

Q: On the balance sheet November 2015 I note 4.7B in Equity. I note 7.3B in Goodwill and Intangible assets. The new acquisition will probably increase this significantly. Can I get your take on this. Also can you explain tax treatment when you write off Goodwill and Intangibles. Regards

Q: i am curious as to the pullback in the stock, is it earnings related, or rise in cdn. dollar or price of oil. dave

Q: I see you like this company over EMP.A which reported bad earnings due to write-off of goodwill from their safeway purchase & sales down in Western Canada due to low oil - I think this is just an excuse - the reason is probably poor integration - people need to eat! It seems to me that from a long-term perspective ( I am an investor not a trader ) EMP.a might present a better opportunity than ATD because: PEG ratio 1, PE to ROE is 1 - pay a dollar for a dollar of earnings, growth through acquisition with its inherent risk & virtually no dividend - I have a problem buying a stock that does not pay at least 3% with a history of increasing.
This situation reminds me of L when they had issues which brought their stock down- finally got their logistics system on track - stock steady increase over last three years.
Comments please.