Toromont Industries (TIH.TO)

(Market Call Minute.) Has owned this for a long time. A big infrastructure play that is in much better shape than some of the other construction companies.

This has been on a tear. An equipment maker that has done really well because it is focused on Manitoba and Ontario, very good places to be. He sees 8% earnings growth over the next couple of years. They have virtually no debt. It benefits from a soft Cdn$. They do a really good job of managing their costs. Everything is right for the stock, except its valuation which is trading at around 20X versus its 15.5X five-year average.

Doesn’t know a lot about this one, but they are in a universe he follows. Their cash ROE is 28%. He is looking for companies that have in excess of 20%, and have been able to do it 3 years running, so this meets his criteria. Their cash over PE ratio is about 2.5, a little richer than what he likes. He likes this.

It is a well run company. They are the local CAT dealer. He is short CAT-N, but would not want to be short TIH-T. It is one of the strong points in the CAT sales network.

Heavy equipment. The stock has done quite well. He is a little bit cautious on heavy equipment in general. He is focusing more on consumer, healthcare and technology.

*Short.* The only Caterpillar dealer in Ontario as well as having a small business in arenas. Have benefited for years from an increasing mining sector, and in Ontario it is primarily gold related, and gold miners are not doing that well. Also trading at a pretty hefty premium to the competition. A strengthening US$ means that new equipment coming into the market is going to get re-priced at an expensive US$, and then a lot of used equipment will start competing. Yield of 2.17%.

Spun off Enerflex, which to him was a bit of a head scratcher. Bought it in 2010 and sold it in 2011. Really know accretive value. He would be mixed on this name. Last quarter their Q2 was up 15% which is good and did have a sequential good increase in bookings and a very solid backlog but margins were weaker than expected, which he doesn’t really think is a problem. Margin pressures will abate over the coming quarters. Would prefer Wajax (WJX-T).