Re-opening should lift dividend

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FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC. $32 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol FTT; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 162.4 million; Market cap: $5.2 billion; Dividend yield: 2.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.finning.com) last raised its quarterly payment in June 2019 by 2.5%. The annual rate of $0.82 yields a solid 2.6%. The re-opening of economies is spurring demand for Finning’s heavy equipment. Its order backlog as of March 31, 2021, totalled $1.2 billion, up 57% from just three months earlier. In addition to that, Finning just won a new 5-year contract from Chile’s state-owned copper company (Codelco) to supply it with 22 off-highway trucks. The company has not yet revealed the size of this deal. Still, it bodes well for higher dividends. Finning is a buy. buy…