Updating ShawCor Ltd., ATCO Ltd. and Telus Corp.

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SHAWCOR LTD. $27 (Toronto symbol SCL; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares out- standing: 64.5 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.0; Dividend yield: 2.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.shawcor.com) has acquired certain businesses from Flint Field Services. These operations inspect and make plastic liners for pipelines. The company paid $35.5 million for the Flint businesses, which is equal to 93% of the $38.1 million, or $0.59 a share, it earned in the third quarter of 2015. The purchase will add $46 million to its annual revenue of $1.9 billion. ShawCor is a buy. ATCO LTD. (Toronto symbols ACO.X [class I non-voting] $34 and ACO.Y [class II voting] $34; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 115.1 million; Market cap: $3.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 2.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.atco.com) operates power plants in Western Canada, the U.K. and Australia. It also builds temporary buildings for construction, mining and energy-exploration firms. Weak commodity prices are hurting…