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CANADIAN REIT $45.51 – Toronto symbol REF.UN

CANADIAN REIT $45.51 (Toronto symbol REF.UN; Units outstanding: 72.6 million; Market cap: $3.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 3.8%; www.creit.ca) owns 198 properties, including retail, industrial and office buildings, across Canada and in Chicago. These holdings contain 24.9 million square feet of leasable area. The trust’s occupancy rate is 95.1%.

In the three months ended December 31, 2014, Canadian REIT’s revenue rose 1.7%, to $108.5 million from $106.7 million a year earlier. Cash flow per unit gained 4.2%, to $0.75 from $0.72.

In 2014, the trust added one industrial property in Toronto and another in Edmonton for a total of $42.3 million. That followed $199.1 million of purchases in 2013 and $401.9 million in 2012.

The units trade at 15.0 times forecast 2015 cash flow of $3.03 a unit. The trust pays a monthly distribution of $0.1458, for a 3.8% yield.

Canadian REIT is still a buy.

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