Churchill Corp.
Toronto symbol CUQ, offers a range of construction, general contracting, maintenance, insulation, fireproofing, electrical and power-line construction services to clients in the resource extraction, industrial, utility and power-generation industries throughout western Canada.
CALIAN TECHNOLOGIES $18.91 (Toronto symbol CTY; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (613-599-8600; www.calian.com; Shares outstanding: 7.7 million; Market cap: $145.6 million; Dividend yield: 5.3%) operates in two areas: the business and technology services division (which supplies 74% of Calian’s revenue) provides engineers, health-care workers and other skilled professionals to clients on a contract basis. The systems engineering division (26% of revenue) sells …read more »
THE CHURCHILL CORP. $13.98 (Toronto symbol CUQ: TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (780-454-3667; www.churchillcorporation.com; Shares outstanding: 24.6 million; Market cap: $338.2 million; Dividend yield: 3.4%) continues to win new contracts for its Stuart Olson Dominion Construction division.
The latest is a $98-million deal to build an office tower in B.C. The company expects to begin construction in March 2012, and should finish the …read more »
ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD $29.73 (Toronto symbol ATD.B: TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (1-800-361-2612; www.couche-tard.com; Shares outstanding: 242.4 million; Market cap: $7.2 billion; Yield: 0.8%) reports that its earnings (excluding one-time items) rose 19.0% in the three months ended April 24, 2011, to $64.0 million, or $0.35 a share. A year earlier, it earned $53.8 million, or $0.30 a share (all figures except …read more »
Investors generally look to aggressive stocks for capital gains and to more conservative stocks, like utilities, for income. However, there are some aggressive stocks that offer dividend yields that are as high — or even higher — than yields on more established companies.
(One of the aggressive stocks we analyze in our Stock Pickers Digest newsletter recently announced its first-ever dividend—and …read more »
CALIAN TECHNOLOGIES $18.67 (Toronto symbol CTY; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (613-599-8600; www.calian.com; Shares outstanding: 7.8 million; Market cap: $146.0 million; Dividend yield: 5.4%) operates in two areas: the business and technology services division (which supplies 74% of Calian’s revenue) provides engineers, health-care workers and other skilled professionals to clients on a contract basis. The systems-engineering division (26% of revenue) sells hardware …read more »
The Churchill Corp., symbol CUQ on Toronto, sells construction, general-contracting, maintenance, insulation, fireproofing, electrical and power-line construction services. Its clients are in the resource, industrial, utility and power-generation industries. Churchill has customers throughout western Canada.
We analyze Churchill in Stock Pickers Digest, our newsletter for investing in stocks that are more aggressive.
In the three months ended March 31, 2011, Churchill’s revenue …read more »
THE CHURCHILL CORP. $8 (Toronto symbol CUQ: SI Rating: Speculative) (780-454-3667; www.churchillcorporation.com; Shares outstanding: 17.8 million; Market cap: $142.6 million) offers a range of construction, general contracting, maintenance, insulation, fireproofing, electrical and power-line construction services to clients in the resource extraction, industrial, utility and power-generation industries throughout western Canada.
In the three months ended September 30, 2008, Churchill’s revenues rose 12.4%, …read more »
