CP

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CP Rail’s high exposure to grain, potash and other commodities has held back the company lately. However, that puts it in a great position to rebound when freight volumes recover. As well, its cost-cutting and efficiency measures will accelerate those gains....
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Given their importance to the Canadian economy, we feel all investors will benefit from owning at least one—if not both—of Canada’s two main railways: CN Rail and CP Rail.

CN and CP tend to leapfrog each other in terms of investor favour. For example, CN has access to more ocean ports, which helps it gain from rising international trade....
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD. $194 (Toronto symbol CP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 147.8 million; Market cap: $28.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.5; Dividend yield: 1.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cpr.ca) has added new trains to its operations in Western Canada....
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $192.49 (Toronto symbol CP; Shares outstanding: 153.1 million; Market cap: $28.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 1.0%; www.cpr.ca) ships freight over a 22,000- kilometre rail network between Montreal and Vancouver, with links to hubs in the U.S....
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These are companies that have leading positions in healthy industries. They also have strong management that will make the right moves to remain competitive in a changing market.



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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD. $170 (Toronto symbol CP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 151.2 million; Market cap: $25.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.9; Dividend yield: 1.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cpr.ca) ships freight over a 22,000-kilometre rail network between Montreal and Vancouver....
The Alberta wildfires and low commodity prices have hurt freight volumes at CN and CP. However, both railways continue to do a good job controlling their costs. As well, each has an attractive p/e ratio—price to earnings per share.

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