Investment Q&A

Q: Can I get your opinion on the better buy.. thanks

Q: I was just sent this update on the recent ZDC action from a fund manager that follows (and is a shareholder of) ZDC. I thought you might be interested. Feel free to publish it if you think it would be of value to your members.

After a total senseless decline in ZDC shares, let me summarize it for everyone following the group investor call yday. Sidebar, insiders are buying stock and the first filing hit this morning. Mgmt and board all intend to buy more shares. You want to bet against a company that has beaten consensus eight consecutive quarters?



Ring's tower is an off the shelf, hardware offering with no service, monitoring, or installation. It's a Chinese camera, no analytics, no infrared. In fact, it's half the height of the ZDC tower, so it was clearly not designed for large scale commercial, where ZDC is focused. Meaning ZERO overlap.
Amazon now has 20 towers with ZDC and ZDC is the ONLY tower provider to Amazon. In fact, Amazon took two more towers THIS WEEK.
ZDC now has MANY enterprise customers with towers and awaiting orders. Kruger, Home Depot, Circle K, Seven Eleven, Amazon.
The Kroger contract with LVT expires on Jan 31. All indications that this should be ZDC's contract. What happens if you wake up tomorrow to 500-1000 towers ordered by Kroger? The stock would be back at all-time highs in my view
the company was very explicit that they will use the balance sheet this year to fund growth and will be expanding the credit facility with the established accordion. No equity bailout for anyone. Leverage never gets above 2.5x
the stock is trading at 8x 2027 EBITDA for a company growing EBITDA 100% YoY. The most recent takeout in the space was Guarda buying Stealth last year for 21x FY1 EBITDA versus 13x 2026 for ZDC
Simple supply / demand: after the washout yday, 30 investors met with mgmt. ZDC has one of the best registers I have seen for a small cap and many more large LO buyers in the weeds. I am certain that I know who will win the showdown. The AUM for these funds dwarfs the AUM of hedge funds and retail.

Cheers

Scott

Q: Your thoughts on Rockport, please How does it compare to TVK ? Thanks Jim

Q: Please send me the link to your 'Energy' Section referred to in your reply to my last question. Thank you kindly.

Q: Trading in the shares of BTO lately has been very contrary to the price of gold and on some heavy volume days. It seems to go down when the price of gold goes up and it was recently a top pick by a fairly reputable mining investor. They seem to have a good relationship with the Mali gov't, but do you think this trading pattern is a warning sign of some nefarious situation only a few know about?

Q: I own the above two stocks and they are up quite a bit. They are taking a small hit lately due to new year index rebalancinng. I am a little concerned about SVM since the mine is in China and China has talked about restricting silver exports. What are your top three silver stocks at the moment and what do you think about the China risk for SVM.

Q: 5i. Can you comment on a Direct indexing portfolio offered by Wealth Simple. You can choose Canadian or US. It includes tax loss harvesting.With a few of .15% Any thought thoughts appreciated.Thanks Larry

Q: What's a good 3-5 year hold in a TFSA, Canadian funds only. Looking for capital appreciation. for young adults who will use the money beyond this holding period, likely.

Q: Can you explain why BN would be considered a peer group for gold, silver and copper companies

Q: SEZL, ARIS - realizing they are totally different - if you were just looking for yield, which would you choose today?

Q: I have held LNR for a couple of years now and it has recently been in an uptrend. I was looking at a 20 year chart and it has just broke the all time high set 15 years ago or is about to hard to tell for sure on the chart I was looking at. While I am not a technical guy with stocks does this have any significance either technically or in general. Thanks

Q: Just wondering what your take on Ncx today as it has had a very good run and is moving high on high volume lately

Q: Hi Peter and team,

Question about Lundin Mining. How is the copper mine life in the countries they are in and which countries they are in. The stock double in the last 4 years and does it has more room to grow due to the data center build outs. The business model, does it continue to generate cash and are they buying back stocks.

In advance, thank you for taking the time to answer my question. Greatly appreciate it.

Norwood

Q: Do you have a more recent update on DOCCKS than January 2025

Q: Would you please recommend some high dividend ETF for low risk. It can be either only Canadian stocks or mixed with US and Canada. May thanks

Q: thoughts on Hycroft Mining Corporation (HYMC)?

Q: It seems that the most efficient gold mining companies are selling gold for about four times the cost of production. Is that already reflected in the share price?

Q: Hi, looking at the 5 and 10 year charts as well as the current price targets it looks like TD is overvalued. Despite being a solid company should I stick with it and it's solid dividend or consider moving to another stock. Please recommend some from your dividend or balanced portfolios? Thanks.

Q: Hi there,

Rick Rule has Amerigo Resources as a top pick due to the copper mine in Chile. Is 5i research is bullish on the company as a small cap. What is the mine life of the copper and is there more growth in the name.

Q: Happy New Year to all of you at 5I. What are your thoughts on MCHI? I've owned it for a while and it has done nada. China is an export juggernaut with a domestic market in a shambles. The real estate vortex continues. Would India offer better prospects than China, at this time and for say a three to five year hold. Or, back to Japan? I want some exposure to Asia but what say you? Many thanks

al