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Engineering/construction firm Chicago Bridge & Iron strives to bring a new clean energy process to fruition despite business setbacks and high debt.
MCDONALD’S CORP. $154 (www.mcdonalds.com) is the world’s largest operator of fast-food restaurants, with 36,500 outlets in 120 countries. It serves a wide variety of food, but is best known for its hamburgers and french fries. With the December 2017 payment, the company will raise its quarterly dividend by 7.4%, Investors will receive $1.01 a share, up from $0.94....
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. $62 (New York symbol BAX; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 544.9 million; Market cap: $33.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.3; Dividend yield: 1.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.baxter....
Agilent Technologies is up 16% since spinning off its Keysight business on November 1, 2014. Keysight has gained 30% in that time. We continue to like the long-term prospects for both, but prefer Agilent for new buying.
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC....
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC....
A: Parkland Fuel Corp., $26.14, symbol PKI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 130.5 million; Market cap: $3.4 billion, www.parkland.ca), operates gas stations, convenience stores and a fuel-distribution business for motorists, businesses, households and wholesale customers in Canada and the U.S.
The company’s shares have moved down from a new high of over $32 in May to today’s price.
Parkland’s shares had moved up from around $23 last August to that new high mostly after Alimentation Couche-Tard, as part of its deal to buy CST, agreed to sell a significant portion of CST’s Canadian assets to Parkland for $986.0 million....
The company’s shares have moved down from a new high of over $32 in May to today’s price.
Parkland’s shares had moved up from around $23 last August to that new high mostly after Alimentation Couche-Tard, as part of its deal to buy CST, agreed to sell a significant portion of CST’s Canadian assets to Parkland for $986.0 million....
A: MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates, $71.31, symbol MDA on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 36.3 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; www.mdacorporation.com), offers satellite space to a range of service providers, including television and radio broadcasters, and broadband Internet and mobile communications companies.
The company is also a leading supplier of communication satellites and satellite-antenna subsystems, including related ground infrastructure and support services....
The company is also a leading supplier of communication satellites and satellite-antenna subsystems, including related ground infrastructure and support services....
LEON’S FURNITURE LTD. $18.00 (Toronto symbol LNF; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (416-243-7880; www. leons.ca; Shares outstanding: 72.3 million; Market cap: $1.3 billion; Dividend yield: 2.7%) has steadily increased the number of stores under its Leon’s banner from 27 in 2003 to today’s 86.
In March 2013, the company nearly quadrupled in size with its $700 million purchase of The Brick, its main rival....
In March 2013, the company nearly quadrupled in size with its $700 million purchase of The Brick, its main rival....
TOROMONT INDUSTRIES LTD. $57.35 (Toronto symbol TIH; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-667-5511; www.toromont.com; Shares outstanding: 78.3 million; Market cap: $4.4 billion; Dividend yield: 1.3%) distributes a broad range of industrial equipment, including machinery made by Caterpillar Inc....
BCE INC. $58 (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 900.4 million; Market cap: $52.2 billion; Priceto- sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 4.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest telephone provider, with 6.5 million customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces....
Huntsman came to our attention after announcing it would spin off its Venator subsidiary. The company’s plans have since changed, and instead of a spinoff, it used an IPO to sell shares in Venator. Huntsman now intends to merge with a Swiss chemical maker. We think the company’s new plans will still unlock considerable value for shareholders.
HUNTSMAN CORP....
HUNTSMAN CORP....