Updating IGM Financial Inc., Saputo Inc. and Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

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IGM FINANCIAL INC. $37 (Toronto symbol IGM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares o/s: 239.3 million; Market cap: $8.9 billion; P/S ratio: 2.6; Divd. yield: 6.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.igmfinancial.com) had $159.7 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2019. That’s up 1.8% from $159.2 billion a year earlier. IGM’s fee income rises and falls with the value of the mutual funds and other securities that the company manages. That gain was due to improving stock markets as the company’s clients withdrew $147.4 million more from its mutual funds in September than they placed in them. However, ETF sales totalled $97.2 million, net of redemptions. IGM now has ETF assets under management of $2.96 billion. That’s up a whopping 36.8% from a year earlier. IGM Financial is still a buy. SAPUTO INC. $39 (Toronto symbol SAP; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 388.2 million; Market cap: $15.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.saputo.com) has now sold $460 million…