Fighting back against DH Corp short sellers
Jonathan Ratner, 28 October 2015
Financial services firm DH Corp. is the latest Canadian company to come under attack from short sellers. The stock fell sharply on Monday after hedge fund Lawton Park Capital Management accused DH (formerly Davis + Henderson Corp.) of masking weakening performance with “desperate M&A and accounting tricks.”
DH has recovered some of those losses since, but Graham Ryding at TD Securities still sees a very attractive entry point given its current valuation. “The market reaction to short-seller concerns is misplaced,” the analyst told clients, raising his rating on DH to action list buy from buy.
Ryding also maintained a $47 price target on the stock, which represents upside of about 35 per cent, noting that his conviction in the company’s growth outlook and fundamentals is intact. DH management released its third-quarter results early in order to respond to issues raised by Lawton Park.
