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The shares of these two companies have languished in the past few years. Even so, these firms are resisting demands from activist investors for big changes, which will likely continue to hold back their stocks.


HENRY SCHEIN INC. $77 is a hold. The company (Nasdaq symbol HSIC; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 124.7 million; Market cap: $9.6 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.henryschein.com) distributes dental and medical consumable products....

A: G Mining Ventures Corp., $10.43, symbol GMIN on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 221.9 million; Market cap: $2.3 billion; Resources & Commodities sector; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; No dividends paid; www.gmin.gold), acquires development-stage gold projects and then works to commercialize them....

GROUPE DYNAMITE INC. $21 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol GRGD; Consumer sector; Market cap: $2.3 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Lowest; www.groupedynamite.com) is a Montreal-based retailer of women’s apparel with roughly 300 stores in Canada and the U.S....

DYE & DURHAM LTD. $18 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol DND, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 66.9 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; Dividend yield: 0.4%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.dyedurham.com) is a cloud-based software provider for legal and business professionals.


On July 17, 2020, Dye & Durham completed an initial public offering of 17 million shares at $7.50 each.


Activist firm Engine Capital, which owns 7.1% of the company, now wants to replace six of Dye & Durham’s seven directors with its own nominees at the annual meeting on December 17, 2024....

A: Amer Sports Inc., $19.91, symbol AS on New York (Shares outstanding: 505.2 million; Market cap: $10.4 billion; www.amersports.com), is a global group of sports and outdoor brands.

The company started out as a Finnish tobacco business in 1950....

Shares of property insurer Intact have more than doubled in the past five years and recently hit a new all-time high. That’s mainly due to savvy acquisitions that expanded Intact’s geographic reach.


The company now expects to pay out higher claims in 2024 as a result of severe weather events in Canada....

CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC. has filed paperwork with U.S. regulators for an initial public offering (IPO) of common shares. The shares will trade on Nasdaq under the symbol CBRS.


Based in California, the company makes specialized, high-performance computer chips for artificial intelligence and other applications....

DEFINITY FINANCIAL CORP., $54.14, symbol DFY on Toronto, is the name for the holding company of Economical Insurance, Family Insurance Solutions, Petline Insurance, and Sonnet Insurance. It is one of the country’s leading property and casualty insurance companies.

Definity was created as part of Economical Insurance’s demutualization plan to convert from a mutual insurance company owned by its policyholders to a company owned by shareholders.

On November 17, 2021, the holding company went public, selling shares of its stock at $22 each.

At the same time as its IPO, Definity closed private share placements with HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan) and Swiss Re Investments Holding Company....

FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC., $457.00, symbol FDS on New York, is a leading provider of financial data and portfolio analytics to investment firms worldwide.

In March 2022, FactSet completed the acquisition of CUSIP Global Services for $1.93 billion in cash....

MASTERCARD INC., $492.74, symbol MA on New York, is the world’s second-largest payment processor behind only Visa (symbol V on New York).

Mastercard makes money from every transaction it processes for Mastercard-branded credit cards, both domestically and cross-border....