Updating Loblaw Companies Ltd., IGM Financial Inc., and Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan

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LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $60 (Toronto symbol L; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 412.4 million; Market cap: $24.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.loblaw.ca) has sold 15 stores and one warehouse to Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (Toronto symbol CHP.UN). Loblaw received $211.9 million, which is equal to 57% of the $371.0 million, or $0.90 a share, that it earned in the three months ended October 4, 2014. That total included $112.2 million of Choice Properties’ units. As a result, Loblaw now owns 83.0% of this REIT. Loblaw is a buy. IGM FINANCIAL INC. $48 (Toronto symbol IGM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 251.7 million; Market cap: $12.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.3; Dividend yield: 4.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.igmfinancial.com) is Canada’s largest independent mutual fund company. Power Financial (Toronto symbol PFC) owns 58.7% of IGM. In the three months ended September 30, 2014, IGM’s earnings rose 13.6%, to $219.7…