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DREAM OFFICE REIT $21.36 (Toronto symbol D.UN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-365-3535; www.dream.ca/office; Units outstanding: 107.8 million; Market cap: $2.4 billion; Dividend yield: 10.5%) owns and manages 176 properties comprising 24.1 million square feet of office space in major cities across Canada.
In Western Canada, the trust has 16% of its total square footage in Calgary and 20% elsewhere. In Eastern Canada, it holds 23% of its square footage in downtown Toronto, 17% in suburban Toronto and 24% elsewhere. Its occupancy rate is 92.8%.
In the three months ended June 30, 2015, Dream Office’s revenue slipped 1.4%, to $201.4 million from $204.4 million a year earlier. The trust sold four properties to Dream Industrial REIT (symbol DIR.UN on Toronto) for $33.0 million in September 2014. Dream Office owns 24.2% of Dream Industrial.
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In Western Canada, the trust has 16% of its total square footage in Calgary and 20% elsewhere. In Eastern Canada, it holds 23% of its square footage in downtown Toronto, 17% in suburban Toronto and 24% elsewhere. Its occupancy rate is 92.8%.
In the three months ended June 30, 2015, Dream Office’s revenue slipped 1.4%, to $201.4 million from $204.4 million a year earlier. The trust sold four properties to Dream Industrial REIT (symbol DIR.UN on Toronto) for $33.0 million in September 2014. Dream Office owns 24.2% of Dream Industrial.
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AGT FOOD & INGREDIENTS $28.27 (Toronto symbol AGT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (306-525-4490; www.agtfoods.com; Shares outstanding: 23.1 million; Market cap: $651.5 million; Dividend yield: 2.1%) has acquired Mobil Capital Holdings for $57.5 million. This business owns a movable crop-processing plant, short-line railways, bulk-loading facilities and a grain- and pulse-trading operation. Most of Mobil’s assets are in Saskatchewan.
This acquisition follows AGT’s $22-million purchase of West Central Road & Rail’s assets in June 2015. That deal included five bulk-loading sites in Saskatchewan.
Purchases like these are important because a big part of AGT’s recent success has come from its shift to more profitable products, such as ingredients and packaged foods, as opposed to simply cleaning, splitting, sorting and bagging bulk crops.
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This acquisition follows AGT’s $22-million purchase of West Central Road & Rail’s assets in June 2015. That deal included five bulk-loading sites in Saskatchewan.
Purchases like these are important because a big part of AGT’s recent success has come from its shift to more profitable products, such as ingredients and packaged foods, as opposed to simply cleaning, splitting, sorting and bagging bulk crops.
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RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL $36.78 (New York symbol QSR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (905-845-6511; www.rbi.com; Shares outstanding: 467.0 million; Market cap: $17.2 billion; Yield: 1.3%) is the world’s third-largest fast-food operator, after McDonald’s and Yum Brands, with 14,528 Burger King outlets and 4,776 Tim Hortons stores in 100 countries.
The company now plans to open over 150 Tim Hortons locations in Cincinnati, Ohio, over the next 10 years. A franchisee will build and operate the stores, which cuts the company’s risk.
Restaurant Brands is a hold.
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The company now plans to open over 150 Tim Hortons locations in Cincinnati, Ohio, over the next 10 years. A franchisee will build and operate the stores, which cuts the company’s risk.
Restaurant Brands is a hold.
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SIERRA WIRELESS $29.65 (Toronto symbol SW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk)(604-231-1100; www.sierrawireless.com; Shares outstanding: 32.2 million; Market cap: $987.8 million; No dividends paid) makes modules and software that connect products, including vehicles and smart electricity meters, to the Internet. This is known as machine to machine, or more generally as the Internet of Things (IoT).
The company continues to sign up clients for its new IoT Acceleration Platform, which combines cloud computing, hardware and telecommunications networks to monitor machines remotely.
For example, Veolia Water Technologies UK, which provides water-treatment plants and systems to companies and municipalities around the world, is now using the IoT Acceleration Platform to help its customers monitor critical data, such as flow, pressure and temperature. This cuts its clients’ labour costs and lets them respond to problems as they happen.
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The company continues to sign up clients for its new IoT Acceleration Platform, which combines cloud computing, hardware and telecommunications networks to monitor machines remotely.
For example, Veolia Water Technologies UK, which provides water-treatment plants and systems to companies and municipalities around the world, is now using the IoT Acceleration Platform to help its customers monitor critical data, such as flow, pressure and temperature. This cuts its clients’ labour costs and lets them respond to problems as they happen.
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