Toromont moves up to TSI!

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TOROMONT INDUSTRIES LTD. $57 (Toronto symbol TIH; Aggressive Growth Portfolio; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares o/s: 81.0 million; Market cap: $4.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.0; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.toromont.com) distributes a broad range of industrial equipment, including machinery made by Caterpillar. It also makes refrigeration systems through its CIMCO division. Toromont has been a long-time recommendation of Stock Pickers Digest, our newsletter that focuses on aggressive investing. However, in light of its strong businesses and expanding market share, we feel now’s a good time to promote Toromont to our flagship newsletter, The Successful Investor. Its recent acquisition of Hewitt Group for $1.02 billion should help it profit from new mining and infrastructure projects in Quebec. Hewitt is the exclusive distributor of Caterpillar equipment in the province as well as Atlantic Canada. As a result of the purchase, Toromont’s revenue in the latest quarter jumped 64.2%, to $676.8 million from $412.3 million a year earlier. Earnings rose 13.9%, to $30.8 million from $27.0 million…