July 2021 Update - $OSS.v, $REPH, $PSD.to, $STC.v, $FTG.v, $XTC.to, $VLN.to, $RELL, $SVT, $FXC.to, $MCR.v
TIKR
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Thoughts on Market Activity
Not much to report. The fear of runaway inflation seems to have cooled off to some degree at least for the short term. The delta variant (and uncertain vaccine effectiveness), vaccine hesitancy, staggered global reopening, and the summer doldrums have let to some choppiness over the last month.
My personal underperformance continued this month and for the full quarter. The main culprits are overweight positions in Sangoma Technologies and Viemed. The remainder of the portfolio has outperformed the indexes on the aggregate. Both will have news out soon and it will be nice to get an update.
What I’m Reading
I have been focusing on some more leisure time with family and strength training. Looking for book recommendations.
I am continuing my social media break (mainly Twitter). I continue to only use the app to check DMs. I’m convinced there is value in the app, but I will need to get better at cultivating a timeline that is valuable or considering any time on the app as entertainment and limit it accordingly.
Posts this month
None – sorry ☹
Developments on Companies Mentioned
OneSoft Solutions - $OSS.v
Nice to see
Share price has been weak lately
I think investors are getting impatient and looking for some very material announcements regarding revenue growth and getting to break even
Recro Pharma - $REPH
Pulse Seismic - $PSD.to
Big quarter
Rev up to 19 mil
Biggest quarter in several years
Paid off a bunch of debt
Paid of high cost subordinated debt
Paid back some of their revolving facility
At end of June they only have 4 mil in debt left
Sangoma Technologies Corp - $STC.v
Provided a business update for Q4
Rev of 167 mil
Ebitda to exceed 30 mil
This bodes well for integration of Star2Star
Firan Technology - $FTG.to
Reported Q2 fiscal 2021
A little weaker than I expected
Toronto facility had higher than normal absenteeism due to Ontario gov having a program to increase paid time off
Other locations also down
Tough simulator comps for this year
A bit of currency headwind
Still monitoring
Exco Technologies - $XTC.to
Reported fiscal Q3 with an easy comp last year
Outlook was positive
Expect capex to exceed $40mil in 2021, which means almost $15mil in Q4
Continued to see increased capex in 2022 and likely 2023
They set out some 5 year targets
10% rev growth
Higher EBITDA and Net Income as well
$1.90 EPS in 2026 with no acquisitions
New programs, market growth, and market share gains
Velan - $VLN.to
Reported q2 fiscal 2022
They guided for a weak quarter but it was still weaker than I expected
Supply chain issues
Backlog highest since 2012 and working capital is ramping to meet demand
Continuing to hold and give them a couple more quarters to execute before drawing conclusions
Richardson Electronics - $RELL
Very strong fiscal Q4
Guidance was also strong
Sounds like lots of opportunities across the 3 different business lines
Will be interesting to see if they maintain this momentum
Received a patent for wind turbines
This is the ULTRA3000
A direct one for one replacement of GE batteries and chargers and can be installed with no modifications
Servotronics - $SVT
Noted this in the 10-K - The Company determined that its previous disclosure regarding management’s evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting was inaccurate as such evaluation was not based on a suitable, recognized control framework in accordance with Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(c).
Gotta love microcaps
FAX Capital - $FXC.to
Nothing new to report but trading at about 0.77x book which is a discount to peers
Macro Enterprises - $MCR.v
Gate City bought another 2.7% of the company
Now owns 15.3% of the outstanding
Feel free to reach out.
Dean