CP Rail prepares to break its record

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD. $317 (Toronto symbol CP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 139.8 million; Market cap: $44.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.7; Dividend yield: 1.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cpr.ca) transports freight over a 23,700-kilometre rail network between Montreal and Vancouver, and to hubs in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast. The company shipped a record 26.8 million tonnes of Canadian grain and related products in the crop year ended July 31, 2019. That’s up 2.8% from the previous year. To help handle those rising volumes, CP is buying 5,900 new railcars for shipping grain (called “hoppers”) over the next four years. Those cars carry up to 15% more grain than the older models. The company now has over 1,500 hopper cars in service, and expects to have 1,900 by the end of 2019. In addition, the company is building new facilities that speeds up the loading and unloading of grain. For all of 2019, CP will probably earn $16.56 a..