Investment Q&A

Q: Hello. Could I get your views on CPH and STN's earnings releases and your views on the two companies?
Thank you.

Q: Can you rank the stocks best to worst in your opinion. These are the stock s that are in my INDUSTRIAL SECTOR. Would you add, swap or remove any of them? Thank you and great job.

Q: I am a 30yr old mostly growth investor. I realize after Stantec's latest earnings you are basically endorsing a hold, but i am curious as i hold WSP(5%)and STN(4%) with a 16% Industrial weighting, would you let the name go. I am fine holding but i'm just not sure i am adding anything by keeping it at this point. Second, if you let it go which option would you choose: Add to PUR making it a full position, add to BAD making it a full position, or add to ZZZ making it a full position. Portfolio is mostly diversified across all sectors.

Q: Could you comment on Stantec earnings? Is it time to dump this for WSP?

Q: May you please comment on Stantec' earnings? What are your long terms views on the stock? Would you take advantage of today's' weakness to establish a full position in the stock ?

Thx

Karim

Q: is the drop today significant? this seems like a very solid long term company. am I missing something? many thanks.

Q: You seem lukewarm on STN lately. Synergies from the large MWH acquisition seem to take time to flow to the bottom line...

However, it seems to be that are extracting a lot of value out of the MWH acquisition. STN is not a SW company, so it makes sense that they would divest "Innovyze" as non-core asset. However, I am surprized that they got USD-$270M for it - given the relative sale price versus the entire MWH acquisition price of ~$1B (i.e. 27%).

In their press release, they make no mention of expected revenue from this Innovyze business. I would have thought that if they would be losing ~25% of the revenue gained from the MWH acquisition, they would have had to mention this as 'material change'...

Would $270M US, they can repay the debt quickly and focus on core markets. Do you see the same value in this non-core sale and are you surprized at sales price obtained?

Q: I am starting to lose patience with STN. I have owned it for 2 1/2 years and am up a grand total of 2% (plus dividend). It seems to have been in a trading range since Nov 2013. Is it time to move onto something else? They report on May 11th: should I wait for the earnings report and if not satisfied then sell (or just sell now since my patience is wearing out)?

p.s. I own WSP and have done very well with it.

Paul J

Q: I consider WSP and STN my core holdings but now due to excellent appreciation they represent 7% and 3% of my portfolio. ARE has been a laggard and represents 1%. With ARE should I go back to SNC which I owned in the past (upside due to the recent acquisition?) or just keep WSP and STN as the only stocks in this area?

Q: I am holding smaller positions in all three in a fairly well balanced RSP but I need to convert to a RIF in a couple of years.
Is it time to let these go into some more conservative dividend growers or would you suggest I maintain a balance in my RIF similar to your income and balanced portfolios??
Thanks as always,
Peter

Q: Hi, I have held STN for years, remain just above break even. Considering a switch to WSP for better dividend and growth. Your thoughts on this move? Have also held SJ and KBL for years, have done well but both seem weak lately, would you recomend any potential replacements, or just a hold pattern? Thanks, Lavern

Q: Peter and Team,
We hold both WSP and STN. Comparing the charts its obvious that since Jan 2015 WSP has outperformed STN. It also has a better yield. For the Eng portion of infrastructure is it worthy to sell STN and buy more WSP, or barring some unforeseen issue with WSP is it better to diversify by holding both ? Thank you.

Q: I presently have Brookfield Infrastructure and WSP Global at 4% & 2% of my portfolio. Holdings are never allowed to exceed 5% regardless of quality) I would greatly appreciate suggestions on names of a couple of other Canadian company in the same field with international business.
Thank you.

Q: I'm looking to increase my exposure to the infrastructure sector. Current fundamentals are an important consideration but I'm most interested in the company's future prospects and its ability to take advantage of infrastructure spending that is necessary and promised by many present governments. I would appreciate it if you could suggest 3-4 companies that you feel are the most capable of taking advantage of opportunities as they develop in Canada and globally in the next 1-2 years. A safe and increasing dividend is always a plus. As always, thanks in advance for your advice.

Q: Any further comments re Stantec's year end after listening to the conference call? To me, the dividend increase is a vote of confidence by mgmt.

Thanks,

Rob

Q: Did year end and Q4 results meet forecasted expectations?

Q: Can you please give me your top 3-4 industrial stock picks. Looking at adding some diversity to my holdings, 5% industrial. Don't have any industrial picks other than what is held in ZDV. Moreover, if I hold physical gold and silver would this be considered material sector allocation?

Q: Peter, I believe you've most recently favoured WSP over STN. STN seems to have behaved much better over the past few months. I'm about ready to pull the purchase-trigger on WSP (as I typically prefer a bargain over 'momentum') but thought I should check. For a long-term hold as of today, which of the two would you favour? Thanks!

Q: I am up about 30% on CGX (Thank you) and about 10% on STN. However,
CGX and STN are now 22% each of my TFSA. The balance is in cash and Canadian broad ETF's. If I sell half of each, what would be two recommendations. Long term.
Thank you
Paul

Q: Your thoughts on WSP and Stantec please... they seem to be on a continuous slide the last couple of months...is there anything behind the scenes that your average retail investor is not seeing?