Updating Restaurant Brands International Inc., MTS Systems Corp. and Teradata Corp.

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RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. $66 (www.rbi.com) continues to spur sales at Tim Hortons with new initiatives. These include remodelling its stores and launching an all-day breakfast menu. Tim Hortons has also launched a new loyalty program. Tims Rewards offers customers a coffee, tea or baked good after seven purchases made at least 30 minutes apart. Customers get a plastic rewards card and can track their purchases through a mobile app. Hold. MTS SYSTEMS CORP. $56 (www.mts.com) makes equipment and software that manufacturers use to test the behaviour of materials, machines and structures. It also makes sensors for industrial equipment. The stock has jumped 40% since the start of 2019. It now trades at 21.3 times the $2.63 a share MTSt will probably earn this year. That’s a high p/e for a company that serves cyclical industries. Hold. TERADATA CORP. $45 (www.teradata.com) makes computers and software to capture and store large amounts of data for individual businesses—its clients. The company then analyzes this information and identifies consumer buying habits and other…