option

An option offers its holder the right to buy or sell a particular security at a specific price within a specific time frame. Two kind of options are put options and call options.

BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE PARTNERS L.P. $45 (Toronto symbol BEP.UN; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Units outstanding: 308.5 million; Market cap: $13.9 billion; Dividend yield: 6.2%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.bep.brookfield.com) has interests in 219 hydroelectric generating stations, 106 wind farms and 545 solar-power facilities....
A: Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., $51.77, symbol WBA on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 914.3 million; Market cap: $47.3 billion; www.walgreensbootsalliance.com), is one of the world’s largest operators of retail drugstores, with over 18,500 outlets in 11 countries....
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A: Summit Industrial Income REIT, $11.80, symbol SMU.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 96.3 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; www.summitiireit.com), is an open-ended trust (see below) that owns light industrial properties across Canada.

As of December 31, 2018, the trust owned 108 buildings, making up 13.3 million square feet of leasable area....
PFIZER INC. $39 (New York symbol PFE; Income Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 5.6 billion; Market cap: $218.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.1; Dividend yield: 3.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.pfizer.com) has acquired 15% of Vivet Therapeutics for $51 million.


Based in France, privately held Vivet is developing a treatment for Wilson disease, a liver disorder that causes copper to build up in the body....
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC. $136 (New York symbol IFF; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 106.6 million; Market cap: $14.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.7; Dividend yield: 2.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.iff.com) makes over 90,000 compounds that improve the taste of food and the smell of consumer products.


The company gets about 75% of its sales from outside of North America, and the negative impact of currency rates cut its sales by 2.1%, from $3.10 billion in 2014 to $3.02 billion in 2015....
LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $67 (Toronto symbol L; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 369.3 million; Market cap: $24.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.loblaw.ca) operates 1,085 supermarkets under several banners, including Loblaws, Zehrs, Provigo, Real Canadian Superstore and No Frills.


In March 2014, the company purchased the Shoppers Drug Mart chain for $12.3 billion in cash and shares....