cn rail

CN’s strong attention to efficiency and ongoing investments in its operations should spur its earnings for years to come. Still, the company’s shares have moved mostly sideways in the past year. That’s mainly due to CN’s increased costs and lower earnings as a result of bad winter weather in Western Canada.


The company also faces uncertainty over the future of NAFTA....

SNC-LAVALIN GROUP INC. $56 (Toronto symbol SNC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 175.4 million; Market cap: $9.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 2.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.snclavalin.com) is a leading Canadian engineering and construction firm.

In July 2017, the company paid $3.6 billion for U.K.- based engineering firm WS Atkins plc....

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $98 (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 742.9 million; Market cap: $72.8 billion; Dividend yield: 1.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.cn.ca) operates Canada’s largest railway....

CSX CORP. $49 (New York symbol CSX; Manufacturing Sector; Shares outstanding: 893.7 million; Market cap: $43.4 billion; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.csx.com) is North America’s third-largest publicly traded railway company by market cap, after Union Pacific (No....

A: BSM Technologies Inc., $1.57, symbol GPS on Toronto (Shares outstanding: Shares outstanding: 82.4 million; Market cap: $131.9 million, www.bsmwireless.com), makes equipment and software that helps owners of truck, train and other fleets monitor their vehicles using global positioning systems (GPS).

Customers typically purchase the hardware upfront and then enter into a long-term contract for software updates and monitoring services....

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $107 (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 756.1 million; Market cap: $80.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.6; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cn.ca) operates Canada’s largest railway....

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $77 (Toronto symbol L; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 398.4 million; Market cap: $30.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSI Network Rating: Above Average; www.loblaw.ca) operates over 1,090 supermarkets and 1,325 Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacies across Canada.


The company recently agreed to sell its 213 gas stations to Brookfield Business Partners LP (Toronto symbol BBU....

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $102 (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 758.8 million; Market cap: $77.4 billion; Dividend yield: 1.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.cn.ca) operates Canada’s largest railway....

ENBRIDGE INC. $56 (Toronto symbol ENB; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 938.6 million; Market cap: $52.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.7; Dividend yield: 4.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.enbridge.com) plans to sell some of its common shares in Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc....

A: BSM Technologies Inc., $1.47, symbol GPS on Toronto (Shares outstanding: Shares outstanding: 82.6 million; Market cap: $123.9 million, www.bsmwireless.com) makes equipment and software that helps owners of truck, train and other fleets monitor their vehicles using global positioning systems (GPS).


Customers typically purchase the hardware upfront, and then enter into a long-term contract for software updates and monitoring services....