Big win for CP investors

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $84.20, is still a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CP; shares outstanding: 666.9 million; Market cap: $56.0 billion; Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 0.9%) has won its takeover battle for U.S.-based railway Kansas City Southern (New York symbol KSU). That’s after KCS accepted CP’s latest takeover bid and cancelled its deal with CN Rail. The deal is worth a total of $31 billion U.S. KCS operates a rail network of roughly 11,400 kilometres extending from the U.S. Midwest and Southeast into Mexico. Merging administrative and other functions will let CP cut $1 billion U.S. from its annual costs by the end of the third year. The company expects to finalize the KCS purchase in the second half of 2022. The takeover will greatly expand CP’s presence in the U.S. and Mexico. That’s good considering the new USMCA trade deal continues to prompt manufacturers to shift their operations from Asia to North America. CP Rail remains a buy. buy…