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Q: I went back to Constellation Software’s old reports to compare results to Topicus’ current results. Constellation had similar revenue ($891m USD) in 2012 to Topicus in 2021 ($846m USD).

Here are the revenue growth rates for those years:
CSU : 15%
TOI: 50%

Here are the acquisition amounts in those years:
CSU: $141m USD
TOI: $385m USD

By the numbers, it would seem that Topicus is significantly more aggressive in terms of growth by acquisition than Constellation was when it was the same size back in 2012.
My question is can Topicus keep this rate of acquisition up over the next five years or so, or are they picking off the low hanging fruit and things will get much more difficult down the road? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Michael on February 14, 2022
Q: Recently Veritas’ D.Souza cut most of the big canadian banks to sell. Could I have forward P/E for each of them? I doubt it, but do you agree with M. D’Souza that the banks are a bit overpriced looking at 2023?
Thanks

Read Answer Asked by Denise on February 14, 2022
Q: Hello Peter and team,
What do you think of major drilling group? For banks like TD and telecoms such as BCE, when would one consider them to be over valued? Would be mostly based on PE ratios and if so, what would considered a high PE ratio for banks or telecoms to be considered in over value territory? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by umedali on February 14, 2022
Q: Further to Cal's question on taxation of the BAMR to BAM.A exchange: the BAMR website states the following:

The exchange would be considered a disposition of the Class A Share of BAM Re. A Canadian resident shareholder who disposes of a share of BAM Re via an exchange would recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between the fair market value of the BAM shares received (at the time of the exchange) and the adjusted cost basis (“ACB”) of the BAM Re Class A shares exchanged.
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on February 14, 2022
Q: how can i tell how many credits i have left? Do they roll over or is it use em or lose em
Read Answer Asked by Rob on February 14, 2022
Q: DND has taken on debt for acquisitions. Is there a legitimate concern that anticipated profit may not materialize, setting up a potential death spiral for the company? Quite separate from the general tech meltdown, would this concern explain some of the profound share weakness in the past few weeks? We have seen this scenario play out with other Canadian companies that over-payed for acquisitions that did not generate the anticipated profit, costing equity holders dearly.

Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Joel on February 14, 2022
Q: Further to Denise's question, and Patricia and 5i's comments on flow-through shares, I thought I would add that there's a place called Bertov Capital Corporation and MLC Financial that sell flow-through shares that purport to eliminate all investment risk by disposing of the flow-through shares in a relatively short period of time and guarantees their tax benefits. I have no affiliation, and have never bought flow-through shares, but I thought that was interesting and was worth sharing.
Read Answer Asked by Christopher on February 14, 2022
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