acquisition

A: Monster Beverage Corp., $88.71, symbol MNST on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 529.7 million; Market cap: $47.2 billion; www.monsterbevcorp.com), markets energy drinks under the Monster Energy brand.

Monster is the second-largest energy drink brand behind Red Bull....
A: LifeWorks Inc., $17.44, symbol LWRK on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 69.3 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; www.lifeworks.com), provides technology-enabled solutions to support its clients.

This includes offering services in employee and family assistance, health and wellness, recognition, pension and benefits administration, retirement consulting, and actuarial and investment services

The company has 6,000 employees in offices across North America....
EUROPEAN WAX CENTER INC., $25.83, symbol EWCZ on Nasdaq, is a leading franchisor of out-of-home hair removal services.

Founded in 2004 by brothers David and Joshua Coba, the company offers waxing services as well as selling its own line of products....
TEXAS ROADHOUSE INC., $78.54, is a buy. The company, symbol TXRH on Nasdaq, is a full-service, casual-dining restaurant chain with 672 locations spread across 49 U.S. states and 10 foreign countries. Each of those restaurants operates under one of three banners—Texas Roadhouse (632 locations), sports restaurant Bubba’s 33 (36), and Jaggers (4)....
SUNCOR ENERGY INC., $46.92, Toronto symbol SU, remains a buy.

The company is Canada’s largest integrated oil firm, with major projects in the Alberta oil sands. Suncor also operates four refineries (three in Canada and one in Colorado), along with 1,875 Petro-Canada gas stations.

Suncor is now increasing your quarterly dividend by 11.9%....
PFIZER INC., $49.92, New York symbol PFE, is your #1 Income Buy for 2022.

The company is one of the world’s largest makers of prescription drugs. Its top-selling brands include Lyrica (epilepsy), Celebrex and Enbrel (arthritis), and Prevnar (pneumonia).

Pfizer has raised its dividend rate each year since 2011....
A: Stella-Jones Inc., $34.20, symbol SJ on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 63.0 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; www.stella-jones.com), is a manufacturer of pressure-treated wood products....
The outbreak of COVID-19 and a weakening global economy sharply slowed air travel volumes and demand for new planes in both 2020 and 2021. However, the outlook for CAE—a leading provider of flight simulators and pilot-training services—remains bright.

Airlines and their service providers still face challenges from COVID-19 variants and restriction on many international destinations....
SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING PLC, $45.75, symbol ST on New York, develops, makes and sells sensors and controls. Through its Performance Sensing business (73% of revenues), the company supplies a wide array of automotive/heavy vehicle sensors (pressure, speed, temperature) that are embedded in transmission, air conditioning, and other key systems....
IMPERIAL OIL LTD., $68.02, Toronto symbol IMO, is a buy.

This company gets about 60% of its production from oil sands operations in Alberta. Imperial also has conventional oil and natural gas operations in the West and holds stakes in projects off the coast of Atlantic Canada.

Imperial’s other operations include three refineries (one in Alberta, two in Ontario) and a petrochemical plant in Sarnia, Ontario.

The company now plans to buy back up to $2.5 billion of its common shares (about 6% of the total) through a Dutch auction process.

Investors who want to participate must offer their shares for between $62.00 and $78.00 (in increments of $0.25) before June 10, 2022....