Growth Stocks

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:

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

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DOREL INDUSTRIES $32.78 (Toronto symbol DII.B; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (514-934-3034; www. dorel.com; Shares outstanding: 32.3 million; Market cap: $1.0 billion; Dividend yield: 4.8%) makes a range of items: ready-to-assemble home and office furniture; juvenile products such as car seats, strollers, high chairs, toddler beds and cribs; and bicycles and other sporting goods.


In the fourth quarter ended December 30, 2016, sales fell 3.0%, to $648.7 million from $668.9 million a year earlier (all figures except share price in U.S....
STANTEC INC. $34.68 (Toronto symbol STN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (780-917-7288; www.stantec.com; Shares outstanding: 114.1 million; Market cap: $4.0 billion; Dividend yield: 1.4%) sells a range of consulting, project management, design and technology services.


For the three months ended December 31, 2016, Stantec’s recent acquisitions and a stronger U.S....
DOMINO’S PIZZA $175.71 (New York symbol DPZ; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (734-930-3008; www.dominos.com; Shares outstanding: 48.0 million; Market cap: 8.5 billion; Dividend yield: 1.1%) is the world’s largest chain of pizza stores offering takeout and delivery....
AMAZON.COM $899.20 (Nasdaq symbol AMZN; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (206-266-1000; www.amazon.com; Shares outstanding: 477.2 million; Market cap: $432.0 billion; No dividends paid) has bought Dubai-based Internet retailer Souq.com for a reported $700 million.


Souq.com is the best-known name in the Middle East’s online shopping market....
SYMANTEC CORP. $30.41 (Nasdaq symbol SYMC; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (650-527-8000; www.symantec.com; Shares outstanding: 618.8 million; Market cap: $18.8 billion; Dividend yield: 1.0%) recently formed Symantec Ventures, a cybersecurity venture-capital business to serve as an incubator for startup firms....
ACI WORLDWIDE $21.33 (Nasdaq symbol ACIW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (402390-7600; www.aciworldwide.com; Shares outstanding: 117.3 million; Market cap: $2.5 billion; No dividends paid) makes software for processing transactions by credit cards, debit cards, automated teller machines, point-of-sale terminals and interbank systems....
MITEL NETWORKS $9.22 (Toronto symbol MNW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (613-592-2122; www.mitel. ca; Shares outstanding: 122.0 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; No dividends paid) makes technology that integrates landlines and mobile phones. The company also offers callcentre and videoconferencing products.


In the three months ended December 31, 2016, Mitel’s revenue fell 6.2%, to $259.8 million from $277.0 million a year earlier (all figures except share price and market cap in U.S....
CGI GROUP INC. $63 (www.cgi.com) is Canada’s largest provider of computer-outsourcing services. The company has won a contract from Bisnode, a Swedish firm that provides data analytics services to businesses in Europe. Under the deal, CGI will improve the performance and security of Bisnode’s systems....
BLACKBERRY LTD. $10 (Toronto symbol BB; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 530.5 million; Market cap: $5.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.2; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.blackberry.com) recently quit developing new smartphones as part of its plan to focus on the company’s more-promising communications software operations.


For its fiscal 2017 fourth quarter, ended February 28, 2017, Blackberry’s revenue fell 38.4%, to $286 million from $464 million a year earlier (all amounts except share price and market cap in U.S....
BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $2.44 and BBD.B $2.37; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $4.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend suspended in February 2015; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.bombardier.com) is the world’s third-largest maker of commercial aircraft, after Boeing (No.1) and Airbus (No....