THE WESTAIM CORP. $0.60 – Toronto symbol WED

THE WESTAIM CORP. $0.60 (Toronto symbol WED, Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 586.8 million; Market cap: $352.1 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.0; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.westaim.com) owns Jevco Insurance Co., which sells insurance to high-risk drivers, as well as owners of… Read More

THE WESTAIM CORP. $0.53 – Toronto symbol WED

THE WESTAIM CORP. $0.53 (Toronto symbol WED, Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 581.2 million; Market cap: $308.0 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.westaim.com) owns Jevco Insurance Co., which sells insurance to high-risk drivers and owners of motorcycles and… Read More

Updating Metro, IGM Financial and Westaim

METRO INC. $53 (Toronto symbol MRU.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 100.7 million; Market cap: $5.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.metro.ca) plans to simplify its share structure. Right now, the supermarket operator has two classes of shares:… Read More

Diversify your junior Finance stocks

These companies on this page offer investors a way to diversify their Finance sector holdings beyond the big five banks. However, they are only for investors who can tolerate the added risk.

DUNDEE CORP. $25 (Toronto symbol DC.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 70.7… Read More

…but Westaim is still a hold

THE WESTAIM CORP. $0.55 (Toronto symbol WED, Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 580.6 million; Market cap: $319.3 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.westaim.com) owns Jevco Insurance Co., which sells insurance to high-risk drivers, as well as owners of… Read More

Westaim profits as an insurance company

THE WESTAIM CORP. $0.56 (Toronto symbol WED; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 580.6 million; Market cap: $325.1 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; No dividends paid; SI Rating: Speculative) completed its $286.3-million purchase of Montreal-based Jevco Insurance Co. on March 26, 2010. Jevco sells insurance… Read More

Updating THE WESTAIM CORP.

THE WESTAIM CORP. $0.71 has completed its purchase of Montreal-based Jevco Insurance Co. from Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (Toronto symbol KFS). Jevco sells insurance to high-risk drivers, as well as owners of motorcycles, snowmobiles and recreational vehicles. Jevco operates in Quebec and Ontario.

Westaim paid $264.2… Read More