bombardier

Toronto symbols BBD.A and BBD.B, is the world’s third-largest maker of passenger aircraft, after Boeing and Airbus. It also makes passenger railcars.

TORSTAR CORP. $1.00 (Toronto symbol TS.B; Aggressive Growth Portfolio; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 80.7 million; Market cap: $80.7 million; Price-to sales ratio: 0.2; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 10.0%; www.torstar.com) publishes The Toronto Star, along with StarMetro commuter dailies in Toronto and four other major markets....
CAE expects global air travel volumes to rise 3.6% each year for the next decade. That’s good news for the company, which is the leading supplier of flight simulators and pilot-training services to the airline industry. In fact, CAE has roughly 70% of the global civilian simulator market.


The company also continues to expand its military training operations....
Prospects for all three of these companies from our Aggressive Growth Portfolio continue to improve, either through acquisitions or cost cuts. Still, each stock fell sharply in 2018 and will likely remain depressed in 2019.


Instead of selling, however, we continue to recommend investors hold their shares....
CAE recently raised its dividend for the eighth-straight year. While the stock yields just 1.5%, the company is in a strong position to keep raising that payment.


In fact, CAE now expects the number of active airline and business jet pilots worldwide to jump 47%, from 360,000 in 2018 to 530,000 by 2028.


The company is in a strong position to profit from that trend....
CAE INC. $27 (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 266.3 million; Market cap: $7.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cae.com) is the world’s largest maker of flight simulators for commercial airlines and military clients....
BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $4.63 and BBD.B $4.61; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing &Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 2.4 billion; Market cap: $11.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend suspended in February 2015; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.bombardier.com) is the world’s third-largest maker of commercial aircraft, after Boeing (No....
BOEING CO. $356 (New York symbol BA; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 591.1 million; Market cap: $210.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; Dividend yield: 2.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.boeing.com) has agreed to form a joint venture with Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer SA (New York symbol ERJ).


This new business will mainly focus on production of Embraer’s passenger jet operations, whose planes carry between 70 and 100 passengers....
TORSTAR CORP. $1.20 (www.torstar.com) has agreed to merge its eight employee registered defined-benefit pension plans with the larger Colleges of Applied Arts & Technology Pension Plan. That plan covers 42 participating employers, and has $11 billion in assets under administration....
CAE INC. $28 (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 267.6 million; Market cap: $7.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.7; Dividend yield: 1.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cae.com) is the world’s largest maker of flight simulators for commercial airlines and military clients....
BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $4.20 and BBD.B $4.21; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 2.4 billion; Market cap: $10.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend suspended in February 2015; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.bombardier.com) is the world’s third-largest maker of commercial aircraft, after Boeing (No....