Growth Stocks

Growth stocks are companies that are likely to have sales and earnings growth well above market average. Frequently they pay few, if any, dividends. Instead they typically reinvest any extra cash flow to promote further growth. Chosen wisely—according to Pat McKeough’s advice—high-quality growth-oriented stocks can be worthwhile additions to most well-diversified portfolios.

Although growth stock picks can be highly volatile, they can make good long-term investments. They may be well-known stars or quiet gems, but they do share one common attribute—they are growing at a higher-than-average rate within their industry, or within the market as a whole, and could keep growing for years or decades.

And keep in mind that we focus on growth stocks, which have a good long-term history and favourable prospects. We downplay momentum stocks that tend to attract many investors simply because they are moving faster than the market averages, but are liable to fall sharply when their momentum fades.

There’s room for growth stock investing in your portfolio, but make sure you follow our TSI Network three-part Successful Investor strategy for your overall portfolio:

Invest mainly in well-established companies;
Spread your money out across most if not all of the five main economic sectors (Manufacturing & Industry; Resources & Commodities; Consumer; Finance; Utilities);
Downplay or avoid stocks in the broker/media limelight.

Make better stock picks when you read this FREE Special Report, Canadian Growth Stocks: WestJet Stock, RioCan Stock and More.

Read More Close

Growth Stocks Library Archives

Growth Stocks

Railways still expect higher earnings

New U.S. tariffs on imported goods have weighed on the shares of these two railways. However, both are doing a good job controlling their costs, which should continue to fuel their earnings.

CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD. $102 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 930.5 million; Market cap: $94.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.4; Dividend yield: 0.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cpkcr.com) ships freight over a 32,190-kilometre rail network that connects major hubs in Canada, the U.S....

2 min read

Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Tariffs are not the only challenge for Saputo

Saputo shares are up as it looks like Canada will defend the domestic dairy industry during negotiations for any new North American trade deal. Even if foreign import quotas are eased, driving down prices, the company’s large presence in Canada and the U.S....

2 min read

Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Toromont’s outlook remains bright

TOROMONT INDUSTRIES LTD. $112 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TIH; Aggressive Growth Portfolio; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 81.3 million; Market cap: $9.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.toromont.com) distributes a broad range of Caterpillar and other branded industrial equipment in eastern Canada and the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S....

1 min read

Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

FirstService has special advantages

This year, we picked FirstService as your #1 Aggressive Buy. We feel the company has several advantages that will continue to fuel your gains for many years to come, well beyond 2025.

Those advantages include FirstService’s ability to acquire smaller firms and improve their profitability....

4 min read

Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Our grocery leaders are hitting all-time highs

Both Loblaw and Metro have soared to all-time highs for our subscribers! Meanwhile, we think both stocks still have gains ahead. Indeed, both remain buys.

LOBLAW COMPANIES, $223.80, is a buy. The retailer (Toronto symbol L; Shares o/s: 299.0 million; Market cap: $65.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 0.9%; www.loblaw.ca) operates 1,106 supermarkets under several banners, including Loblaws, Zehrs, Provigo, Real Canadian Superstore and No Frills....

2 min read

Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Here’s our WSSF Aggressive Growth Portfolio for May 2025

You Can See Our WSSF Aggressive Growth Portfolio For May 2025 Here.

We designed our TSINetwork Ratings to give you an idea of the investment quality and risk in stocks we recommend, so you can build a portfoli...

1 min read

Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Updating your Aggressive stocks: Tennant, Warner Bros. Discovery and Six Flags

TENNANT CO. $71 (www.tennantco.com) is a hold. The company makes industrial floor and street-cleaning equipment. Tennant continues to enhance its robotic cleaning equipment. It expects to increase sales of these products from $75 million in 2024 (about 6% of the total) to over $100 million in 2027....

1 min read

Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Walmart’s outlook remains bright

Walmart’s U.S. stores get about a third of their merchandise from China, Mexico and other countries. However, the company’s large size should make it easier to re-negotiate costs with its suppliers to offset the impact of new U.S. tariffs. Meantime, Walmart’s ongoing investments in its online and advertising businesses will take its earnings higher over the next few years.

WALMART INC....

2 min read

Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Microsoft slows AI spending

MICROSOFT CORP. $374 is a buy for aggressive investors. The world’s largest computer software maker (Nasdaq symbol MSFT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 7.4 billion; Market cap: $2.8 trillion; Price-to-sales ratio: 10.5; Dividend yield: 0.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.microsoft.com) announced plans to spend $80 billion on new datacentres in its 2025 fiscal year ending June 30, 2025....

1 min read

Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Archer Daniels lowers its costs

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO. $48 is a hold. The company (New York symbol ADM; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 480.2 million; Market cap: $23.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend yield: 4.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.adm.com) processes corn, wheat, soybeans, flax seed and other crops into a variety of food ingredients.

To offset its exposure to tariffs, the company now plans to cut 2% of its workforce....

1 min read

Pat McKeough

Testimonials

The cornerstones of Pat’s strategy–value, diversification and timelines–make his newsletter, The Successful Investor, highly profitable while minimizing risk. His advice is no-nonsense, down-to-earth and based on solid research. You’ll know what to invest in and what to avoid.

Chuck Chakrapani, PhD
Investors Association of Canada
The older I get the better dividends look. For retirees and would-be retirees who want to sleep at night, I can’t think of a better source of information on reliable growing dividend income than Pat McKeough’s newsletter, Dividend Advisor.

Jonathan Chevreau
Financial Post Columnist
As a manager of more than $500 million in mutual funds, I have access to the best brokerage research available in this country. But I still take time to read Pat McKeough’s premium newsletters

John Sartz
I appreciate the 25 years of above market returns I received by following your advice. at least 95% of my investment decisions were based on TSI recommendations.

Chuck J.
Subscriber since 1996. Inner Circle Member Since 2006
The newsletters I receive in Inner Circle Pro are fantastic! I have been following Pat’s advice for years and everything he has said has been amazing. His commentaries are brilliant, insightful, educational, rational and balanced. My returns are almost double the TSE and I have referred many of my friends who have switched over to your services.

Walter H.
Inner Circle Pro subscriber

Browse Premium Topics

Cannabis

Spinoffs

One of the ways a company can try to unlock its own hidden value is by creating a separate company out of a corporate subsidiary. The parent company can either sell stock in the new company to the public, or spin it off—hand the stock out to its own investors.

Dividend Stocks

Dividend stocks make cash payouts that serve as a way for companies to share the wealth they’ve accumulated. These payouts are drawn from earnings and cash flow and paid to the shareholders of the company. Typically, these dividends are paid quarterly, although they may be paid annually or even monthly as well.

ETFs

What are ETFs?

ETF is an acronym for exchange traded fund. These exchange traded funds are used to track indexes as closely as possible, since investors cannot actually buy an index outright.

Value Stocks

What are value stocks?

One of the sweetest and most profitable pleasures of successful investing is to buy high-quality “value stocks” (or stocks that are reasonably priced, if not cheap, in relation to its sales, earnings or assets), then hold on to them as mainstream investors recognize the value and push up the share price.

Blue Chip Stocks

Blue chip stocks are big, well-established, dividend-paying corporations with strong business prospects. These are companies that also have sound management that should be able to make the right moves to keep competing successfully in a changing marketplace.

Penny Stocks

A penny stock in general trades for under five dollars a share, and as the name implies, sometimes for pennies. Most of the time they’re young companies, or start-ups in speculative markets like mining or technology.

Growth Stocks

Wealth Management

Wealth management is the practice of putting your savings to work so that it continues to grow over your lifetime and will also benefit your heirs. Wealth management encompasses many different areas of investing like long term investment planning and retirement planning.

Mining Stocks

Mining stocks are investments in companies that produce or explore for minerals. Some of these minerals include uranium, coal, molybdenum (which is used in steelmaking), copper, silver and gold. They are affected by fluctuating commodity prices in addition to their own business and operating risks.

How To Invest

Pat McKeough has been making investing for beginners simple—and profitable—by helping investors make big gains for more than 25 years. His advice to beginning investors is the same as it is for all investors: buy high-quality, mostly dividend paying stocks (or ETFs that hold these stocks) and evenly spread your investments over the five main economic sectors (Resources, Manufacturing, Finance, Utilities and Consumer). Pat also believes investors should avoid stocks in the broker/media limelight and focus on those with hidden or little-noticed assets.

Energy Stocks

What are energy stocks?

Businesses that work in the extraction, refining and delivery of energy sources such as natural gas, oil, uranium and coal, are considered energy stocks.