Investment Q&A

Q: I know your opinion is often conservative and you don't like to jump to conclusion too early but with these 3 stocks down today because of the earnings from TOI and LMN, do you think this is a small sign what everyone was saying all along about the software stocks?

thanks

Q: What is the main stock valuation driver for Constellation Software, and can you please provide a sense of the trend? For example, if it’s free cash flow, then please provide the annual percentage change for each of the past three years, as well as the year-on-year percentage change for the discreet fourth quarter - 3 mos - of 2025 (since Q1 2026 is not yet available).

Additionally, has the compression in PE ratios of software companies translated into more acquisitions for CSU and acquisitions at more advantageous valuations?

Q: Shop getting crushed , now sub $145cdn and CSU treading towards 52 low is it time to back up the truck and load up? 10 year hold.

Q: Hi 5i
I have been watching CSU (2482) but have not bought yet. I'm tempted to buy some before earnings next week. Can you tell me how the stock has behaved in the past just before earnings and the weeks after?
Thanks, Greg

Q: In my TFSA I've been hit by the drop in CSU, DSG, TOI, LMN, and SHOP. Offset a bit by gains in TD, ENB, and SIS.

I have 12% in cash and am looking to rebalance and make some changes. I maintain 20% to 25% of the account in WXM. I like to follow stocks in the portfolios, mostly balanced, and those that you have reports on. I let things get a bit heavy on the software stocks, so looking for 5 or 6 idea's outside of that sector.

Can you make some suggestions? Thanks very much.

Q: What does the market expect from the CSU family this earnings quarter ?

Thx

Q: I have CSU in my TFSA, down 40% I am looking at buying ZWU instead or should I hang on. Thanks

Q: Do we know when they report?

Q: Hi Team,
I have positions in CSU,TOI, LMN with LMN position being the smallest. Being that I own all of these and all of them have poor momentum, I was looking possibly selling LMN being that is the smallest position and smallest company and using the funds to add to my position in MDA to top it up to full position. Would this be advised at this time?

Thanks,
Shane.

Q: NVDA position has reached 12% of my portfolio thanks to it being at all time high.
Google position has become 17% also to it being at ATH.
Together they compose of 29% of my portfolio!!.

I think I have to sell a bit to manage risk. Of course the playbook is to sell a portion of these guys to buy something under valued that has more upside. But what looks better than NVDA and GOOGLE at the moment?

Q: Hi 5i team,

I’m reading about a thesis and would love your view on it.

The idea is that today’s AI compute scarcity is temporary, kind of like the telecom/bandwidth bubble in the late 1990s. As inference costs keep falling over the next few years, I think the real value will shift from the infrastructure layer (GPUs, hyperscalers, data centers) to the application layer.

However, not every application-layer company will benefit. The ones whose moat is the AI itself could actually get hurt as models become cheap and everywhere. The real winners should be companies with moats that don’t depend on model quality — things like regulated workflows, payment rails, proprietary data, deep system integrations, or network effects. For these companies, cheaper compute should expand margins instead of creating new competition.

Two questions:
1. Does this thesis make sense to you, or do you see any flaws in the logic?
2. In your coverage universe, which names best fit the idea of “moat is the workflow / data / distribution, not the AI itself” and which names’ AI itself ‘might get hurt?

Thanks,
Matt

Q: Hi, if you wanted to choose one stock, which one would you pick for higher growth potential, SHOP or CSU? And what price is a good entry point for each of them?
On another question, how do you see their upcoming earnings?

Thanks

Q: What % is a good split between holding hardware vs software names? Barbell approach? Do you think the sasspocalypse is over? We've seen these names bounce off the recent lows and you have days where they are leading and days like today where sentiment swings the other way. I believe the names I hold are of good quality and can be patient while I wait for them to bounce. But then you have the opportunity cost of not buying more AI leading names with positive momentum. For example, do I sell some CSU/LMN/TOI and buy more CLS? Or sell some AXON and buy more NBIS? What would be a good approach? Thank you1

Q: My TFSA portfolio has done exceptionally well in large part due to the invaluable information and coaching provided by Peter and the rest of the 5i team since 2013. Thank you very much for helping to build our intergenerational legacy.

I plan to use a fraction of the assets in my TFSA to set up a high-growth, moderate high-risk concentrated 10 stock six-digit sub-portfolio with a 10 year time-frame and hoping for a 5-10 fold target. The idea is to select the best high conviction durable names, maximize capital gains compounding, and minimize dividend drag such as US withholding tax in the TFSA. With the help of my chatbot assistant, it looks like a base case of 17-25% annualized is required to reach the 5-10x target, even with periods of significant drawdowns and bull cases. Obviously stock selection and staying invested for the long term are key.

My initial tentative selection of 10 stocks NVDA, ASML, MSFT, AVGO, NBIS, GOOG, TSLA, CCO, NVO, and SHOP with weightings ranging from 6% to 16%

Could you please critique my strategy and the stocks selected. Suggest improvements including alternative names to consider as replacements that you feel might work better.

If you were creating such a portfolio for yourself which 10 names would you select.

Q: These 3 are dropping this morning.
Is there any news that accounts for the drop?

Thanks

Q: I notice that csu and it's affiliates are falling today. I imagine that this is related to Service Now's results and prognosis for the future. It seems that this fear of software is really sticky and never goes away. Many of us are a bit paralyzed by this. How do you see it and would you still currently invest in country?
With appreciation

Q: -6%. I can’t see any reason. What am I missing?

Q: Any guidance on the big drop in CSU today?

Q: Looking @ CDN options that you believe have been beaten down with strong rebound potential both short term and with long term upside. Please list your current top 5, highest ranked first through to 5th.

Q: I have seen a lot of recommendations for CSU. I have CSU in my TFSA with a gain.
I have LMN in my TFSA with loss, i am thinking of averaging down.
Is there a big difference between the two companies and which will be better to add to?