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BCE has outperformed the market during the current downturn: the stock has gained 7.9% since the start of 2016, compared to a 6.3% decline in the S&P/TSX Composite Index. The company continues to benefit from upgrades to its wireless and fibre-optic Internet and TV networks. These improvements have helped it attract new customers, and hang on to existing ones. More-reliable networks will also help BCE handle new competitors. That includes cable company Shaw Communications, which is buying wireless carrier Wind Mobile. The stock is trading just below its recent peak of $59 in October 2015. Even so, it’s still attractive in relation to BCE’s projected earnings. The company’s strong prospects give it plenty of room to keep raising its dividend....
SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $30 (Toronto symbol SU; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $42.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividend yield: 3.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www. suncor.com) is Canada’s largest oil producer. It also operates four refineries and 1,500 Petro-Canada gas stations, which supply 63% of its revenue. The company produced an average of 577,800 barrels of oil equivalent a day in 2015, up 8.0% from 534,900 barrels in 2014. Suncor’s oil sands projects accounted for 80% of its output. However, Suncor lost $2.0 billion, or $1.38 a share, mainly because it wrote down the value of its reserves in response to the oil-price drop. It also wrote down its operations in Libya and some of its offshore projects. But without unusual items, Suncor earned $1.01 a share. In 2014, it earned $4.6 billion, or $3.15 a share....
CAE INC. $14 (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 269.9 million; Market cap: $3.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 2.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cae.com) earned $59.4 million in its fiscal 2016 third quarter, which ended December 31, 2015....
IMPERIAL OIL LTD. $41 (Toronto symbol IMO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Shares outstanding: 847.6 million; Market cap: $34.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.imperialoil.ca) gets about 90% of its crude oil from its Alberta oil sands operations, including its 25% stake in the Syncrude project. In addition, it has conventional oil and natural gas operations, also in Western Canada, and owns stakes in projects off the coast of Atlantic Canada. Imperial also owns three refineries, petrochemical plants and 1,700 gas stations, which operate under the Esso banner....