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Q: This company seems to be doing a lot of things right. The ceo Dan Matlow knows this space well, based on my conversations with him a few years ago. It's business is primarily in the UK but it is making some inroads in Ontario. How does one go about evaluating this business: what comparable companies and what ratios etc do you use? Thank you as I am not very good at determining values in the software industry.
Read Answer Asked by Murray on January 09, 2024
Q: Can you provide a list of a few microcaps, smallcaps, both us/cdn that could rocket up with a recovery in the economy. Thanks 5i for all you do
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Q: Please list 5 small or microcap companies that you like right now and would be comfortable purchasing.Thank you
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Q: Can you give me your 5 best microcaps in either the US or Canada that are cash rich, undervalued, that could possibly do very well when the market recovers?
Thx
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Q: These companies are possible tax loss candidates this fall. Which are most likely to be the best choices for a rebound over the medium term (one - three years)? Please grade accordingly: most likely to rebound (best to worst); potential upside (highest to lowest).

John
Read Answer Asked by John on September 06, 2022
Q: I hold a basket of small technology companies as part of my TFSA and it includes the above names. I am thinking it would be advantageous to switch some or all of the above names into energy. In what order would you dispose of the above companies and are there any you would suggest should be kept? I do have energy holdings in my unregistered account.Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Peter on March 10, 2022
Q: There are a lot of small to medium sized Canadian technology companies, some of them fairly new to the stock market, that have seen very good stock price appreciation in the last year or two. Many/most of these companies are not profitable, and obviously this is a fairly speculative segment of the market. Today, I heard Darren Sissons talking about JDS Uniphase which went from $2 to $1,000 and back to $2 in the tech bubble 21 years ago. I'm wondering about how many of these small to medium sized Canadian tech companies might suffer a similar fate, and how many will succeed. Of the following list of stocks, what would be your estimate for the % of them that will succeed 5 - 10 years down the road at becoming long term successful businesses, with strong profits and a substantially higher stock price than now, and what % will fall by the wayside, failing to become good profitable businesses, and seeing their stock price drop off substantially. There are no doubt others that could be included in this list, but these are the ones I have picked out. Not asking which ones will succeed, just trying to get an idea of general potential for success/failure for this type of company/stock. ADCO, AT, CTS, DCBO, DND, KSI, LSPD, MVP, NVEI, PHO, QUIS, STC, WISH.
Read Answer Asked by Dan on January 31, 2021
Q: Hi,

What is your valued opinion of Kneat these days?
The last question on Nov 2019 indicated the sales valuation at 12x was concerning. Has that number come down enough for you to be more favourable as a spec buy.
They recently had another good quarter (Q1) with good % increases (albeit likely from a small base). They seem to be signing a number of contract wins last few quarters and I like that it is a SaaS based revenue model company.
Who might their other competitors be in this field? And any idea what their market penetration might be, for the competitors or for Kneat?
It would be for a spec buy and to initiate a 1/3 position.

Cheers,
Steve
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on June 01, 2020
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