New rules could hurt investors

HOME CAPITAL GROUP INC. $30 remains a hold for aggressive investors. The stock (Toronto symbol HCG; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 53.0 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.2; Dividend suspended in May 2017; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.homecapital.com) lets you tap a mortgage lender serving… Read More

Low rates help and hurt this lender

HOME CAPITAL GROUP INC. $31 remains a hold for aggressive investors. The stock (Toronto symbol HCG; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 53.0 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.4; Dividend suspended in May 2017; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.homecapital.com) lets you tap a mortgage lender serving… Read More

It’s ready for higher loan writeoffs

HOME CAPITAL GROUP INC. $24 remains a hold for aggressive investors. The alternative mortgage lender (Toronto symbol HCG; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 53.0 million; Market cap: $1.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.8; Dividend suspended in May 2017; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.homecapital.com) set aside $18.67 million in… Read More

These updates will enhance your portfolio: Canadian National Railway Co., Home Capital Group Inc. and Loblaw Companies Ltd.

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $122 is a buy. Through this stock (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares o/s: 713.5 million; Market cap: $87.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.8; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cn.ca) investors gain exposure to a rail network stretching… Read More

Updating Pengrowth Energy Corp., Home Capital Group Inc. and SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.

PENGROWTH ENERGY CORP. $0.51 (Toronto symbol PGF; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 560.0 million; Market cap: $285.6 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend suspended in January 2016; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.pengrowth.com) has two main properties: its Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta and its Groundbirch natural… Read More