Updating Sherritt International, Delphi Energy and Domino’s Pizza

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SHERRITT INTERNATIONAL $1.29 (Toronto symbol S; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (1-800-704-6698; www.sherritt.com; Shares o/s: 396.2 million; Market cap: $512.0 million; No dividends paid) is now focused on nickel/cobalt production, with operations in Cuba and Canada. Sherritt shares are up 61% since August 2017 due to surging cobalt prices. The metal is a crucial component of the lithium-ion batteries used to power electric vehicles and portable electronic devices. The company has now confirmed that several investors have approached it about purchasing a share of its cobalt production under royalty-streaming deals. Sherritt has nickel-cobalt mines in Cuba and Madagascar that produce about 7,000 metric tons of cobalt, or roughly 6% of the world’s total production. The company has no interest in selling part of its cobalt production. However, it may consider a deal if rising prices spur the development of new mines and bring other operations out of mothballs. Rising demand would also accelerate efforts to produce other types of battery chemistries that do not require cobalt. Altogether, those developments…