Topic: How To Invest

Hi, Pat: I wanted to get your thoughts on Alaris Royalty Corp. Thank you.

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Alaris Royalty Corp., $22.65, symbol AD on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 36.0 million; Market cap: $829.9 million; www.alarisroyalty.com), loans money to private businesses in exchange for royalties or distributions, with the goal of generating stable, predictable cash flows for dividend payments to its shareholders. Since 2004, Alaris has provided over $595 million in funding. Recent clients include Kimco Services, a janitorial company with more than 375 customers; Planet Fitness, which has 38 gyms in Maryland, Tennessee and Florida; Texas-based construction firm DNT; and Federal Resources, which sells protective equipment for working with dangerous chemicals, radioactive materials and explosives. In the three months ended September 30, 2015, Alaris’s revenue rose 8.8%, to $19.1 million from $17.5 million a year earlier. However, a writedown of bad loans cut earnings by 60.0%, to $0.18 a share from $0.45. The company pays monthly dividends of $0.135 a share; the annual rate of $1.62 yields 7.2%. In the past 12 months, dividends accounted for a reasonable 82% of…