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LINAMAR CORP. $20 (Toronto symbol LNR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 64.7 million; Market cap: $1.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 1.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.linamar.com) continues to benefit from the recovery of the North American auto industry.
The auto-parts maker earned $0.32 a share in the three months ended September 30, 2010. That’s …read more »
THE WESTAIM CORP. $0.55 (Toronto symbol WED, Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 580.6 million; Market cap: $319.3 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.westaim.com) owns Jevco Insurance Co., which sells insurance to high-risk drivers, as well as owners of motorcycles, snowmobiles and recreational vehicles. Jevco operates in Quebec and Ontario.
The company bought Jevco for …read more »
ISHARES AUSTRALIA INDEX FUND $24.17 (New York symbol EWA; buy or sell through brokers), is an ETF that holds the 75 largest Australian stocks.
The fund’s top holdings include BHP Billiton, 15.1%; Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 8.1%; Westpac Banking Corp., 7.3%; Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, 6.8%; National Australia Bank, 5.8%; Woolworths, 3.8%; Wesfarmers, 3.6%; Newcrest Mining, 3.3%; and Westfield …read more »
AUTODESK INC. $35 (Nasdaq symbol ADSK; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 227.1 million; Market cap: $7.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.3; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.autodesk.com) earned $0.32 a share in its third quarter, which ended October 31, 2010. That’s up 23.1% from $0.26 a year earlier. These figures exclude unusual costs, including expenses related …read more »
CANALASKA URANIUM $1.16 (Toronto symbol CVV; SI Rating: Start-up) (1-800-667-1870; www.canalaska.com; Shares outstanding: 17.2 million; Market cap: $20.0 million; No dividends paid) has completed its 1-for-10 share consolidation. That lowered its shares outstanding from 171.9 million to 17.2 million.
Consolidations, or reverse stock splits, sometimes hurt investor confidence. In CanAlaska’s case, it had little effect. Its shares shot up to $1.57 …read more »
LIZ CLAIBORNE INC. $6.38 (New York symbol LIZ; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 94.5 million; Market cap: $602.9 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.2; No dividends paid since December 2008; WSSF Rating: Extra Risk) designs and sells clothing and accessories for men and women. Its top brands include Liz Claiborne, Juicy Couture and Kate Spade.
Liz Claiborne continues to cut …read more »
HECLA MINING COMPANY $6.93 (New York symbol HL; SI Rating: Extra Risk) (208-769-4100; www.hecla-mining.com; Shares outstanding: 256.1 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion) explores for, mines and processes silver and gold in the U.S. and Mexico.
Hecla expects to produce between 10 million and 11 million ounces of silver this year. This will mostly come from the Greens Creek mine in Alaska, …read more »
BELLATRIX EXPLORATION $3.87 (Toronto symbol BXE; SI Rating: Speculative) (403-266-8670; www.bellatrixexploration.com; Shares outstanding: 97.2 million; Market cap: $376.2 million; No dividends paid) produces oil and natural gas in Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan. Gas makes up about 73% of its output; the remaining 27% is oil.
In the three months ended June 30, 2010, Bellatrix’s production fell 21.5%, to 7,671 barrels of …read more »
BMTC GROUP $23.75 (Toronto symbol GBT.A; SI Rating: Extra Risk) (514-648-5757; No web site; Shares outstanding: 50.9 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; Dividend yield: 1.0%) is one of Quebec’s largest retailers of furniture, electronics and household appliances. It sells these products through its two affiliates: Brault & Martineau Inc. and Ameublements Tanguay.
The company has 20 large stores in the Montreal, …read more »
RUSSEL METALS $20.84 (Toronto symbol RUS; SI Rating: Speculative) (905-819-7777; www.russelmetals.com; Shares outstanding: 59.7 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; Dividend yield: 4.8%) is one of North America’s largest metal distributors. Russel serves its roughly 30,000 customers through a network of 50 Canadian and 12 U.S. locations.
In the three months ended June 30, 2010, Russel reported earnings per share of $0.31 …read more »
