Industrial Alliance maintains buy, but lowers target on CriticalControl Solutions

Industrial Alliance Securities analyst Steve Li says both of CriticalControl's energy services units will continue to be impacted by the weak natural gas prices, and he doesn't expect this to change in fiscal 2013.

On Friday, CriticalControl Solutions (TSX:CCZ) posted its Q4 and fiscal 2012 results. For the year, the company earned $300,000, while its topline fell 5% to $46.8-million. CEO Alykhan Mamdani said the company is in good shape going forward. “We have executed on our strategic objectives, increased our recurring revenue and reduced our debt by $1.6-million, [...]

Ten Interesting Canadian Tech Stocks Under Fifty Cents

Australian Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson: "You've got to understand, the resources boom is over. Anyone with half a brain knows that."

TOP PICKS FOR 2013: We polled some of Canada’s best tech analyst for their top picks for the coming year. Check them out here. Is there a sector rotation taking place in Canada? While resource plays have been a drag on the Canadian markets for more than a year, the story certainly isn’t unique to [...]

Insider buying at CriticalControl Solutions

Shares of Calgary-based CriticalControl Solutions have been sliding all year, a downturn that has removed nearly half the company's market cap. Now, company insiders think the correction is overdone.

Shares of CriticalControl Solutions (TSX:CCZ) have been sliding all year, a downturn that has removed nearly half the company’s market cap. Now, company insiders think the correction is overdone. Last week, three of them loaded up on CriticalControl shares in the open market. On August 16th, director Dennis Nerland, director Murray Smith and company Chairman [...]

15 Canadian Techs Trading Far Below Analyst Targets

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There are many people who believe Canadian technology stocks are undervalued. Of course, as John Maynard Keynes famously quipped, markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent. Still, with a massive exodus from commodities now fully underway, is it just a matter of time before money starts flowing into Canadian technology stocks, driving [...]

Tech Sparks: Is Alberta’s Oil and Gas Technology the World’s Best?

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This is Part Two of a three-part article called Tech Sparks, which examines sub-sectors of Canadian technology that could spark a more general revival. For Parts One and Three follow the links at the end of the story. When you think of oil in Saudi Arabia or Texas what image comes to mind? For most [...]

3 Canadian tech stocks that could benefit from higher gas prices

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Inflation has become everyday news around the world. While Canada was spared the worst of the economic downturn that began in late 2008, a recent survey by the Royal Bank found 45% of Canadians say that higher gas and food prices are “significantly impacting” their budgets. In February of this year, gas prices had risen [...]

10 Canadian Tech Stocks to Watch in 2011

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In January, we looked back at the Canadian tech stocks that had an exceptional 2010, capped off by the selection of Glentel as Canadian Tech Stock of the Year and Mark Therier of SXC Health as Canadian Tech Stock exec of the Year. This month we look forward. No we don’t have a crystal ball, [...]

Quant Snapshot: CriticalControl Solutions (TSX:CCZ)

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Calgary’s CriticalControl Solutions isn’t all about the patch, but that’s where many believe their future growth will lie. The Company’s Enterprise Content Management Solutions (ECM) serve provincial government ministries and the health care field. But it’s the technology of ProTrend, which allows gas producers to schedule fluid sampling at the wellsite, manage fluid analysis and [...]