CP’s merger is underway

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $93.19, is still a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CP; shares outstanding: 929.7 million; Market cap: $87.2 billion; Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 0.8%) has now completed the first stage of its $31 billion acquisition of U.S.-based Kansas City Southern. CP has deposited its KCS shares into an independent voting trust while the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) studies the purchase. But as there is little overlap between the two railways, and the merged firm will be the smallest of North America’s big six railways, CP expects to receive final approval for the takeover in the second half of 2022. After the STB approves the purchase, CP will change its name to Canadian Pacific Kansas City. (CPKC). The shares will continue to trade on both the Toronto and New York stock exchanges. While big takeovers like this always entail risk, the purchase will greatly extend CP’s reach in the U.S. and Mexico. CP Rail remains a buy. buy…