U.S. deal to spur TD profit

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TD BANK $60.42 (Toronto symbol TD; Shares outstanding: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $112.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.6%; www.td.com) owns 42.35% of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (Nasdaq symbol AMTD), one of the largest online brokerage firms in the U.S. The bank and Ameritrade have announced a deal to jointly acquire Scottrade Bank. That privately held firm offers retail banking and discount brokerage services. Under the terms of the deal, TD Bank will acquire Scottrade’s banking operations for $1.3 billion U.S. To put that amount in context, TD earned $2.4 billion (Canadian), or $1.27 a share, in the quarter ended July 31, 2016. Scottrade Bank will bring cash of about $13 billion U.S. to TD Bank, as well as $4 billion in loans and $15 billion in deposits. Ameritrade will pay $2.7 billion U.S. in cash and shares for Scottrade’s brokerage operations. This includes 500 Scottrade branches, 3.1 million clients and $170 billion U.S. in client assets. To help fund Ameritrade’s purchase,…