transcontinental

Toronto symbol TCL.A, provides direct marketing services, commercial printing services, and publishes magazines and newspapers, primarily in eastern Canada.

TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $30 (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 87.8 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 2.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.tctranscontinental.com) has completed its $1.7 billion acquisition of Chicago-based Coveris Americas....
TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $31 (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Cyclical-Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 77.1 million; Market cap: $2.4 billion; Dividend yield: 2.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.tctranscontinental.com) is Canada’s leading printer of advertising flyers, magazines, books and newspapers....
TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $27 (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 77.0 million; Market cap: $2.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.0; Dividend yield: 3.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.tctranscontinental.com) is a leading printer of advertising flyers, magazines, books and newspapers.


In the past few years, the company has cut its reliance on cyclical advertising revenue with acquisitions of firms that produce plastic packaging for food makers....
A: WPT Industrial REIT, $13.10, symbol WIR.U on Toronto (Units outstanding: 44.5 million; Market cap: $583.0 million; www.wptreit.com), is a Canadian REIT that owns and manages industrial properties in the U.S.

Right now, WPT has 52 properties in 15 states....



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Dividends from companies in cyclical industries, whose profits move up and down with the overall economy, tend to be less predictable than payments from more-stable businesses such as utilities....
Dividends from companies in cyclical industries, whose profits move up and down with the overall economy, tend to be less predictable than payments from more-stable businesses such as utilities. These two cyclical companies, however, have a long history of maintaining their payments, or even raising them, during economic downturns....
These three information providers continue to adjust as technology disrupts their business models. In particular, the Internet has cut demand for their print offerings.

In response, Thomson and Torstar have aggressively cut costs and shifted to digital offerings....
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RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. $83 (Toronto symbol QSR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 463.1 million; Market cap: $38.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 9.0; Dividend yield: 1.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.rbi.com) is the world’s third-largest fast-food operator after McDonald’s (No....
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.

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