oil and gas

SNC-LAVALIN GROUP INC. $58 (Toronto symbol SNC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 150.2 million; Market cap: $8.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.0; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.snclavalin.com) is a leading Canadian engineering and construction company....

IMPERIAL OIL LTD. $46 (Toronto symbol IMO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Shares outstanding: 847.6 million; Market cap: $39.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.7; Dividend yield: 1.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.imperialoil.ca) is Canada’s second-largest publicly traded oil company, after Suncor Energy....

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A: Paramount Resources, $16.40, symbol POU on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 106.3 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; www.paramountres.com), produces oil and natural gas, mostly in Alberta, but also in B.C., Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories....

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PENGROWTH ENERGY $1.95 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 547.4 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; No dividends paid; www.pengrowth.com) produces oil and natural gas, mostly in Western Canada. This includes its Lindbergh oil sands project in the Cold Lake area of Alberta.


In the three months ended September 30, 2016, the company’s average output was 55,137 barrels of oil equivalent per day (61% oil and 39% gas)....

How we recommend investing to find the best energy sector stock

An energy sector stock operates in the commodities business, so it’s hard for any one of them to build a lasting advantage over their rivals. But the ones that do can dominate their markets.


Energy stocks include businesses engaged in the exploration for, extraction and delivery of energy sources such as natural gas, oil, uranium and coal, as well as alternative and renewable energy sources.

The true story on mining stocks Mining stocks play a key role in your portfolio whether commodity prices are up or down....

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Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are set up to mirror the performance of a stock-market index or sub-index....

FORTIS INC. $41 (Toronto symbol FTS; Income-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares o/s: 399.8 million; Market cap: $16.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.5; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; Dividend yield 3.9%; www.fortisinc.com) is the main power utility in Newfoundland and PEI....

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