Updating Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., Imperial Oil Ltd. and BlackBerry Ltd.

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD. $194 (Toronto symbol CP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 147.8 million; Market cap: $28.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.5; Dividend yield: 1.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cpr.ca) has added new trains to its operations in Western Canada. It has also increased their speed by 30%. These improvements will help CP handle this year’s expected grain harvest of up to 73 million tonnes. That’s just below the 2013 record harvest of 76 million tonnes. Ottawa requires CP to ship a minimum amount of grain per day, so the extra trains will help the company avoid any fines. CP Rail is a buy. IMPERIAL OIL LTD. $39 (Toronto symbol IMO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Shares outstanding: 847.6 million; Market cap: $33.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.imperialoil.ca) is considering the sale of its Norman Wells facility in the Northwest Territories. The company first discovered oil at this site in…