The Westaim Corporation
The Westaim Corporation
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Overview
What the company does, where it operates, and who runs it.
About The Westaim Corporation
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Sector
- Financial Services
- CEO
- John Cameron MacDonald
- Headquarters
- 70 York Street, Toronto, ON, CA
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Sector
- Financial Services
- CEO
- John Cameron MacDonald
- Headquarters
- 70 York Street, Toronto, ON, CA
The Westaim Corporation is a private equity firm specializing in direct and indirect investments through acquisitions, joint ventures, secondary investments both direct and indirect, fund of fund investments, and other arrangements.
For direct investments, the firm invests in early venture, mid venture, late venture, middle market, later stage, mature, emerging growth, PIPEs, and buyout transactions. For fund of fund investments, it seeks to invest in private equity funds, venture capital funds, and hedge funds.
The firm seeks to provide long term capital to businesses operating in the global financial services industry. It typically acquires controlling interests in businesses. The firm seeks to acquire debt, equity, or derivative securities of both public and private companies.
It invests with the objective of providing its shareholders with capital appreciation and real wealth preservation. The firm seeks to provide its portfolio companies with advisory services including, but not limited to, advice on capital allocation, financing strategy, performance measurement and merger and acquisition support.
It also seeks to partner with like-minded providers of third party capital to help supplement the firm's own capital, when completing acquisitions. The firm generally seeks to hold its investments for seven to 15 years. The Westaim Corporation was founded in 1996 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
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Stock Data
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Fair Value
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Financial Ratios
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Valuation, profitability, liquidity and leverage ratios for The Westaim Corporation. Starting points for The Westaim Corporation: EPS -$4.30, beta -0.12 — an Asset Management name. P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA, margins, return on equity, current ratio and debt coverage, each shown against the company's own history.
Dividend Analysis
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Dividend history, yield and payout sustainability for The Westaim Corporation. The Westaim Corporation does not currently pay a regular dividend, so this section tracks capacity rather than history. Per-share payments, yield over time, payout ratio and growth streak, with coverage measured against free cash flow.
Earnings Analysis
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Reported vs. expected earnings history for The Westaim Corporation. Trailing twelve-month EPS for The Westaim Corporation stands at -$4.30. EPS surprises by quarter, revenue against estimates, and the upcoming reporting date.
Financial Statements
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Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow history for The Westaim Corporation. The Westaim Corporation has reported as a listed company since 2000. Annual and quarterly filings with period-over-period comparison, so you can trace how revenue, margins and cash generation have moved.
Comparables
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The Westaim Corporation valued side by side against its closest peers. The Westaim Corporation is measured against Asset Management peers within the Financial Services sector. Peer-relative multiples and operating metrics, so the valuation is read in the context of its own sector rather than in isolation.
Institutional Ownership
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Which institutions hold The Westaim Corporation, and how their positions are changing. At a $587.9M market value, institutional positions materially move The Westaim Corporation's register. Top holders, position sizes, and quarter-over-quarter accumulation or distribution from regulatory filings. Included with FRC Premium.
Insider Trading
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Buying and selling by The Westaim Corporation executives and directors. Shares of The Westaim Corporation have traded between $15.50 and $24.01 over the past 52 weeks — context for the timing of the transactions below. Insider transactions as disclosed to regulators, with role, size and date — the clearest read on how the people running the company are positioned. Included with FRC Premium.
Senate Trading
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U.S. Senate disclosures naming The Westaim Corporation. The Westaim Corporation is a $587.9M Financial Services company. Senators' reported transactions in this security, alongside the fundamentals — a signal most research platforms leave out entirely. Included with FRC Premium.
House Trading
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U.S. House of Representatives disclosures naming The Westaim Corporation. Representatives' reported transactions in this security, shown next to the company's fundamentals. Included with FRC Premium.
News
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