Investment Q&A

Q: It was reported that during the month of August, Adam Gray, a director, invested over $34 million into New Flyer at an average price of $26.78. This is a rather significant investment and while the stock is up about 10% since then, I may have thought that an investment of this size would have had a greater impact. Am I underestimating the rise of 10% or is there something more at work here that is keeping the share pcrie down? I have always thought that insider buying was one fo the strongest buy signals you could get.

Appreciate your insight.

Paul F.

Q: Hi Peter and 5i team,
The listed stocks are held in our grandsons RESP. (Age 6) .We have some cash that we would like to deploy. We originally thought People Corp would be a good addition but you warned it is a thin trader and could be volatile. In your opinion what would be your top 3 ideas for a new position.
Thank you

Q: I currently own TCL.A and NFI in my RRSP account and underwater by quite a bit and wonder if it would be better to sell one of these stock and buy BAD? I would add BAD but then I will be overweight in this sector as I also own WSP, SIS and CAE.
Thanks

Q: Bought Cineplex a little over a year ago in my TFSA at around $29; watched it go up to $35, down to $23, and now is settling in around $26. Over a 5 year time horizon, do you believe the company has more or less potential upside than NFI at this time?

Q: Hi Peter and 5i team,
We have some cash in our grandsons RESP. He is 6 yrs old. Having read your update today, we were wondering if People Corp would be a good fit as a new holding?
Thank you as always for your opinion

Q: Two guests on BNN had New Flyer as one of their top picks yesterday, one of the main themes being their intention to convert more buses to electric, therefore becoming more of a green company. How do you feel about this opinion and NFI's strategy. In light of the poor momentum this year and reduced guidance is it time to buy or add to a position now or wait for a few months. Also has there been any insider buying or selling lately and what is the overall insider ownership. Thanks as always for the excellent service!

Q: What's your opinion on NFI? I am thinking of initiating a position on the stock. I use to own it, but haven't for a little while. Are there problems mostly transitory? Nice yield with a modest payout. What do you think about the dividend going forward?

Thanks,
Jason

Q: At current levels which should we sell/keep ? They now total ~35% of overall equity holdings, and ~20% vs overall holdings inc cash. Thanks.

Q: Hello 5I team,
What is your view on these beaten up stocks, but great companies.!
Thanks you
Carlo

Q: Where would you put a stop lose in on NFI. Thanks

Chris

Q: With NFI hovering around a 52 week low and with a 6.67 dividend yield, maybe it is time to take a chance and purchase the stock. Insiders seem to think so with three insiders purchasing a total of 96500 shares since May 30th. You would think so or would you think otherwise. Thanks, Bill

Q: I am new to 5i but I hold many of your A & B -rated stocks, so I am trying to figure out what's happening with NFI and to decide whether to sell it at 20% loss or not. They had decent quarter and the stock was up during Wed massacre. Yet, it was down 6% yesterday (in neutral market) and down again today when everything is up. Do you have any idea what is going on? I have well diversified taxable portfolio with NFI at 3%, would you recommend holding, selling, or adding more?

Q: comments on the quarter please?

Q: I have been holding to hardwood distribution for almost 5 years now and i'm off 24 %. Should I continue too old to it ? I was thinking about selling it and buy New Flyer industries with the dividend at 6% now. If you have a better suggestion for another company, fell free to suggest ! Thanks

Q: I looked at Morningside Quant Reports Thompson Reuters Reports and other stats on the above stocks and found the following:
TSGI. 16% Discount Undervalued. PEG .47 Moderate Buy/Buy ratings from 6 analysts

NFI. 26% Discount Undervalued 9X P/E Moderate Buy/Buy Rating 6.2% Yield , 4 analysts

COV. 47% Discount Undervalued. 0 analysts

MX. Significantly Undervalued 7.5 P/E., PEG .11 Moderate Buy/ Hold Rating, 4.34% Yield, 9 Analysts.

SU. 21% Discount, Significantly Undervalued 10.5 P/E, 7.24 PEG, Moderate Buy/Buy Rating 4.44% Yield 15 Analysts

PHO. 35% Discount, Undervalued. 15.2 P/E, Strong Buy/Buy Rating, 3 analysts.

What value do you place on Quantitative Reports as compared to other analyses? How useful are they? Are the above stocks overdone on the downside primarily due to recent global markets uncertainty or because of their own performance. The above stocks seem to have been severely re-evaluated. The idea of exiting a falling position is to eventually replace it with a position with better upside and less risk which seems to be the challenging bit. Your comments and opinions please.

Clarence

Q: I read with great concern in this weekend's National Post, David Rosenberg's article entitled "10 Reasons to take risk off the table right now". He makes ten legitimate reasons to do so. I would appreciate 5I's opinion of the article and his supporting logic. My high risk equities are WEF, NFI, TSGI, MX, COV and VET.
Carl.

Q: In reference to my last question you made a couple of suggestions. I parted ways with CHR and NFI. You also suggested that I lacked diversification in some areas. I have accumulated cash since my last question to be deployed at an appropriate time. I have listed again the stocks in which I am currently invested in. Percentage allocation in each was listed in my last question. I have wonder if you maintain an investment profile of your clients. Doing so would enable you to provide more appropriate advice and/or suggestions. It would negate the need for clients to keep repeating investment objectives. Thanks

Q: Hi Peter,
For what its worth Scotiabank has a "Sector Outperform" rating on NFI. The yield sits at 6.2%, the Globe thinks the stock is a poor investment and 5i seems to be ambivalent too with, I suppose, a rating downgrade pending. Insiders seem to have cashed out so management is looking all too human so to speak. We bought the stock in 2014 and were once up 400%, took some capital gains in 2018 (used up some of our accumulated capital losses) and now are up only 100%. I'm a basic buy and hold investor so I'm thinking of hanging in there for another quarter or so. Please let me know if I am insane!
Thanks,
Jim

Q: Hi team, you have no change in holdings in both the Income and the Balanced model portfolio of July. NFI and WEF are among the holdings. Do they still have a place there? These two stocks have decreased by almost 50% in value over the last 12 months. What is your rationale for keeping them in the portfolios? Thanks, Gervais

Q: NFI continues to disappoint and have lost nearly 40% in my TFSA. The share is continuously sliding for the last many days. Should I hold or book loss in the counter? Do you see any ray of hope for price recovery? Thanks