A: Wayfair Inc., $95.99, symbol W on New York (Shares outstanding: 130.3 million; Market cap: $13.0 billion; www.wayfair.com), is one of the world’s largest online destinations for home furnishings. Through its e-commerce platform, the company offers furniture, décor, housewares and home improvement products.


Wayfair’s customers span a wide range of demographics, with annual household incomes ranging from $25,000 to over $250,000. They also include business professionals, from small startups to global enterprises.



The company tries to appeal to customers with different tastes, styles, buying goals and budgets when shopping for their homes and businesses. To that end, it offers a family of websites, each with a unique brand identity and product lineup.

A: WSP Global Inc., $245.52, symbol WSP on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 130.6 million; Market cap: $32.9 billion; www.wsp.com), is a professional services consulting firm. It employs about 72,600 people, mainly engineers, technicians, scientists, environmental specialists, planners, and architects. The company is headquartered in Montreal and has over 531 offices in 50 countries.


WSP’s projects—both those recently completed and those ongoing—are varied. They include a two-million-square-foot Children’s hospital in Atlanta; a 1,325 megawatts offshore wind farm in Italy; a 12-storey shipping centre in Hong Kong; and National Bank’s new 40-storey head office in Montreal.



In October 2025, the company completed the acquisition of Ricardo plc, a U.K.-based global consulting firm with two units:

A: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, $69.44, symbol KTOS in New York (Shares outstanding: 168.8 million; Market cap: $11.9 billion; www.kratosdefense.com), is a U.S.-based company that develops and produces systems for defence and communications.


The company has two main business segments: Kratos Government Solutions (KGS), and Unmanned Systems (UAS).



KGS mainly serves the U.S. defence department, intelligence agencies, and allied international governments. It is Kratos’s largest segment, contributing about 75% of its sales. Overall, product sales contribute 63% of KGS’s revenue; with maintenance services contributing the remaining 37%.

A: 3M Company, $165.44, symbol MMM on New York (Shares outstanding: 531.2 million; Market cap: $87.9 billion; Manufacturing & Industry sector; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.3m.com) remains a buy for long-term gains.


The company spun off its Health Care division as a separate firm called Solventum Corp. (New York symbol SOLV) on April 1, 2024. That business makes products that treat and prevent infection in wounds; it also manufactures dental filling materials, and filtration and purification products.



Investors received one share of Solventum for every four shares of 3M they held. 3M retained a 19.9% stake in the new firm, but it plans to sell those shares within the next five years. The split has left 3M to focus on its core operations. At the same time, it has helped to spur its stock to a 27.8% gain since the start of the year.

At The Successful Investor, we’ve spent the last 30 years encouraging Canadians to adopt a conservative approach to building wealth through the stock market. Indeed, our longtime Inner Circle members have generally taken our advice—with a great deal of success.


Still, in a bull market like today’s—the S&P/TSX Composite is up 20.4% so far this year—conservative investors often wind up selling some of their best stocks way too early.



In short, they’re afraid that even high-quality stocks have gone up “too far, too fast.” For the same reason, many other investors will hesitate to buy these highfliers, regardless of their attractive growth prospects. (See below for one IC member’s question on 3M.)



Before taking either approach, think twice.