Updating Canadian National Railway Co., RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust and Pengrowth Energy Corp.

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $107 (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 756.1 million; Market cap: $80.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.6; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cn.ca) operates Canada’s largest railway. Its 32,200-kilometre network stretches across the country,… Read More

Updating BlackBerry Ltd., Pengrowth Energy Corp. and Bank of Nova Scotia

BLACKBERRY LTD. $9.49 (Toronto symbol BB; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 530.4 million; Market cap: $5.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.4; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.blackberry.com) provides secure wireless communication services and equipment.
The company recently quit developing new smartphones as… Read More

Cash flow steady despite asset sales

PENGROWTH ENERGY CORP. $2.07 (Toronto symbol PGF; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 547.4 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; Dividend suspended in January 2016; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.pengrowth.com) produces oil and natural gas in Western Canada and off the coast of… Read More