Investment Q&A

Q: I’ve held CPRT for about 15 years, and at the current price of around $39–$40, my return is roughly 1100%. Since the stock is now trading near its previous all-time high from November 2021, could this level act as a potential support? I'm debating whether to simply hold my current position or add about 20% more at the current price. Do you think CPRT could experience similar long-term growth over the next 15 years?

thank you

Q: I've been a holder of Copart for 2 years years and I'm down on my investment with negative momentum really escalating this year. I use to love the duopoly they operate in and their business model, but I recall reading they're only projecting mid single digit revenue growth continuing through 2026. I know they're sitting on a cash surplus that can be deployed and I know 5i still likes this stock as per your recent "best idea stock selection", but I'm starting to question it's 5 year growth rate going forward as momentum can be hard to reverse. It's hard to watch this multiple continue dropping while other areas of the market (AI, datacentres) are seeing visible growth and capital. Do you see this company going back to outperforming the market over the next 5-10 yrs or are it's best growth days well behind it? Thx

Q: At what price point does CPRT become a compelling buy? A month ago you said it was still too expensive to consider, it has dropped nearly 5% since. Would you step in here?

Also, I am very pleased with my subscription upgrade to include analytics. Can you please provide more clarity about your monthly stock selections? Are they meant to be ideas for a trade or for a buy and hold? It would be helpful if you could specify that for each pick.

Thank you

Q: CPRT-US is down 19.88% year-to-date. Please give your thoughts on this stock. Buy? Sell? Hold?

Q: Hello, what are your thoughts on these two companies? They seem attractive..I already have a small position on corpart and I am wondering if it is a good time to add.

Any other stocks in US/Canada which are attractive buys? Thanks.

Shyam

Q: Copart is down 15 % in the last 5 days.
Why is it down so much?
Would you view this as a buying opportunity?
Would is your opinion of this company as a long term hold? How does it compare to RBA?

Q: Long time holder of BYD. Currently have BYD at 1.9% and CPRT at 1%. CPRT has really outperformed BYD over many timeframes. BYD is consumer cycl. and CPRT is industrial. I'm up 20% on BYD and 39% on CPRT. BYD has been a frustrating stock over the past few years but CPRT has shown resiliency and stable compounding growth. Thoughts on the BYD earnings and both companies going forward? Continue to hold both or I was thinking of selling BYD and adding to my CPRT. Thoughts? Thanks!

Q: Hi bad day to be sure I see you suggest buying into some stocks but slowly.
What are the best sectors to buy first now that this black swan event is in play. Please give me you top 4 sectors in order of preference. Also you top 2 picks in each of the 4 also in order of preference as well please

What do you think is the worse case scenario as far as market drop % wise I release its just a guess but you guess is almost certainly better than mine at this point

Q: Based on the recent quarter results and comments going to 2029, would you switch to Copart for the long term?

Q: Hello Team,

What are your thoughts on these two companies and which would be you favor if either as a strong compounder going forward?

Thanks,
Barry

Q: Hi gang,
I’m looking to buy copart. Any suggestions? What is the upside from here. ?
Thanks. Alnoor

Q: Hi gang,
What is your take on CPRT? I am at a break even point. Buy more, hold or sell . I have 3.5 % would like to to add 1.5% or sell all.
Thanks. Alnoor

Q: I have heard a lot of good thing about CPRT. Can you explain why its better company compare to its competitor. what is it doing that's giving it a edge over others?

Q: Greetings 5i,

Can you list your 5 best managed US and 5 best managed Canadian publicly traded companies. Also please briefly explain why they make your list.

Cheers!

Q: Can you provide a current outlook on these two from a valuation perspective

Q: Hi Peter and 5iresearch team:
In your answer to Gerry's question on Feb 16, you mentioned that CSU and ATB have been the best Canadian compounders over the last ten years. You added DOL, BYD, TFII, BN, CLL.B, TRI based on historical performance and you are expecting LMN.V, TVK, HPS.A, TOI, GSY to be potential Canadian compounders in the future.

1. Would YOU still invest in CSU, ATB, DOL, BYD, TFII, BN, CLL.B, TRI with the same conviction and weighting?
2. Could you please provide a similar answer but for the US market? Please provide 10 or so best US compounders based on historical performance that YOU think investors should keep investing in and 5 or so US companies that YOU would buy as potential US compounders in the future.

Thank you for the great service.

Q: Hi,
Would you add to these names currently for a long term hold? Especially CRWD, AXON, CPRT, and BKNG, near or breaking out to new highs. Considering their valuations, growth, etc.. what order would you add and how much conviction (1-10) do you have for each name? Thanks!

Q: Hi,

These are some names that I hold that are smaller weights in my portfolio (<2%) and I would like to add to my positions. From comments, I think all of them are solid going forward and some have run hard, such as HPS.A, TVK, CRWD...The thing I've struggled with before is adding to names at the wrong time after they've had a good run and then the market turns and your gains turn into losses. How do you approach these situations and when do you decide to add to a starter position.

Would you be comfortable adding to any of these names at the current prices and can you rank which ones you would add to first?

With the market at record levels, I'm a bit more gun shy of doing so but I think on any market pullback, I would add to any of these names. Would you agree?

I remember a question you answered recently about increasing the avg. cost base vs the % of the position when adding. So for example, I bought HPS.A at $50 and now its $93 for a nice gain, however it's only 1.5% of my portfolio now. So if you are comfortable with a 3% position, do I just add now to get to that 3% even with the run that its had? Or wait for a nice pullback, which of course is impossible to predict. I try not to anchor prices and of course the buyers today are forward looking and expect good things to continue. How do you approach this? Thanks!

Q: I am low on Consumer Cyclicals. What portfolio percentage do you advise to allocate? I have broken down the sector into sub-categories: housing, e-commerce, retail, personal services, lodging. Am I missing a sub-sector that shoud be included? Which ones have the most potential? I have listed some names - but am not tied to any. Apart from AMZN [owned], what are the top 5 or more that you would buy today and any others to keep on watchlist with buy targets? Please rank.

Q: Both of these companies are trending in the right direction. I can only afford to buy one from this sector. Which one would you recommend for greater growth in the next 3-5 years. Thnks