Expect re-opening gains plus higher income

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Despite huge disruptions with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, Finning maintained your dividend. Now that the pandemic is easing, the company just lifted that payment by 9.8%. Investors should also benefit as rising demand for its equipment and services spurs the stock higher. FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC. $37 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol FTT; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 161.4 million; Market cap: $6.0 billion; Dividend yield: 2.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.finning.com) sells and services Caterpillar-brand heavy equipment in Western Canada but also Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, the U.K. and Ireland. Its main customers are in the oil and gas, mining, forestry-products and construction industries. Canada is Finning’s biggest market, accounting for 52% of its net revenue. Its other markets are South America (30%) and the U.K. & Ireland (18%). The servicing of equipment provided 54% of revenue, while the sale of new equipment provided 35%; the balance came from the sale of used equipment, rentals and…