Updating Pengrowth Energy Corp., SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. and RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust

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PENGROWTH ENERGY CORP. $1.18 (Toronto symbol PGF; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 547.7 million; Market cap: $646.3 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend suspended in January 2016; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www. pengrowth.com) produces oil and natural gas in Western Canada and off the coast of Nova Scotia. Since the start of 2017, the company has sold several of its less-important operations for a total of $707 million. Pengrowth is using the cash to pay down its debt, including $100 million U.S. in notes due July 2017. After it retires those notes, its debt will total $700 million. That’s still a high 101% of its market cap. However, it only begins repaying those remaining loans in August 2018. Pengrowth is still a hold. SNC-LAVALIN GROUP INC. $54 (Toronto symbol SNC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 150.2 million; Market cap: $8.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.0; Dividend yield: 2.0%; TSINet work Rating: Average; www.snclavalin. com) is a leading Canadian engineering and construction…