Investment Q&A

Q: Park Lawn, BCE and BEP taking a tidy beating in the wife’s income portfolio. While we enjoy the divs, the red ink is off-putting to be fair.

We are a few years away from drawing on her account, so at what point would you consider averaging down on these. There is a fairly large cash balance waiting to be deployed.

Q: Hello team,

I have all four of these in my income portfolio. The telco's for the divs and Park Lawn and BEP for income and growth. All four are down substantially (20-30%) from purchase in fall of 2022. The news out on BCE is less than flattering, while there has not beeen much on PLC. The other two I assume are biding their time, and should/might rerate with a drop in interest rates. I am a long term buy and hold and am quite satisfied with the income aspect of my portfolio, but my finger keeps getting itchy each time I see a drop in SP, for no reason at all.

My question is, will these Companies need rate cuts in order to rerate, or is their business that bad that their SP continues to stagnate. I know the other shoe about the economy improving, but that applies to all stocks, and have taken that into consideration.

Thanks for the service, I'd be lost without it. My former finacial advisor, not such a big fan!

Q: Good afternoon 5i
I am thinking of selling Park Lawn for a tax loss. I believe you mentioned that it would likely need interest rate cuts to find some traction. I plan to buy it back. But, i was wondering whether you see any catalysts that might resurrect it within thirty days?
Thanks as always for this excellent service.

Q: Hello Peter and 5i team,
My TFSA contains the aforementioned stocks in roughly even percentages except for nominal investments in Park Lawn and DRX. I would like to make my annual contribution to one or some of these companies and would like to know what your order of preference would be for buys/adds at this time. Please also include Celestica in your considerations.
Also, are there any companies in this list that you would consider undervalued at this time?
Thank you.

Q: Retired dividend-income investor. I own Park Lawn (70% in my Cash account and 30% in my TFSA). I am down 10% in the Cash account (without the dividends) and down 45% in my TFSA. My current thought is to sell all of my PLC shares held in my Cash account, wait at least 30 days and then re-evaluate and potentially add to my PLC-TFSA shares. I still believe in PLC, but think it might be a while before a rebound occurs and I could capture the capital loss.

Question #1 = I just wanted to check with you that the above plan would meet the CRA superficial tax loss rules (STLR).

Q#2 = Further, my understanding regarding "STLR" are that it does not matter if you hold the same security in multiple accounts (RRSP, TFSA, Cash) and if you are up or down in any of these accounts, that if you wish to claim a loss related to a sale in the Cash account, as long as you don't buy or sell in any account within the 30 day window either before or after the "sale" date, then the sale will meet the CRA Tax Loss requirements. Am I correct?

Thanks in advance for the clarification...Steve

Q: Thoughts on Park Lawn earnings? Looks like misses across the board yet the stock is up 10% today?!?

Q: I received the following in one of my TD alerts:

"Park Lawn ranks poorly in our screen as consensus estimates were significantly lowered after its Q2/F22 earnings miss last month. The 2022 consensus earnings estimate was reduced 19.4% and the 2023 estimate was lowered 11.6% (Exhibit 4). As a result, Park Lawn has seen its ranking in our QGM tumble to 223, and we are removing it from our small-cap portfolio."

Should I be selling PLC?

Carl

Q: Park Lawn stock price is falling. Is there a change in the fundamentals of the company or is it because of a recent acquisition or just the sentiment that there will be fewer high fee burials, or something else??? Your take would be appreciated.......Tom

Q: Can I get the outlook on Park Lawn now that the pandemic is almost behind us.
How do you see Methanex performing with the recovery and oil price surging

Thank you

Q: I held a smallish position in Canada Goose, and was getting less optimistic about sales growth, particularly in China, and sold half early in 2021 at about $53. Obviously should have sold all of it.
Today's results were disappointing with regard to the outlook.

(1)Wondering what you think of the GOOS results.

(2) If I sell the remaining GOOS shares, I would add to an existing smallish position in one of Pollard Banknote, Park Lawn or Trisura. How would you rank these 4 companies, GOOS, PBL, PLC, TSU, as part of a balanced portfolio with a tolerance for risk?

Q: Hello 5i Research team, not a question, more as a follow-up to your response to Sheldon's question earlier today about Park Lawn: I would like to mention that I believe a major factor that has allowed funeral homes to perform well in 2020 and 2021 is the COVID surcharge ($500+) imposed at each funeral in many jurisdictions for the additional sanitation measures required due to the pandemic. The profit margin on this surcharge seems to be quite generous in my opinion... Publish if you think this information can be useful. Thank you for your collaboration, Eric

Q: What are your thoughts on park lawn recent earnings and future direction

Thks
Marcel

Q: I see a question today on the appropriate sector to assign Park Lawn Corp (PLC). The answer today was to place it in the Consumer Discretionary sector as per the TSX. However in the Dec 21/20 5iR report on PLC, it was placed in the Consumer Staples sector.

Up until today I have PLC in the Staples sector, but your response has me rethinking the appropriate sector, wondering if in fact PLC is actually a hybrid.

My tracking program allows for me to assign sectors by percentage. For example I have CSH as a hybrid of REITs and Health. Magna was a hybrid of Discretionary and Industrial. In this case, assigning a sector for PLC is not as simple as PBH being Staples or LNF being Discretionary.

I am leaning towards calling it a hybrid...would you agree?

Thanks for your help...Steve

Q: Good afternoon. If currency were not an issue, which company would you prefer for a new position, Park Lawn or Carriage Services Inc.

Q: Your thoughts on today's Park Lawn earnings report? You can answer after the conference call if you want. The press release looked pretty good to me, but you're the pro.

OK to add to bring PLC up to a full position? Retired, dividend-income investor.

Thanks...Steve

Q: Retired, dividend-income investor. I own a 3/4 position in Park Lawn and am considering topping up if/when it reaches my price of $28, based on my view of support levels. RBC considers PLC to be one of the best in it's coverage universe. PLC reports on March 30.

Do you think I am bottom feeding too much at $28? I'm actually happy both ways (reaching $28 or not). Should I wait until PLC reports? Your thoughts on PLC prospects?

Thanks for your help...Steve

Q: Good Morning
How would you compare Leon’s and Park Lawn. I had purchased both around the same time and currently Leon’s has far out performed. Would you consider a clean up trade selling PLC and buying more LNF at this time?(Portfolio weight not a concern). Or would you give PLC more time?
Thank you

Q: Comments on Park Lawn's Q3? Thanks

Q: Bought Absolute Software and Park Lawn in March, up 42% and 26% respectively. Both about 1.5% of overall portfolio. Any reason to take profits now or just let them ride?

Q: Retired dividend-income investor. On the company page, Park Lawn in listed as Consumer-Cyclical. On the Monthly Income Portfolio report, it is listed as Consumer-Non-Cyclical. I would assume the latter is correct...one would think that burial services would be considered a staple. Question #1 = Please confirm your view as to the appropriate sector for PLC.

I am light on Consumers and have been wanting to top up this sector, but am thinking of staying away from the Discretionary sub-sector until things attempt to normalize over the next few months or quarters. I currently own PBH and NWC, both food companies. I used to own MG, LNF, AW and I will reconsider them again at some point, especially LNF. Question #2 = What are your thoughts about taking a new position in PLC ? I have read your March 25/20 report which concludes with a B+ rating. Some of the current metrics look ok (P/BV, P/CF, P/S, Beta, forward P/E). However, I calculate the payout ratio to be 175%...am I right? Is the dividend sustainable? I see a ROE of 1% from one source and 8% from a 2nd source. Comments please...thanks.

Q#3 = I actually need two consumer stocks that pay a dividend, ideally over 3.0%, but I'm willing to bring the threshold down to around 2.5%. Would you please rank PLC, LNF, AW, MG and any other consumer stock your filter system could identify for me to consider.

Thanks for your help...much appreciated...take 3 credits...Steve