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LEON’S FURNITURE LTD. $14.25 (Toronto symbol LNF; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (416-243-7880; www.leons.ca; Shares outstanding: 71.5 million; Market cap: $1.0 billion; Dividend yield: 2.8%) has steadily increased its number of stores, from 27 in 2003 to 80 today. The company more than quadrupled in size overnight with the $700 million purchase of its main rival, The Brick, in March 2013. That chain has 221 locations across Canada and continues to operate separately. Leon’s plans to expand again: it’s taking over the leases on eight Sears Home stores, operated by money losing Sears Canada. It will convert those showrooms to Leon’s stores over the summer....
BMTC GROUP $13.50 (Toronto symbol GBT.A; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (514-648-5757; No website; Shares outstanding: 37.9 million; Market cap: $513.7 million; Dividend yield: 1.8%) has 38 outlets and is one of Quebec’s biggest retailers of furniture, electronics and appliances. The company mainly sells these items through its two affiliates: Brault & Martineau and Ameublements Tanguay. In March 2012, BMTC introduced a new banner, Economax. The chain’s 11 locations offer lower-priced products. The first four stores are former Brault & Martineau liquidation centres. In the three months ended December 31, 2015, BMTC’s sales rose 3.9%, to $190.3 million from $183.2 million a year earlier....
NISSAN MOTOR (ADR) $19.03 (Nasdaq symbol NSANY; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average) (310-771-3111; www.nissan-global.com; ADRs outstanding 2.3 billion; Market cap: $43.8 billion; Yield: 3.1%) plans to buy back as many of 300 million of its common shares, or 6.7% of the total outstanding. The share repurchase will cost as much as 400 billion yen, or $3.5 billion U.S. The company plans to complete those buybacks by December 22, 2016. Nissan earned a record 535 billion yen in its fiscal year ended March 31, 2016. The company also held 860 billion yen in cash on December 31, 2015, and plans to use some of the money to implement that big share buyback....
SIERRA WIRELESS $18.58 (Toronto symbol SW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (604-231-1100; www.sierrawireless.com; Shares outstanding: 32.3 million; Market cap: $577.9 million; No dividends paid) makes modules that connect products—including smart electricity meters and vehicles—to the Internet. This is known as machine- to-machine networking or, more generally, as the Internet of Things. In the three months ended December 31, 2015, the company’s revenue fell 2.8% from a year earlier. That’s a drop from $149.1 million to $144.8 million (all figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). Excluding one-time items, the company earned $2.5 million, or $0.08 a share, down sharply from $9.1 million, or $0.29, a year earlier....