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ALAMOS GOLD $7.83 (Toronto symbol AGI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (604-681- 2802; www.alamosgold.com; Shares outstanding: 268.2 million; Market cap: $2.1 billion; Dividend yield: 0.3%) owns the Mulatos and El Chanate mines in Mexico and the Young-Davidson mine in northern Ontario. In the three months ended December 31, 2015, Alamos’s gold production rose 5.7%, to a record 104,734 ounces from 99,083 a year earlier. However, lower gold prices offset the higher production. That caused the company’s cash flow per share to fall to $0.07 from $0.22 (all figures except share price in U.S. dollars). Alamos holds cash of $289.6 million. The company’s outlook is positive, but like most gold producers, its shares will be heavily influenced by the future direction of gold prices....
MITEL NETWORKS $8.78 (Toronto symbol MNW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (613-592-2122; www.mitel.ca; Shares outstanding: 120.8 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; No dividends paid) develops products for business telephone systems. It will buy another industry company—Polycom (symbol PLCM on Nasdaq)—for $1.96 billion U.S. in a friendly takeover. Activist investor Elliott Management Corp. has pushed Mitel to join with Polycom. Elliott first acquired stakes in the two companies in October 2015. It now holds 6.6% of Polycom and 9.6% of Mitel. Mitel will pay $3.13 U.S. in cash plus 1.31 Mitel shares for each Polycom share....
CALIAN GROUP $19.85 (Toronto symbol CGY; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (613-599-8600; www.calian.com; Shares outstanding: 7.4 million; Market cap: $147.3 million; Dividend yield: 5.6%) is the new name of Calian Technologies. The company also changed its stock symbol to CGY from CTY. Calian made the name change because of its expansion into new areas such as healthcare through its Business and Technology Services unit. That subsidiary supplies 70% of Calian’s revenue and provides corporate clients with engineers, health care workers and other skilled professionals on a contract basis. The company’s Systems Engineering business (30% of revenue) sells hardware and software for testing, operating and managing satellite and other communication systems....
NISSAN MOTOR (ADR) $18.64 (Nasdaq symbol NSANY; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average) (310- 771-3111; www.nissan-global.com; ADRs outstanding 2.2 billion; Market cap: $42.2 billion; Yield: 3.2%) is Japan’s secondlargest automaker, behind Toyota and ahead of Honda. Nissan sold a record 163,559 vehicles in the U.S. in March 2016, up 12.7% from 145,085 a year ago. Incentives helped fuel the sales gains. Nissan’s average incentive per vehicle was $3,362 in March, up 5.6% from a year earlier. That was the biggest among major foreign automakers....