Investment Q&A

Q: I have sold PKI and this was my only energy stock. Which energy stocks would buy for a RRSP not needed for 20 years?

Thanks

Q: If you had to pick four out of the above names to add to today, which would you choose?

Q: All three reported tonight (March 3). What are your thoughts on the results and would you rate them a buy/sell/hold and why? If a hold, what would you see as a catalyst to get each of them moving? Thanks for all you do.

Q: Parkland and GFL seem to both in steady slides -could you comment-

Q: Can you please provide your insights on Boralex and Parkland and their valuations.
How do you see them perform ?

Thank you

Q: In my RRIF account I hold NTR which has broke two of my sell/trim thresholds. It has grown by 100% and is now over 7% holding in this account, so I may trim back to a 5% holding. My short list to replace with a higher dividend income in mind are ACO.X, EIF, NWC, and PKI. Could I please get your ranking and if any should be removed from short list.

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and Team,

I and others have recently commented on Parkland's relatively poor performance lately. PKI is held in our son's TFSA (which I manage). Being reluctant to sell at a loss, I've held off, hoping for better days ahead.

I found this analysis (from National Bank Direct Brokerage) and am curious if you agree with their assessment, or should we take our lumps and move on?

Could changing the sector index help PKI?
We note that PKI is classified in the S&P TSX Energy Index, which could be
misplaced given that retail constitutes >40% of its business. In our view, PKI’s
share underperformance is related, in part, to fund flow imbalance (given
that PKI doesn’t benefit from rising commodity prices). We further note
that many peers, including Alimentation Couche-Tard, Casey’s and Murphy
USA, are in the Consumer Index (either Discretionary or Staples). With a
growing non-fuel business (including the recent M&M acquisition), sector
reclassification for PKI to the Consumer Index could direct investor focus
more toward PKI's operational performance versus commodity exposure (it
could also help to reduce share price volatility in the long term). We remain
constructive on PKI given ongoing end-market recovery, attractive valuation,
and anticipated future accretive acquisitions.

Thanks in advance for your continued help as we navigate this difficult market.

Q: PKI's recent poor performance is well-documented but am I interested in a deeper dive as to why. Should its fortunes not have improved with the rise in oil prices? Or is the sky high price of fuel at the pumps resulting in lower volumes and thus decreased traffic in its high margin stores? Or is it something else? I have been a long term owner but my patience is just about exhausted and I am skeptical at best about the M & M acquisition.

Thanks for your views.

Q: Hi Peter and Staff

PKI has been disappointing. What do you think of Topaz as a long term investment versus Parkland ?
Thanks for all you do
Dennis

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and Team,

Like many members as well as 5i, I am increasingly frustrated with PKI. For example, it dropped 5.2% on January 18. :(

We hold PKI in both my wife’s and my RRIFs. Both holdings are still up, but I’m considering exiting PKI while we’ve still made some money.

I was considering equal purchases of SU, CNQ or CVE, TOU, and KEY for each RRIF (2 for each RRIF). Would you be OK with such a move? Please rank these 5 stocks for safety and upside.

Another move I was considering is to raise our US exposure by buying Vanguard’s ETF VDE. (According to Portfolio Analytics, we’re underweight in the energy sector, as well as USA). Would you endorse this purchase, which would be for our non-registered account? Am I correct in assuming that any withholding taxes shouldn’t prevent this purchase in a non-registered account?

I also manage our son’s TFSA, and unfortunately his holding in PKI is down by quite a bit. I intend to hold it, but would certainly exit it if 5i drops it from the Balance Equity Model Portfolio. Is 5i considering such a move?

Please deduct sufficient credits, and thanks as always for your insight and guidance.

Q: What do you think of the M & M acquisition. I thought it appeared to be a sound strategy and should increase in store customers and purchases.
Cheers, Chris

Q: Scotia lowered the target price to $41 and stated that PKI should reduce the EBITDA growth and instead return more capital to shareholders in dividends. EBITDA grew from $1.25-billion to $2.0-billion. Is Scotia's hypothesis correct? I always thought that the EBIDTA growth is one of the most important criteria in evaluating a stock.

Q: Considering that you were frustrated with this one yesterday, today you must be downright peeved. I see no news and was just wondering if you have seen anything cross your wires on this one today. I am thinking of adding.

Q: Why PKI is a laggard although its fundamentals are strong? All energy stocks are hitting record prices. Even pipelines are doing better.

Q: Which of the above names would you be comfortable adding to today? Of those, what would be the priority order for additions? Finally, are there a couple of other names you would see as strong buy candidates to throw into this mix that are trading at attractive levels today?

Thank you!

Q: Could you please provide your top two picks in both the materials and energy sectors?
I don't have any investments in materials now and wonder if I should have something. Currently I hold ENB and PKI in energy and am thinking of switching PKI for TOU or SU.
The remainder of my portfolio is well balanced and as a retiree stability and income are more important than speculative growth.

Q: Hi Everyone,
Lately PKI seems to be on a downward trajectory. I am wondering if it's time to sell the stock, or do you see it rebounding this year.?
Also, I would like your opinion on DHT.UN. I know nothing about this stock,but it has a very attractive dividend. Does it have a lot of debt? How safe is its dividend and does it have any growth potential?
I appreciation your opinion.
Thanks,
Jane

Q: Thoughts on buying PKI at todays prices? Why hasn't it gone up as much as other stocks in the oil and gas space?

Q: Would like to increase my weighting in resources. I have PKI,ENB,PPL equal weighting at around 3% each. Would like to sell one of them then acquire 2 producers large/small cap with yield with equal weighting at 3%. Could you rank the one to sell and suggestion some producers ?

Q: Hi Peter, Ryan, and 5i Team,

Do you have a recent opinion of HUC? I'm thinking of it as a way to use dividends from our other holdings to periodically buy shares, as we can buy and sell HUC at no cost with iTrade. Being underweight in the energy sector, holding only ENB and PKI, I'm thinking that it's a good way to "dip our toes" into this commodity ETF. I do understand that HUC can be volatile, and has relatively high fees, but as a managed ETF, its MER doesn't seem to me to be excessive.

Your thoughts please, and thanks in advance.