Tighter focus will benefit CP

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD. $164 (Toronto symbol CP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 175.4 million; Market cap: $28.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.8; Dividend yield: 0.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cpr.ca) is selling 26% of the track miles of its Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) railway, which carries grain, fertilizer and other products between Minnesota and South Dakota. The company acquired DM&E in 2008 for $1.5 billion. It decided to sell this portion as part of its new plan to focus on its more profitable rail lines. It will receive $210 million U.S. when the deal closes later this year. That’s equal to 69% of the $331 million (Canadian), or $1.88 a share, that CP earned in the three months ended September 30, 2013. CP Rail is a buy. buy…