recent acquisitions

A: StorageVault Canada, $2.54, symbol SVI on the TSX Venture Exchange, (Shares outstanding: 344.8 million; Market cap: $842.4 million; www.storagevaultcanada.com), owns and operates storage locations in B.C....

HEWLETT-PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO. $13 (New York symbol HPE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares o/s: 1.6 billion; Market cap: $20.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.hpe.com) sells computing services and products, such as servers and analytics software, to businesses and governments.

The company recently merged most of its software operations with U.K.-based Micro Focus International plc....

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. $69 (New York symbol A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 321.8 million; Market cap: $22.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.0; Dividend yield: 0.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www....

FIRSTSERVICE CORP. $84.97 (Toronto symbol FSV; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-960-9500; www. firstservice.com; Shares outstanding: 34.6 million; Market cap: $3.1 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%) set up its commercial real estate business, Colliers International Group, as a separate company on June 1, 2015, and handed out shares to its investors.

Since the spinoff, FirstService has carried on with residential property management and its property improvement services for commercial and residential real estate.

In the second quarter, ended September 30, 2017, revenue rose 11.6%, to $456.5 million from $409.1 million a year earlier (all figures except share price in U.S....

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC. $164 (New York symbol SWK; Income Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 153.2 million; Market cap: $25.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.1; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.stanleyblackanddecker....

A: High Liner Foods Inc., $14.20, symbol HLF on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 33.3 million; Market cap: $472.3 million, www.highliner.com), processes and markets frozen seafood. The company was called National Sea Products before it changed its name in 1998.

Throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico, High Liner sells its products in grocery stores under the High Liner, Fisher Boy, Mirabel and Sea Cuisine, and C....

Agilent Technologies is up 16% since spinning off its Keysight business on November 1, 2014. Keysight has gained 30% in that time. We continue to like the long-term prospects for both, but prefer Agilent for new buying.

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC....

Transcontinental has gained 21% since the start of 2017. That’s mainly due to the company’s plan to focus on its more-profitable printing and packaging businesses. The shift also gives the company extra room to increase its dividend.

TRANSCONTINENTAL INC....

ENBRIDGE INC. $51 (Toronto symbol ENB; Income- Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares o/s 1.6 billion; Market cap: $81.6 billion; Divd. yield: 4.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.enbridge. com) operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada to eastern Canada and the U.S....

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. $30.29 (Nasdaq symbol GT; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (330-796-2122; www.goodyear.com; Shares outstanding: 251.8 million; Market cap: $7.6 billion; Dividend yield: 1.3%) is one of the world’s largest tire makers. It has 47 production plants in 21 countries worldwide.

In the three months ended June 30, 2017, the company earned $177 million, excluding one-time items....