Investment Q&A

Q: Thank you for your prior answer. Of note pre-tax earnings for fiscal 2018 was up significantly over 2017. A $654,000 adjustment in deferred tax expense (0.03 per share) caused the EPS to be flat. Can you please clarify your last comment, "the worry but the outlook and dividend increase", both of which seem very positive?

Q: Hi 5i,
I'm sorry but maybe I wasn't clear in the previous question. What weighting would you give the recommended ETFs QQQ, HXS or VOO, IPAY and IWO? I'm looking long term (10+ years), growth and medium to high risk. This will be my only holdings in the US.

Thanks as always.

Q: Sorry if this has already been answered but could you give the reporting date for COV

Q: Hi, we already have 5% weighting in this co. with average cost of $28-$29. You have commented that stock, current levels is very inexpensive and Coveris acquisition, although had teething troubles but should eventually work out. Is it OK to add 1% to take advantage of current low price, in a Taxable account to average down and benefit with 4% dividend yield while waiting ? Thanks

Q: Hello all at 5i,

I am keeping a close eye on TSGI as are at least a few others. I have held TSGI for a long time, trimmed several times as value grew and am still nicely ahead on my remaining shares. They are in a taxable account so each time I sold I had to consider and manage the tax consequences.

After the recent decline I want the build TSGI's value back to a more historic percentage of my portfolio. This time I plan to do the purchasing in my TFSA spread out between now and the end of december. I'm also thinking of transferring in kind shares from my taxable account to my TFSA in january (and deal with the tax) as my 2019 contribution. This would leave a portion of my shares in my taxable account.

Your thoughts please on the above (purchase and transfer), pros, cons and potential plan changes I should consider.

Thank you for your insight.

Q: You have recently stated you felt pho is likely to be flat for some time, what do you feel is the problem, is it only due to the sector being week or is this particular company losing its future growth potential and if this is a time to sell and move to other sectors.
Doug

Q: After market close Caldwell Partners released their fiscal 2018 results reporting a record year. They also raised their quarterly dividend rate to $0.0225 and gave a positive outlook for fiscal 2019. What do you think of the results relative to the current stock price? I notice that the stock trades less than 50% of its annual revenue run rate with revenues growing at a double digit rate.

Q: STEP has had a substantial drop after having a very substantial drop. Is there a price at which risk/reward turns in the buyer's favour?

Q: This is both a comment and a question:
I know that 5i doesnt need another "bodyguard" ... or even someone to "beat the drums" for 5i's expertise ...but as you frequently suggest ( and clearly many of your happy customers do the same) namely: we need to do our own homework too.

As part of that process, one of my sources is RBC Direct Investing where I can pull up pretty much everything I could ever want to see on a stock. This includes Morningstar ratings and a rating such as undervalued, overvalued and fair value.

The question: can you tell me how you view the value of this information as part of the investment process? Given that nothing is perfect, is this information highly regarded as useful. I would expect RBC is convinced "yes" since they likely pay hefty fees for the service.
(I could call Direct Investing on this matter, but I believe a 5i answer will be far superior to anything I would get there.)

Finally another comment and specific examples consistent with the 5i point of view:
After reading your comments regarding "throwing in the towel" on TV and RHT .... and having read so many critical comments from your customers, I decided to check Morningstar.

Both RHT and TV have 5 star ratings which is as good as it gets. Similarly the cuurent price and Fair Value for TV are 0.43 and 0.93 cents; RHT 0.32 and 0.68 cents. If I read these numbers correctly, Morningstar still sees an upside of over 100% on each of these stocks..... not unlike 5i's original perspective. Of course I have no idea of the timeframe. Nonetheless I am glad to be out of both and be able to use the money for better opportunities.

Signed: Another grateful customer who REALLY enjoys looking at the over the top performance of (to only name a few) KXS, CSU, SIS, PBH, PKI .... even Amaya/TSGI and more recently PSI (nicely up in a bad market).

Onward and upward....

Q: With the current price of oil, and lower gasoline prices at the my local gas station, how will this effect PKI's profitability?

Q: Regarding Photon, on a quick back of the napkin analysis it looks like the company is being valued at 2 times sales, once you strip out the cash.
Can you tell me what a typical multiple is?
It's astonishing that the company is back to 2016 valuations given all of the positive catalysts.

Q: looking at moving from tog to one of the above, who get brent pricing.
good move? and which would be your preferred replacement?

Q: Good morning: What is your thought on the above companies as a dividend paying Company. Any other you would add to the list with 5% + that we can look into, Thank you again as always.

Q: I am new to this service. Over the summer I averaged in 75K into a TSFA and have been following the 5i balanced portfolio. I am down quite a lot since I bought in at market highs but fortunately have a strong stomach. I held onto 10K in cash in this account. Would you use the recent downturn to deploy any of this cash? If so can you please advise on which stocks you might ‘top up’ or consider here? I have a 15 year time horizon…

Q: I currently hold significant positions and capital losses on both SGY and WCP. I would like to trigger a cap loss while maintaining sector exposure by selling one and buying the other, and then 'reversing' the trade in 30+ days. Which one you recommend selling at this stage?

Q: Going forward after checking on cost issues--transportation and etc. and also the Conference Call and other concerns coming out, what are your opinions and facts? Going backwards I feel sorry for the people who had paid $100.00 or more a share, will they have the time to make a recovery?

Q: I will appreciate your comments on the drop of cgx. Is it a hold going forward or sell? Do you advise averaging down?
Thanks

Q: amazing, but with all the carnage out there a resource company with one product keeps hitting it out of the park.
incredible results, so my question is what is a resonable multiple that largo should sell for — 12 times, if its 12 times largo should be around 6-7 dollars, am i correct?dave

Q: Hi 5i,

Could you please list your 4 or 5 favourite growth stocks with little to no debt. USA/CAN doesn't matter.

Thanks!

Q: Hi,
any word on Electrameccanica Vehicles Corp.? They appear to gearing up for sales and have a number of units on preorder but information lacks transparency.