Investment Q&A

Q: Please comment on Q today.Thanks for u usual great services & views

Q: I currently owned these 3 stocks and would like to know if adding to them to bring them each up to a 3% weight would be good?I am currently in a loss position for both MX and GUD?
Thanks

Q: Hi Ryan,

Just read a recap of your appearance on BNN today. How come you do not own any of your past or current top picks?

Q: Can you recommend a safer play in the Health Care space than tCOV and GUD? I'm invested in two health care ETFs (CSH and NWH) but I'm holding these for the dividends rather than growth.
Are there ETFs you think look promising that focus on the Health Care space? I have about one full position to add to the Health Care industry.
Thanks!

Q: Hello 5i Research team,
Would you say the acquisition of Biotoscana reduces the probability of GUD acquiring ENDO in the short term? Would GUD buy all ENDO, or exclusively the equivalent of the former Paladin? What premium or what price would you expect GUD to pay for ENDO if buying the whole company? What would be signs ENDO would be ripe to be saved?
Do you think the acquisition of Biotoscana will shut down Medison for a while? At least until after the next annual meeting, so that a second proxy fight would be avoided in the short term?
Based on the evolution of its stock price since its IPO, Biotoscana seemed not that successful as a stand alone company. What GUD can do to help turn things around / improve operations with such a small GUD team?
Thank you for your collaboration, Eric

Q: Hi 5i team,
These two stocks, which are in the Balance portfolio, had a lot of happenings in the past few days. GIL posted negative news while GUD posted positive news. Is it a good time to initiate a 4% position in one or both stocks ? Would it be prudent to add to these two stocks right now, or better to wait till the dust settles.
Thanks

Q: Would you update Knight;s share count following their buyback announced this summer? How many shares and floating shares are now outstanding?
Once they complete the purchase, do you think they will do a financing if they can get the share price back above ten dollars to finance possible future deals with their new company or possibly continue to pursue other deals.
Finally, how much cash will they be left with once they spend the $369M?
Thank you - very excited to see this deal!

Q: i had a small position in knight for years.
so the big deal finally happened.
my question is do you not think the stock should be a lot higher, who would sell on the news after waiting all this time. makes no sense and the deal looks great

Q: Good morning 5i. I have held GUD for 5 years hoping for a good deal. My weighting is now half of my full weight now. With this deal with Biotoscana now should I double up or wait to see what the market does? It is early Monday morning before the market opens.
Thanks for keeping me patient and on track with GUD. It's been a frustrating road.

Q: You must be glad Knight has finally done a big acquisition; please comment.

Q: I have the above losing stocks in my rrsp. Do you see any that I should let go and replace with something else? Sgy and pd are particularly painful to look at! The ok stocks I have in it are bns, engh and pbh. A good few years before I start cashing in. Thank you.

Q: Hey guys what is the book value of this company.
Thanks
Peter

Q: Reuters is reporting that Knight and Eurofarma have teamed up and entered into talks to take a controlling interest in Brazilian pharma company Biotoscana. Might this acquisition be the big one everybody has been waiting for or is it just more tuck-in activity?
People are holding their breath.

Q: With Purdue Pharma filing for bankruptcy, which Insys Therapeutics has already done, and Mallinckrodt likely to do so with the fallout from the opioid crisis, are there any assets there that GUD might be interested in acquiring?

Q: Hey guys,

Would you recommend switching from GUD to BAD?
Thanks

Q: Stock is up today. Any news?

Q: With the world feeling a little uneasy about a pending recession, I want to keep only holdings that will weather a downturn. I'm not trying to time the market, and want to hold stocks, that while they may dip, have good balance sheets, good management, and will likely see a recovery. Others I will sell and hold the cash. Above are my current holdings. Do you see any that may be susceptible to excessive weakness in a recession and would therefore meet my sell criterion? Thanks,
Kim

Q: Looking at the BE portfolio, which are the 4-5 companies with the best balanced sheets?

Q: Is the recent marginal and probably temporary rise in Knight's share price due to the surprise revelation that the Company had purchased over 4.5 million shares under the 12.5 million repurchase program within about a month from the start date? It's a bit ironic that Medison's meddling has caused the share price to flatline which helped Knight by allowing them to buy cheap stock! Go Meir...

Q: The worst kept secret is that GUD wants to buy Paladin Labs back from ENDP. As ENDP continues to get crushed by its debt and seemingly more desperate by the day, I would assume that this puts GUD is a better position with each passing moment.
If this is the case, shouldn’t that make GUD more valuable?