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A: Empire Company Ltd., $34.70, symbol EMP.A on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 269.1 million; Market cap: $9.4 billion; www.empireco.ca), is a diversified Canadian-firm based in Stellarton, Nova Scotia....
A: WSP Global Inc., $80.95, symbol WSP on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 100.8 million; Market cap: $8.6 billion; www.wspgroup.com), is a professional services consulting firm....
Mondelez investors have already seen a 32% gain this year, and the company’s ongoing cost cuts should send the stock even higher. Its stake in a leading beverage firm is also set to boost your returns.
MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC., $53, remains a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol MDLZ; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $74.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.0; Dividend yield: 2.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.mondelezinternational.com) makes cookies and crackers (Oreo, Ritz), chocolate bars (Cadbury, Toblerone), gum and candy (Trident, Dentyne) and Halls cough drops.
Mondelez’s 13.8% stake in Keurig Dr Pepper Inc....
MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC., $53, remains a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol MDLZ; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $74.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.0; Dividend yield: 2.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.mondelezinternational.com) makes cookies and crackers (Oreo, Ritz), chocolate bars (Cadbury, Toblerone), gum and candy (Trident, Dentyne) and Halls cough drops.
Mondelez’s 13.8% stake in Keurig Dr Pepper Inc....
TEGNA INC., $16, is a buy. The company (New York symbol TGNA, Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector: Shares o/s: 216.7 million; Market cap: $3.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Divd. yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.tegna.com) owns 62 TV and four radio stations in 51 markets....
A: Paycom Software, $196.84, symbol PAYC on New York (Shares outstanding: 58.5 billion; Market cap: $12.0 billion; www.paycom.com), is a provider of comprehensive, cloud-based payroll and human resource management software....
A: SmartCentres REIT, $32.31, symbol SRU.UN on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 141.9 million; Market cap: $5.4 billion; www.smartcentres.com), has ownership interests in 152 mostly Walmart-anchored shopping centres with total leasable area of 34.0 million square feet across Canada....
A: Splunk Inc., $111.85, symbol SPLK on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 150.2 million; Market cap: $17.2 billion; www.splunk.com), makes software that lets organizations gain real-time operational intelligence through analysis of their data....
A: Roper Technologies Inc., $336.71, symbol ROP on New York (Shares outstanding: 103.8 million; Market cap: $35.1 billion; www.ropertech.com), develops software and engineered products through a number of its businesses for a variety of specialized markets....
A: Frontier markets are developing countries, but with economies considered still too small to be emerging markets.
While risky, the best of frontier-market stocks can offer sound prospects for growth and good fundamental value.
Many frontier countries have sizable populations with favourable demographics, including a rising middle class, as well as low penetration of basic goods and services....
While risky, the best of frontier-market stocks can offer sound prospects for growth and good fundamental value.
Many frontier countries have sizable populations with favourable demographics, including a rising middle class, as well as low penetration of basic goods and services....
Blue chip stocks are big, well-established, dividend-paying corporations with strong business prospects.