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CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $74 (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 792.7 million; Market cap: $58.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.6; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cn.ca) operates Canada’s largest railway. Its 32,200- kilometre network stretches across the country and through the U.S. Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico. CN saw a big jump in the number of goods shipped after the 2008/09 recession. That’s the main reason why its revenue soared 46.2%, from $8.3 billion in 2010 to $12.1 billion in 2014. That figure probably rose to $13.4 billion in 2015. Earnings gained 56.9%, from $2.0 billion in 2010 to $3.1 billion in 2014. CN is an aggressive buyer of its own shares. As a result, its earnings per share soared 79.0%, from $2.10 to $3.76....
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA $75 (www.rbc.com) earned $9.9 billion in its 2015 fiscal year, which ended October 31, 2015, up 8.6% from $9.1 billion in fiscal 2014. Earnings per share gained 9.4%, to $6.66 from $6.09, on fewer shares outstanding....
iShares Core S&P 500 Hedged ETF aims to cut currency risk by hedging against movements of the U.S. dollar vs. the Canadian dollar. Our view.
EMERA INC. $42 (Toronto symbol EMA; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 145.3 million; Market cap: $6.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.1; Dividend yield: 4.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.emera.com) recently agreed to acquire Teco Energy (New York symbol TE), which supplies electricity and natural gas to 1.05 million customers in Tampa Bay and the surrounding region....