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BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $4.20 and BBD.B $4.21; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 2.4 billion; Market cap: $10.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend suspended in February 2015; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.bombardier.com) is the world’s third-largest maker of commercial aircraft, after Boeing (No....
We recommend conservative investors stick with well-established producers, such as Suncor and Imperial Oil, when picking Resources stocks for their portfolios. That’s mainly because the refineries of those integrated oil companies help shield them from volatile crude prices.
SUNCOR ENERGY INC....
NUTRIEN LTD. $62 (Toronto symbol NTR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 634.9 million; Market cap: $39.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.7; Dividend yield: 3.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.nutrien.com) is the new firm formed by the merger of Agrium (old symbol AGU) and rival fertilizer producer Potash Corp....
PRECISION DRILLING CORP. $4.65 (Toronto symbol PD; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resource sector; Shares outstanding: 293.2 million; Market cap: $1.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.0; Dividend suspended in March 2016; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.precisiondrilling.com) provides contract drilling services to land-based oil and gas producers, mainly in North America.
Revenue in the quarter ended March 31, 2018, rose 8.8%, to $401.0 million from $368.7 million a year earlier....
Revenue in the quarter ended March 31, 2018, rose 8.8%, to $401.0 million from $368.7 million a year earlier....
TRANSCANADA CORP. $56 (Toronto symbol TRP; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 893.0 million; Market cap: $50.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.7; Dividend yield: 4.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.transcanada.com) operates a 91,500-kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S....
Share prices for these four power producers have dropped recently. That’s mainly because rising interest rates have increased the appeal of bonds for income-seeking investors. As well, higher interest rates will make it more expensive for utilities to refinance their own outstanding bonds.
However, all four of these utilities get most of their cash flow from rate-regulated businesses, so they should be able to pass on any higher costs to their customers....
TOROMONT INDUSTRIES LTD. $57 (Toronto symbol TIH; Aggressive Growth Portfolio; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares o/s: 81.0 million; Market cap: $4.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.0; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.toromont.com) distributes a broad range of industrial equipment, including machinery made by Caterpillar....
CN’s strong attention to efficiency and ongoing investments in its operations should spur its earnings for years to come. Still, the company’s shares have moved mostly sideways in the past year. That’s mainly due to CN’s increased costs and lower earnings as a result of bad winter weather in Western Canada.
The company also faces uncertainty over the future of NAFTA....
The company also faces uncertainty over the future of NAFTA....
WELLS FARGO & CO. $53 (New York symbol WFC; Income Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 4.9 billion; Market cap: $259.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.0; Dividend yield: 2.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.wellsfargo.com) is the third-largest U.S....
GENUINE PARTS CO. $89 (New York symbol GPC; Income Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 146.7 million; Market cap: $13.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.8; Dividend yield: 3.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.genpt.com) sells replacement auto parts through 1,100 outlets under the NAPA banner; and the company’s distribution business serves 4,900 independent stores in North America, Australia and New Zealand....