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Sun Life Financial Inc. and Manulife Financial Corp. each offers a combination of solid earnings growth, ongoing share repurchases, and impressive dividend yields.
Groupe Dynamite Inc. is a high‑quality specialty retailer with gains ahead.
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Toromont Industries Ltd. should see continued earnings growth thanks to its leading market share and Canada’s plan to increase spending on infrastructure projects.
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WAL-MART STORES INC., $58.87, New York symbol WMT, fell 11% this week after warning that higher employee wages, new investments in its online businesses and the negative impact of the high U.S. dollar will slow its earnings growth. The company earned $4.84 a share in its 2015 fiscal year, which ended January 31, 2015, but it expects its profits to dip to between $4.40 and $4.70 a share in fiscal 2016. It also forecasts a further 6% to 12% decline in 2017. That’s much worse than the consensus prediction of a 4% gain. However, Wal-Mart feels its expanded online presence and higher efficiency will increase its earnings per share in 2018 and 2019....
LINAMAR CORP., $70.26, Toronto symbol LNR, has offered to buy 100% of Montupet SA, a French maker of aluminum car parts with plants in Europe, North America and Asia. The company will pay $1.16 billion for Montupet’s shares and will assume $97.5 million of its debt. The deal’s total value—$1.25 billion—is equal to 27% of Linamar’s $4.6-billion market cap (the value of all outstanding shares). Linamar will borrow the cash it needs for this purchase, which will increase its long-term debt from $581.3 million (as of June 30, 2015) to around $1.8 billion. That’s a high, but still manageable, 39% of Linamar’s market cap. The new operations will immediately add to the company’s cash flow and earnings, helping it pay down the extra debt....
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