RE:HLFscotia report:
- sequential material improvements in volume declines (-2.5% vs -9.6%), EBITDA margins (150 bps) and leverage (-0.3x)
- expect improvements to be sustained in Q4 and further improvement in 2016
- HLF maintained their 20-25 million cost savings run rate target exiting 2016
- trading at 5.9x 2016 p/e vs 15.4x for its peer group (HLF reports in US dollars)
new estimates: 2015 eps = $1.13; 2016 eps estimates = $1.47; price tarher lowered from $27 to $22 to reflect earnings growth being pushed out.
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still waiting for the CIBC report.