Topic: How To Invest

Pat: What can you tell me about Tricon Capital on the TSX?

Article Excerpt

A: Tricon Capital Group Inc., $9.40, symbol TCN on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 112.2 million; Market cap: $1.0 billion; www.triconcapital.com), is focused on residential real estate development across North America. Tricon manages limited partnerships that provide financing to developers, usually in the form of loans and mainly for single- and multi-family construction, but also mixed-used projects. It currently has $2.8 billion U.S. of assets under management. Since its startup in 1988, the company has arranged financing for developments worth roughly $17 billion U.S. About 97% of the assets of Tricon’s limited partnerships are in nine U.S. states—California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The remaining 3% are in Canadian cities Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. In the three months ended March 31, 2016, Tricon’s revenue fell 19.4%, to $34.2 million from $42.4 million a year earlier (all amounts except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). Earnings fell 31.4%, to $15.8 million from $23.0 million. Due to…