Topic: How To Invest

The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, October 22, 2021

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD., $94.16, Toronto symbol CP, is our #1 Conservative Buy for 2021. CP ships freight over a 22,000-kilometre rail network between Montreal and Vancouver. It also links to hubs in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast. The company recently agreed to acquire U.S.-based railway Kansas City Southern (New York symbol KSU) after it cancelled its merger deal with CN Rail (see below). KCS operates a rail network of roughly 11,400 kilometres extending from the U.S. Midwest and Southeast into Mexico. Under the terms of CP’s bid, KCS investors will receive 2.884 CP common shares plus $90.00 U.S. in cash for each share held. If you include KCS’ debt, the entire offer is worth $31 billion U.S. (as of August 9, 2021). Merging administrative and other functions will let CP cut $1 billion U.S. from its annual costs by the end of the third year. The company expects to finalize the purchase in the second half of 2022. Meantime, CP reported that its revenue in…