Topic: How To Invest

Hi Pat: I have been a long-time reader of your newsletter, but this is my first question as an Inner Circle member. What is your view of Davis + Henderson? I have held it for years and been happy with it, but has it gotten too high?

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Davis + Henderson Corp., $21.07, symbol DH on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 59.2 million; Market cap: $1.3 billion; www.dhltd.com), is a leading cheque printer. It also provides software for managing chequing and credit card accounts and technology for approving loans, searching for and registering liens and processing student loans. Davis + Henderson’s clients are mainly financial institutions. It now has over 1,700 banks and credit unions as customers. In April 2011, Davis + Henderson bought Mortgagebot LLC, of Mequon, Wisconsin, for $231.8 million U.S. Mortgagebot sells web-based mortgage software in the U.S. Its software runs on more than 6,000 mortgage websites, and generates mortgage applications for nearly 1,100 banks and credit unions. Davis + Henderson bought Mortgagebot to keep diversifying away from cheque printing and related services, which make up about 40% of its business. Cheque printing is declining as more consumers switch to electronic payment methods. In May 2012, Davis + Henderson acquired Avista Solutions, of Charleston, South Carolina, for…