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As business booms, RTX Corp.’s (formerly Raytheon Technologies) outlook remains strong.
Perimeter Solutions Inc. reported strong revenue and earnings as it benefits from its unique position in aerial retardants backed by a multi‑year government contract base.
T. Rowe Price Group trades cheaply despite offering a high 4.8% yield with a 40‑year dividend‑growth track record and net cash balance sheet.
Mattr Corp. (formerly ShawCor) offers upside thanks to end-market demand drivers as well as potential for further tuck-in acquisitions or internal expansion.
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Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) transports freight over a rail network between Montreal and Vancouver. In the U.S., subsidiaries connect CP’s Canadian lines to major hubs in the Midwest and Northeast. Alliances with other railways extend its reach to Mexico.
Not only was CP our #1 stock pick for 2012, but we recommended CP in our very first issue of The Successful Investor in January 1995. At that time, CP held a variety of businesses beyond railways, such as hotels, coal, and oil and gas. We saw these as undervalued assets. In 2001, CP unlocked some of this hidden value by spinning off these businesses as separate firms....
HP INC., $12.61, New York symbol HPQ, took its current form on November 1, 2015, when the old Hewlett-Packard Co. split into two firms. HP Inc. focuses on personal computers and printers, while Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (see below) sells computing services and products, like servers and analytics software, to businesses and governments. Hewlett-Packard shareholders received one share of HP Inc. and one share of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise for each old share they held. Investors aren’t liable for capital gains taxes until they sell their new shares....
MANITOBA TELECOM SERVICES INC., $30.24, Toronto symbol MBT, has agreed to sell its Allstream division, which sells telephone, Internet and other communication services to businesses across Canada. Allstream supplies 40% of Manitoba Telecom’s revenue. The remaining 60% comes from its MTS division, which has 1.3 million telephone and wireless customers in Manitoba. The buyer is U.S.-based Zayo Group (New York symbol ZAYO), which will pay $465.0 million. Manitoba Telecom will probably use the proceeds to pay down its long-term debt of $677.1 million, which is equal to 28% of its $2.4-billion market cap (or the value of all outstanding shares)....
As consumers, particularly baby boomers, become more health conscious, they are eating fewer canned and packaged foods. In response, ConAgra and Campbell Soup are switching to organic ingredients and putting less salt and sugar in their products. Both firms are also cutting costs and investing in their core brands, which should spur their earnings— and dividends— in the long run. CONAGRA FOODS INC. $42 (New York symbol CAG; Income Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 432.9 million; Market cap: $18.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 2.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.conagrafoods.com) makes packaged foods, including Chef Boyardee canned pasta, Hunt’s tomato sauce, Peter Pan peanut butter, Orville Redenbacher popcorn and Reddi-wip whipped cream....