Topic: How To Invest

Hi Pat: I’m requesting your advice on Horizon North Logistics. Thank you. Enjoy your day.

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Horizon North Logistics, $7.37, symbol HNL on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 110.3 million; Market cap: $832.8 million; www.horizonnorth.ca), provides a range of services to resource companies, including workforce accommodation, camp management and catering. The company mainly operates in remote parts of western and northern Canada, where infrastructure is often inadequate. Horizon continues to see strong demand from the oil sands and increasingly from natural gas developments in northeastern B.C. and northwestern Alberta. Over the longer term, the company could see significant demand for workforce housing at proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in B.C., as well as in related natural gas fields and along proposed pipeline routes. The stock trades at 16.0 times this year’s forecast earnings of $0.46 a share. It yields 4.3%. Horizon North Logistics is okay to hold. hold. …