Canadian Technology Stocks and Startups
As we have talked about several times here at Cantech Letter, the defining story of recent months in Canadian tech is the buyouts of many of our best and brightest firms. The Branham Group reported that last year, forty-five Canadian tech firms were acquired by foreign buyers. Many notable TSX listed companies, including Zarlink, Bridgewater, [...]
We have a winner. A panel of five judges; Tom Liston, Director of Research for Versant Partners, Barry Richards, Managing Director of Research for Paradigm Capital, Tom Astle, Managing Director, Research Technology for Byron Capital, Byron Berry, Equity Research Strategist Byron Capital, Ron Shuttleworth, Technology Analyst, M Partners and the readers of Cantech Letter have [...]
This week’s IPO of Zynga (NASD:ZNGA), the San Francisco-based creator of social network games like Farmville, reminds us that 2011 was the year tech regained at least a bit of its decade-lost swagger. Zynga, of course, followed the high-profile IPO’s of Linkedin (NASD:LNKD), Groupon (NASD:GRPN), Pandora (NASD:P) and, presumably, preceded the mother of all modern [...]
Quick, think of a Canadian technology company with annual revenues of more than a billion dollars. OK, you said Research in Motion, right? But what about a second, a third? The truth is the number of Canadian tech companies with more than a billion in revenue is woefully slim. This worries Canadian tech legend Terry [...]
Wondering who’s hot? Cantech Letter breaks down the The Top Performing TSX Techs for week of June 13th-17th, 2011. The list includes any stock listed on the TSX technology, cleantech and life sciences indices with a minimum share price of $.50 cents as of June 10th, 2011. 1. Noveko International Inc. (TSX:EKO) +39.7% Shares of [...]
As last year’s Ryder Cup, which was plagued by torrential downpours and had to be finished on a Monday for the first time in its eight year history, Terry Matthews proved his perseverance can produce success against even the most difficult of conditions. Matthews, the Ottawa tech legend who was the first billionaire in the [...]
The editors of Cantech Letter don’t have access to a time machine. And, as far as we know neither do the editors of Computerworld, The Gartner Group, CNET, or Duncan Stewart from Deloitte and Touche, who just hosted that company’s 10th annual “Predictions” event on a cross Canada tour. We do, however, put some faith [...]
Why Investors Should Look at TSX/V Small Cap Tech by Ron Shuttleworth Canadian publically listed small cap tech companies have, as a group, outperformed the S&P TSX Index over the past year. Even still, The Small Cap Tech Group is trading at a historic discount to the S&P TSX Index based on P/E multiples over [...]
While the CRTC’s recent reversal on GlobalLive brought a little excitement to the Canadian wireless sector, many believe Canada is seriously lagging in real consumer choice and competition. Perhaps part of the proof is that most of the companies on this list service the international, not domestic market. We look at the Top 10 performing Canadian wireless stocks in 2009.
It could be argued that the first billionaire in the history of Wales is also Canada’s only living tech legend. But how did Terry Matthews reach such lofty heights? More importantly, why isn’t he in the lawnmower business anymore? All is explained in our “Timeline: Sir Terry Matthews”.
