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Suncor and Imperial Oil (see box) are shipping more oil by rail while they wait for governments to approve new pipelines (see TransCanada on page 23). That’s adding to their costs.
But at the same time, recently completed oil sands projects are raising their production—and these fields should last for decades.
SUNCOR ENERGY INC....
But at the same time, recently completed oil sands projects are raising their production—and these fields should last for decades.
SUNCOR ENERGY INC....
IMPERIAL OIL LTD. $47 (Toronto symbol IMO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios; Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 847.6 million; Market cap: $39.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 1.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.imperialoil.ca) produced an average of 329,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (90% oil and 10% natural gas) in the fourth quarter of 2013....
IGM FINANCIAL INC. $55 (Toronto symbol IGM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 252.3 million; Market cap: $13.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.3; Dividend yield: 3.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www. igmfinancial.com) is Canada’s largest independent mutual fund company....
SAPUTO INC. $53 (Toronto symbol SAP; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 194.3 million; Market cap: $10.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.saputo.com) now owns 78.9% of Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory, an Australian producer of milk, cheese, butter and other dairy products....
SNC-LAVALIN GROUP INC. $47 (Toronto symbol SNC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 151.8 million; Market cap: $7.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 2.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.snclavalin.com) is a leading Canadian engineering and construction company that specializes in large-scale public works projects, such as roads, bridges, transit systems and watertreatment plants....
TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP. $79 (New York symbol TUP; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 50.7 million; Market cap: $4.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.7; Dividend yield: 3.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.tupperwarebrands.com) is up 68.1% since we named it as our #1 buy for 2011.
The company continues to benefit from strong demand for its plastic food containers and beauty products in emerging markets such as Asia and South America, which now supply 45% of its total sales....
The company continues to benefit from strong demand for its plastic food containers and beauty products in emerging markets such as Asia and South America, which now supply 45% of its total sales....
We looked at a wide range of stocks before settling on Newell as our #1 pick for 2014. Here are the top four runners-up. All are highly attractive buys, but only Newell has the rare mix of high potential and low risk that we look for in a Stock of the Year.
CONAGRA FOODS INC....
CONAGRA FOODS INC....
T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC. $79 (Nasdaq symbol TROW; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 260.9 million; Market cap: $20.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.4; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.troweprice- .com) earned $284.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, up 23.9% from $229.9 million a year earlier....
Technology stocks tend to be riskier than our other recommendations in the Manufacturing & Industry sector. That’s mainly because innovations can quickly make today’s products obsolete.
To cut your risk, we focus on well-established tech firms with special advantages, such as the four we analyze below....
To cut your risk, we focus on well-established tech firms with special advantages, such as the four we analyze below....
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. $176 (New York symbol IBM, Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.1 billion; Market cap: $193.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.0; Dividend yield: 2.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.ibm.com) is selling its low-end server operations to China’s Lenovo Group, the same company that acquired IBM’s personal computer division in 2005....