BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $3.72 and BBD.B $3.67; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $6.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend yield: 2.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.bombardier.com)had to ground its new CSeries passenger jet in May 2014 due to an engine malfunction. The engine’s manufacturer fixed the fault, and Bombardier has resumed
test flights.
The company has firm orders for 203 CSeries planes, plus options for an additional 310. If buyers exercise all of these options, the entire order of 513 aircraft would be worth roughly $34 billion U.S. That’s equal to 1.9 times Bombardier’s 2013 revenue.
Bombardier B stock is still a buy.