CENOVUS ENERGY INC. $12 (Toronto symbol CVE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $14.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.cenovus.com) acquired 100% of its main oil sands properties in Alberta—Christina Lake and Foster Creek—in May 2017… Read More

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $116 (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 740.2 million; Market cap: $85.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.5; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cn.ca) continues to benefit from rising crude oil production and a lack of new… Read More

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO., $114.68, Toronto symbol CNR, operates Canada’s largest railway. Its 32,200-kilometre network stretches across the country. It also travels down through the U.S. Midwest, connecting Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

With the March 2018 payment, the company raised its quarterly dividend by… Read More

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO., $117.78, Toronto symbol CNR, operates Canada’s largest railway. Its 32,200-kilometre network stretches across the country. It also travels down through the U.S. Midwest, connecting Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

In response to severe winter weather that disrupted CN’s operations in the… Read More

Railways are highly cyclical businesses: demand for their services tends to move up and down with the overall economy. The Trump administration’s recent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada—as well as Ottawa’s plan to impose tariffs on some U.S.-made goods—also adds risk for… Read More

ENBRIDGE INC., $41.45, Toronto symbol ENB, operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada to eastern Canada and the U.S. It also distributes gas to consumers in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and New York State.

In February 2017, the company completed its all-stock… Read More

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… Read More

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD., $64.77, Toronto symbol L, operates 1,084 supermarkets across Canada. It also owns the Shoppers Drug Mart chain of 1,335 drugstores.

Starting with the July 2018 payment, the company will raise its quarterly dividend by 9.3%. Investors will then receive $0.295 a share, up… Read More

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO., $100.65, Toronto symbol CNR, operates Canada’s largest railway. Its 32,200-kilometre network stretches across the country. It also travels down through the U.S. Midwest, connecting Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

Severe winter weather disrupted CN’s operations in the first quarter of 2018… Read More

One of the qualities investors expect in a blue chip stock is its ability to deal effectively with setbacks.

This long-established Canadian stock is tackling problems based partly on bad weather and higher costs, partly on shortcomings in its own equipment. In the face of these… Read More