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INTACT FINANCIAL $84.98 (Toronto symbol IFC; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (416-341-1464; www.intactfc.com; Shares outstanding: 131.5 million; Market cap: $11.2 billion; Dividend yield: 2.7%) is Canada’s largest provider of property and casualty insurance. Its brands include Intact Insurance, Canada BrokerLink and belairdirect. In the three months ended December 31, 2015, Intact’s revenue rose 7.5%, to $1.91 billion from $1.78 billion a year earlier. Revenue improved across all of the company’s insurance lines and geographic regions. Canadian Direct Insurance, which Intact purchased for $197 million in early 2015, also added to its sales....
CALIAN TECHNOLOGIES $18.60 (Toronto symbol CTY; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (613- 599-8600; www.calian.com; Shares outstanding: 7.4 million; Market cap: $137.6 million; Dividend yield: 6.0%) has two main divisions: Business and Technology Services (which supplies 70% of the company’s revenue) provides engineers, health care workers and other skilled professionals on a contract basis; Systems Engineering (30% of revenue) sells hardware and software for testing, operating and managing satellite and other communication systems. In the three months ended December 31, 2015, the company’s revenue rose 15.2%, to a record $64.5 million from $56.0 million a year earlier. Excluding onetime items, Calian earned $3.3 million, or $0.45 a share. That’s up 22.2% from $2.7 million, or $0.37 a share, a year earlier. The Business and Technology Services division continues to benefit from recurring orders from Canadian federal government departments, including the Department of National Defence. This segment’s revenue rose 9.0% in the latest quarter....
ALARMFORCE INDUSTRIES $10.20 (Toronto symbol AF; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (1-800-267-2001; www.alarmforce. com; Shares outstanding: 11.6 million; Market cap: $118.0 million; Dividend yield: 1.8%) sells two-way voice-alarm systems and monitoring services in Canada and in the U.S. The company’s sales were $14,4 million in the three months ended October 31, 2015. That’s an 8.7% jump from $13.3 million a year earlier. However, earnings per share fell 29.4%, to $0.12 from $0.17 as it spent more to develop and market its products. AlarmForce’s long-term outlook is positive, and the high U.S. dollar is boosting the amount its U.S. operations contribute to its earnings. However, it will have to keep spending heavily to sell its services in a competitive market and continue its U.S. expansion....
DOMINO’S PIZZA $112.95 (New York symbol DPZ; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (734-930-3008; www.dominos.com; Shares outstanding: 54.6 million; Market cap: $6.1 billion; Dividend yield: 1.1%) is the world’s largest chain of pizza stores that offer takeout and delivery. It operates 12,100 outlets in the U.S. and 80 other countries. Franchisees run most of these stores. In the three months ended September 6, 2015, the company’s earnings per share rose 6.3%, to $0.67 from $0.63 a year earlier. Sales gained 8.5%, to $484.7 million from $446.6 million. Same-store sales rose 7.7% internationally, but more important, they increased 10.5% in the U.S., home to most of the company’s stores....