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Q: I've been watching this stock since last yr when it was $39.00 and was reluctant to buy because I am retired and usually buy only stocks that pay a div. & have a history of incr. same. I am sitting on a lot of cash & since I hold all the blue chip financials and a few oil stocks perhaps I should bite the bullet and buy CGI? Is it too expensive now? I have a separate USD portfolio and would not put more money in there as our $ is too low right now.
Read Answer Asked by James on April 13, 2015
Q: Hello, every one, Could you please help me to understand the current earning report of GIB.A, in which earnings expanded, but revenue was slightly shy of expectations. Since this is a growth stock, I thought missing revenue estimates would have negative impact on it. But the stock rose upon earning release. Your thoughts please. In addition, what is your view of this company? Also the company's debt level is high, will they issue more shares to acquire other companies in the future, if yes, how will this affect the stock?

Thanks,

Lin
Read Answer Asked by Lin on February 03, 2015
Q: One pundit who is long CGI Group, as am I, thinks 2015 is the year this company makes a large takeover which ought to give the stock a big boost. How likely is that and how much cash are they sitting on since they pay no dividend yet seem to have been profitable for many years? I've held this stock since 2013 in US $ which of course has limited the appreciation and I'm wondering if I should continue holding for this possible event or fold sale proceeds into one of the current tech holdings and if the latter, which 1 or 2? Current p/f weight of GIB is 1% and other tech holdings (total 12%) are CSU 4% AYA 3% ESL, MDA, AAPL all 1% and SYZ and AVO 0.5%. We are in our late 60's, retired, but can take some risk in this area. Thanks to 5i for the handsome gains in most of these names except AVO (so far), J.
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on January 26, 2015
Q: I read this morning that CGI was able to generate 1.1 billion of cash flow, surprising analysts positively. They reduced their debt by 500 million. Earnings per share met expectations. Valuation is at 16.5x trailing earnings. Now that the debt and cash flow concerns are gone, it seems to be the perfect time to buy. What do you think about earnings?
Read Answer Asked by Matt on July 30, 2014
Q: 5i team:
The wife and I both hold CGI Group (GIB.A) : ~ 20% each
in our TFSA's. We are each up ~ 17% from purchase.
Our approach for our TFSA's is to hold growth Co's.
CGI seems to be lagging lately. Would you recommend we :
1- continue to hold; 2- reduce the % held;
3- or take our profits and look for something to replace.
If 3, could you make a few suggestions.
Thanks,
we greatly appreciate your service.
Read Answer Asked by Terrance on June 24, 2014
Q: GIB.A - In September you indicated you were completing a report on CGI and about a month ago you indicated you have held off on the report for a long time. What is the reason for holding off on issuing a report for so long? Would it indicate you are concerned about the future/direction of the company or is that part of your normal process?

Also, you mentioned yesterday that:
"Inter Pipe and Pembina Pipeline hold similar valuations with IPL looking a bit cheaper. Earnings in 2014 are expected to decline for PPL but remain stable for IPL so we would lean toward IPL due to the stability."
Are those GAAP earnings or cash earnings? Would that warrant a switch from PPL to IPL given that decreasing earnings usually isn't a good thing?

Thank you in advance for your reply.

Read Answer Asked by Christopher on February 25, 2014
Q: About CGI group or GIB-A
I am considering buying some GIB-A. I'm not too concerned about the Obamacare controversy, but do keep coming across critical comments on their accounting practises. Do you feel this is a red flag issue?
Can you give me a couple of suggestions for Canadian high tech companies in the same general area as CGI?

Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Jim on February 11, 2014
Q: With respect to the Obama care fiasco, it would seem CGI (GIB.A) was not provided with reasonable time to implement and try the system. Of course, CGI could hardly come forward and contradict the US and its president on the matter. This makes for a rather uneasy context, and the reflection on the company's abilities may not be fair. And the alternative to CGI (ACCENTURE) is not exactly impeccable. The dust has not settled yet.
Read Answer Asked by Serge on January 13, 2014
Q: Having the health care contract terminated by the US Government is definitely bad optics for CGI Group, GIB.A, and I know this one contract is not a meaningful size for them, but how does this affect future govt contracts Canadian and US, which I believe are a significant portion of their annual revenue? Also unnamed sources say "that CGI has not been effective enough in fixing the problems with HealthCare.gov", so in view of their high profile of this issue over many weeks and inability to solve it, could this be a cockroach we see with many others we don't as yet? Thanks, J.
Read Answer Asked by Jeff on January 12, 2014
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