Updates on CP Rail, Pengrowth Energy & BCE INC.

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $306.96 (Toronto symbol CP; Shares o/s: 147.7 million; Market cap: $42.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.1%; www.cpr.ca) ships freight over its 22,000-kilometre rail network between Montreal and Vancouver, with links to hubs in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast. The company continues to buy back its shares, which raise earnings per share and other per-share calculations. Buybacks also give the remaining shareholders a larger stake in the company. Under its current authorization, CP can still purchase up to 2.79 million shares (2% of the total) by October 23, 2019. Meanwhile, with the July 2019 payment, CP will raise its quarterly dividend by 27.7%. The new annual rate of $3.32 a share yields 1.1%. CP Rail is a buy. PENGROWTH ENERGY $0.48 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 547.4 million; Market cap: $278.1 million; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; No dividends paid; www.pengrowth.com) has two main properties: its Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta and its Groundbirch natural gas property in northeastern B.C. Prominent Toronto-based investor Seymour Schulich…