End of strike good news for investors

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LINAMAR CORP., $44, is a buy. The auto parts maker (Toronto symbol LNR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 65.4 million; Market cap: $2.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; Dividend yield: 1.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.linamar.com) has rebounded 20% since falling to a low $36.74 on October 3, 2019 now that General Motors has settled a six-week long strike at its U.S. operations. The stoppage affected 33 of GM’s manufacturing plants and 22 of its parts warehouses. Many of those plants supply parts to GM’s Canadian operations, which had to slow their production. Linamar estimates the strike cut its earnings by $1 million a day. To put that in context, the company earned $158.3 million, or $2.40 a share, in the second quarter of 2019. However, sales to GM should quickly rebound now that the strike is over. over…