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Q: I hold the following shares (among others) in my various (RSP & TFSA) accounts. I'm a buy-and-hold investor, strongly leaning to dividend payors or preferably dividend-increasers.
These companies have all recently cut or suspended dividends, either as Covid-19 responses or otherwise.
ET have not cut or suspended (yet), but neither ET nor CSW have paid recent special dividends as they sometimes have in the past.
I purchased these originally on the strength of the companies' long-term potential, management strength and abilities, and growth or at least sustainability.
How would you rank or position these now in light of recent dividend cuts or suspensions, given that they are all underwater, some significantly, or at best more or less flat (ET), after mostly holding periods of 5 years or longer?
Which ones is it time to dump?
Read Answer Asked by Lotar on June 05, 2020
Q: Hi- it seems everyone is walking around with alcohol these days. Groceries, toilet paper and booz. Any idea on how to play that? Does consumption at liquor stores make up for the lack of consumption at restaurants. There;s really nothing else to do but drink. Even my girlfriend has gone to the liquor store more often than usual last few weeks.
Can you give me your thoughts, and perhaps a few ways to play this? Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Jordan on March 26, 2020
Q: CSW.A I owned this one oncemany years ago for quite a while and sold at nice gain. I am thinking of buying back at the current price? Seems to have minimal debt. - high pay-out ratio of 146%, liquidity ratios are great: dividend sustainable? Place to park money and earn a good dividend & would be a very small % of my portfolio?
Read Answer Asked by James on January 22, 2020
Q: Hello 5i Team
1 - Please update CSW.A after last week's quarterly results.
2 - From the MD&A, Pernot Ricard owns 51.6 % of the class A (CSW.A).
Are there any other significant (>10%) shareholders of the Class A (CSW.A)?
Are there any significant holders of the Class B (CSW.B)?
3 - Could you speculate on whether Pernot Ricard would eventually take over CSW or is there an obscure provision in the Class B shares prohibiting this?
Thanks for the great service.
Read Answer Asked by Stephen on November 12, 2019
Q: Hi Peter, a follow up on my last question about voting and non-voting shares. Today Corby voting shares traded 14000+ shares and non-voting shares traded 665. Did you get part of the answer backward?
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Robert on August 28, 2019
Q: I owned this one a fair bit ago and sold at $22.00 because it was not a huge dividend grower even though they do have special dividends from time to time. I was thinking of buying again at current price; however, concerned about business: know they have their own brands; but, licence agreements to distribute for other companies. How solid are these agreements? Of course, the other issue is trading volume - but, can live with that - buy a small position of 3 to 4K shs.
Read Answer Asked by James on August 20, 2019