CP now set for 20% boost

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $102.02 (Toronto symbol CP; shares o/s: 930.9 million; Market cap: $96.6 billion; Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 0.7%) has finally received approval from the U.S. Surface Transportation Board for its $31 billion acquisition of U.S.-based railway Kansas City Southern (KCS). CP will now begin merging the two businesses on April 14, 2023. The company also plans to change its name to Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. (CPKC). The new CPKC will ship freight over a 32,190-kilometre rail network. With the addition of KSC, the new company also connects with important hubs and ports on the U.S. Gulf Coast and in Mexico. CP’s purchase of KCS should lift its earnings by roughly 20% to $4.55 a share in 2023. The stock trades at a reasonable 22.4 times that estimate. CP Rail remains a buy. buy…