Topic: How To Invest

The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, September 17, 2021

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD., $85.73, Toronto symbol CP, is still 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. U.S.-based railway Kansas City Southern (New York symbol KSU) has accepted CP’s latest takeover offer and cancelled its 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. Based on current prices, that offer is worth $283.95 U.S. per KCS share, which is above KCS’ current trading price of $277.43 U.S. If you include KCS’ debt, the entire offer is worth $31 billion U.S. That’s equal to 69% of CP’s current market cap (the total value of all outstanding shares) of $57.7 billion (Canadian). Merging administrative and other functions will…