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TERADATA CORP. $41 (New York symbol TDC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 120.9 million; Market cap: $5.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.teradata.com) makes computers and software to capture and store large amounts of data for individual businesses—its clients....

NCR CORP. $29 (New York symbol NCR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 118.6 million; Market cap: $3.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.ncr.com) makes automated teller machines (ATMs), cash registers, self-serve checkouts and kiosks for theatres and arenas.


Due to slowing demand for its hardware products, NCR continues to expand its more-profitable software and services operations....

CAMECO CORP. $13.54 (Toronto symbol CCO; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (306-956-6200; www.cameco.com; Shares outstanding: 395.8 million; Market cap: $5.3 billion; Dividend yield 0.6%) sells about 30% of its uranium to buyers in the U.S....

ADOBE SYSTEMS INC. $255.54 (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (408-536-6000; www.adobe.com; Shares outstanding: 489.7 million; Market cap: $123.2 billion; No dividends paid) is reportedly planning to launch a full version of its Photoshop app for Apple Inc.’s iPad.


In 2012, Adobe shifted all of its apps to the cloud....

FAIR ISAAC CORP. $222.02 (New York symbol FICO; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (415-472-2211; www.fairisaac.com; Shares outstanding: 29.1 million; Market cap: $6.4 billion; No dividends paid) makes FICO Scores. It’s the dominant software program used by U.S....

SIERRA WIRELESS $25.20 (Toronto symbol SW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (604-231-1100; www.sierrawireless.com; Shares outstanding: 36.0 million; Market cap: $915.0 million; No dividends paid) makes digital components that connect products, including smart electricity meters, automobiles, fleet and transit vehicles, and home security systems, to the Internet....

SUPERVALU INC. $32 (New York symbol SVU; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 38.6 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; No dividends paid; Takeover Target Rating: High; www.supervalu.com) is a Minneapolis-based company that operates retail grocery stores and also acts as a wholesale distributor to independent grocers.


The stock jumped over 60% in July 2018 after the company accepted a $32.50-a-share cash takeover offer from grocery distributor United Natural Foods Inc....

CANNTRUST HOLDINGS $8.24 (Toronto symbol TRST; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 103.9 million; Market cap: $856.1 million; No dividends paid; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.canntrust.ca) is a Canadian-based producer of medical cannabis with distribution in Canada, Denmark and Australia....

BLACKBERRY LTD. $13 (Toronto symbol BB; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 537.1 million; Market cap: $7.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 7.7; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.blackberry.com) is in a strong position to profit as more businesses increase their spending on cybersecurity.


For example, the company recently introduced a new feature to protect corporate data from ransomware threats....

Spinoffs are great way for companies with various, unrelated operations to unlock hidden value. That’s because “pure play” companies that focus on a single business are much easier to evaluate than entities inside a larger corporate structure.

A good example of this is WestRock Co., and its spinoff.

On May 16, 2016, the leading cardboard-packaging maker spun off its specialty chemical operations as Ingevity....