Topic: How To Invest

Hi Pat: What do you think about investing in Solium Capital? Thank you.

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Solium Capital, $6.46, symbol SUM on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 47.1 million; Market cap: $304.3 million; www.solium.com), is a Calgary-based firm that provides software and support services to over 3,000 clients who administer stock-based compensation for their employees. The company also helps its clients comply with increasingly complex financial reporting and other regulations related to stock-based compensation. Solium’s Canadian clients represent 75 of the top 100 companies listed on the TSX and include TransAlta, Shaw Communications and Shell Canada. U.S. clients include GM, Chrysler and Owens-Illinois. In the three months ended December 31, 2013, Solium’s revenue rose 29.6%, to $17.4 million from $13.4 million a year earlier. Earnings per share climbed to $0.06 from $0.04. Solium provides its products as “on-demand software” or “software as a service.” This is a cloud computing model in which the software and associated data are stored on remote, secure servers. Software-as-a-service lets cost-conscious businesses access services and software without the high cost of buying and setting up their own servers…