Cash flow supports these high dividends

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Toromont and Leon’s are riskier than many of our other dividend-paying recommendations. However, both are well-established leaders in their fields with strong growth prospects. Their steady cash flows should also let them continue raising shareholder value. TOROMONT INDUSTRIES LTD. $40 (Toronto symbol TIH; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 78.3 million; Market cap: $3.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.7; Dividend yield: 1.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.toromont.com) distributes a broad range of industrial equipment, including machinery made by Caterpillar Inc. It also makes refrigeration systems through its CIMCO division. The company raised its quarterly dividend by 5.9% with the April 2016 payment. Investors will now receive $0.18 a share instead of $0.17. The stock yields 1.8%. Toromont last raised its dividend in April 2015, by 13.3%, to $0.17 from $0.15. The company has raised its dividend every year for 27 years. It has paid dividends every year since it first sold shares to the public in 1968. …