CP’s restructuring is paying off

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Canadian Pacific Railway is up over 130% since we recommended it in March 2012. That was just after we made CP our “Stock of the Year” for 2012 in The Successful Investor, our conservative-growth advisory. CP’s CEO, Hunter Harrison, is now well into a major restructuring program aimed at improving the company’s efficiency and cutting its costs. The plan let CP report higher earnings in the latest quarter, despite increased fuel prices and harsh winter weather that cut shipping volumes and slowed deliveries. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $171.14 (Toronto symbol CP; Shares outstanding: 175.7 million; Market cap: $29.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 0.8%; www.cpr.ca), transports freight between Montreal and Vancouver, and connects with hubs in the U.S. Midwest and northeast. In the quarter ended March 31, 2014, CP’s earnings per share rose 16.1%, to $1.44 from $1.24 a year earlier. Revenue increased 0.9%, to $1.51 billion from $1.50 billion. CP’s operating ratio improved to 72.0% from 75.8% a year ago. (Operating ratio…