Topic: How To Invest

Pat: Could you please give me your opinion on a company traded on the TSX: Alaris Royalty Corp. Thank you.

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Alaris Royalty Corp., $25.20, symbol AD on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 22.3 million; Market cap: $562.0 million; www.alarisroyalty.com), provides businesses with financing in exchange for royalties or distributions, with the objective of generating stable, predictable cash flows for dividend payments to its shareholders. Companies that Alaris finances include California-based Quetico, which helps businesses manage their inventory and ships consumer products; Texas-based Killick Aerospace, which sells, distributes, trades and services aircraft engines and spare parts; and Lifemark Health, one of Canada’s largest private health care providers, with over 120 clinics. Alaris’s focus on privately held businesses makes it difficult to value the company. However, it does invest in profitable firms that operate in stable industries. Its high 5.0% yield adds appeal. Alaris is okay for aggressive investors to hold. hold…