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Stellar Biotechnologies, $4.41, symbol KLH on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 8.4 million; Market cap: $47.7 million, www.stellarbiotechnologies.com), farms keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH). That’s a protein used in a range of therapeutic applications to stimulate the human immune system. Stellar’s KLH products can be used to create therapeutic vaccines, or immunotherapies. They are treatments that use the body’s own immune system to target and treat disease. KLH can also be used for immunodiagnostics. Those are tests that determine the health of a patient’s immune system before a new drug is used. KLH is refined from the “blood” of a rare clam-like snail—the giant keyhole limpet. That ocean dweller is found in the waters off Southern California and western Mexico. Its blood is called hemolymph and flows through its circulatory system....
General Dynamics Corp., $130.87, symbol GD on New York (Shares outstanding: 311.2 million; Market cap: $41.0 billion; www.generaldynamics.com), is the world’s fifth-largest aerospace and defense contractor by revenue. In 2015, the U.S. government accounted for 57% of its total sales. The company has four divisions: Information Systems and Technology (29% of its 2015 revenue, 21% of earnings) builds computer networks and data centres for the U.S. Department of Defense. Its clients also include other government agencies and large commercial buyers....
Western Copper & Gold Corp., $0.68, symbol WRN on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 94.2 million; Market cap: $65.9 million; www.westerncoppercorp.com), owns the Casino project in the Yukon. The mining site is Western Copper’s sole asset. It contains an estimated 8.9 million ounces of gold, 65 million ounces of silver, 4.5 billion pounds of copper and 483 million pounds of molybdenum. The company completed a feasibility study on the project in 2013. The operation would centre on an open-pit mine with a 22-year life expectancy. Western Copper is now two years into the permitting stage. It should take another two years to complete....
Waste Management Inc., $58.21, symbol WM on New York (Shares outstanding: 445.7 million; Market cap: $26.1 billion,www.wm.com), is the largest solid waste disposal company in North America. The company operates about 265 landfills, 300 transfer stations and 600 collection operations. Waste Management has moved up to new highs since reporting strong results in the three months ended December 31, 2015. Excluding one-time items, it earned $320 million, or $0.71 a share. That’s up from $278 million, or $0.60 a share, a year earlier. It also beats the consensus forecast of $0.68. The improvement came from Waste Management’s focus on controlling costs and pricing its new contracts high enough to protect its profit margins. The company has also increased its customer retention by providing better service....