Investment Q&A

Q: Hi there, I am a big fan of your Balanced Equity Portfolio. I like the more growth oriented names in it and was wondering if you were to swap out the less growth names for names that have a little more risk but for higher return, which would you swap and for what names? Thanks!

Q: will SIS be able to keep paying dividends? Thanks.

Q: Please comment on Savaria Corps earnings. Thanks.

Q: what does the market expect from savaria this quarter?

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Q: Still losing after holding SIS for many years with a $17.278 p/p .So thinking of moving on to better opportunities.Please provide your opinion,& 2/3 best replacements(do not have to be in the same sector). Txs for u usual great services & views

Q: Please name and rank five Canadian stocks providing dividends > 2% that are likely to experience strong growth over the next five years. (Please exclude GSY as it's already owned and I'm assuming would be on the list.) Thank you.

Q: I sold my GUD shares and would like to use this cash to add to either LSPD 1.7 % , SIS 3.4% , TIXT 1.1%. Which one would you add first or should I add to all 3? This is for a TFSA account.

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Q: SIS dropped 0.63 the day after Q results.Then the following day (3/25) it was up $1.05 to $17.92.The G & M reported as follows.NA sees significant long term upside with exceptional backlog,a$23.50 target price & a outperform rating. Desjardins says it is too cheap to ignore with a $25.50 TP & Buy. Any other news to prompt the big increase,& u comments.Txs for u usual great services & views.

Q: Savaria has been heading downwards for the last six months, correcting by roughly 25% from its peak in September 2021. It represents 2% of my portfolio as I am writing. I have read the initial commentary on SIS posted to the message board, and I understand that your group may still be digesting the content of the recent investor's call from earlier today.

I would like to hear your thoughts on whether it is more prudent to wait for management to right the ship, so to speak, or if better opportunities lie elsewhere. If I were to sell Savaria, which opportunities within the healthcare space would you deem worthy of investment? Thanks so much, and I look forward to your response.

Q: Hi 5i team,

A few days you answered a free cash flow question with one of your favorites being Savaria. After listening to their CC do you still belive in the long term outlook of this company? Short term issues, not in management's control provide good buying opportunities, similar to other great manufacturers like Magna.

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Q: Any further information from the conference call to account for the miss on eps?

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Q: What is your take on the quarterly results?

Q: what does the market expect from savaria today?


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Q: What is a solid level of free cash flow a company should deliver and what are your favoured 5 stocks in each of Canada and the US with high free cash flow? Thank you.

Q: I have a relatively small RESP portfolio that will have to change to an RRIF. I would like the RRIF to be able to generate enough dividends to cover the required withdrawals. If that is possible. Can you tell me your top ten highest dividend-paying Canadian companies or maybe even better ETFs or a combination that you would be comfortable owning?

Thank you.
David

Q: Hi 5i,

If one was predisposed to achieve a higher yield for an income portfolio, what would you replace WSP, PRMW and PLC with? Or does this defeat the purpose of balance and keeping some growth?

Q: I find myself on the fence with Savaria. I have held it a long time and consequently have had it grow from a partial position initially to full position without adding to it. With interest rates due to rise I assume it will cost SIS more to service their debt (eventually at least), and if inflation continues to run I would prefer owning a company that has demonstrated an ability to increase their dividend. In your last report, under “Valuation” you state “… we expect SIS to maintain its record of annual dividend increases”, but I note in the Report Card of that same report it gives 5 Yr Dividend Growth a C rating and what looks like a -25%? Can you please comment?
Thanks,

Q: I want to free up some cash to take a 2.5% position in HYLD ..... The two candidates for sale are ERE.UN and SIS ...... ERE.UN was getting raves from analysts for growth pre Covid but has been pretty flat for quite some time ..... Is the growth model still intact ? What are their plans ? ..... And your most recent comment on SIS isn't all that enthusiastic so of the two which would you sell ? Also regarding HYLD 5I has shown some hesitance because it is new and small ..... I don't understand why this should be a problem if I know what it's holdings are ..... Please explain ? ..... Also HYLD.U current price is $16.40 and HYLD is a little less ..... I thought the .U symbol meant US dollars and if that's the case those two prices make no sense ? Could you please explain what I'm not getting ? ....... Thanks Garth

Q: I hold the above stocks as the industrial portion of my portfolio. I try to keep my portfolio under 28 stocks and your recent comments on your "cooling" to SIS has me contemplating a change. I am trying to decide if I am best served from a diversification standpoint to go with TFII (or too much like CNR?), go with a more of a manufacturing name (ATA, TT), sell SIS and spread the proceeds among the three remaining stocks or as another alternative, might you even consider selling CNR and SIS and replacing both with the names I have suggested (or any others you might add).

Appreciate your insight.

Paul F.

Q: For a long-term hold, would you advise selling SIS, taking a tax hit, and buying PBH? Looking for total return, dividend + long term capital gains. Would this swap high grade the portfolio?

Thanks.