Canadian Technology Stocks and Startups
For years, we have been hoping for, if not predicting, a resurgence of technology in the Canadian public markets. In 2012, we had that wish fulfilled, at least in part. The technology sector was the top performer of all sectors on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The story of 2012, at least for the first half [...]
Today, after market close, Evertz Technologies (TSX:ET) reported its Q2, 2013 financials. The company posted revenue of $83.2 million, which was an increase of 18% year over the same period last year. Evertz earned $19.09-million, or $.26 cents a share compared to $.22 last year. Management said it saw the biggest gains in the US/Canada [...]
A changing of the guard. The struggles of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion are better than well-documented, they have been cataloged in an almost gleeful manner by a financial press that seems to forget that similar dark clouds once hung over current tech stalwarts such as Apple and IBM. While RIM’s revenue has fallen in what [...]
Waterloo gets all the action and Ottawa gets a lot of the credit, but underneath the hustle and bustle that is now, based on employment, North America’s the third largest financial services center after New York and Chicago, Toronto has tech too. And not only does Toronto boast names that have been around since the [...]
You’re a reporter on the front in Afghanistan with a just a Digital SLR, or run a local cable access show that is chasing down a story that happens to have national appeal. Or you’re a producer with amazing footage of that car crash -that was filmed on an iPhone. Broadcasters everywhere receive thousands of [...]
Cash. At least as far back as Ben Graham value investors will tell you it helps provide a margin of safety by reducing the gap between the price of a stock and its value. Cash can, when employed through the use of share buybacks or the issue of dividends, enable a public company to mitigate [...]
The Leitch Legacy; Five Companies Filling the Void. Five years ago this month, October 25th, 2005 to be precise, Canadians lost the head office of one of our most promising companies. Toronto’s Leitch Technology (TSX:LTV), was a worldwide leader in a host of broadcast technologies. The Company’s Viewguard encryption system, for instance, was used worldwide. [...]
The Dividend 10: Canada’s top Dividend Paying Tech Stocks One only has to look to some of Canada’s largest tech companies to learn that the subject of tech stocks declaring a dividend, especially those loosely classified as growth stocks, is a contentious issue. At CGI Group’s (TSX:GIB.A) annual general meeting this past January the Globe [...]
