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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $181.50 – Toronto symbol CP

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $181.50 (Toronto symbol CP; Shares outstanding: 161.0 million; Market cap: $27.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 0.8%; www.cpr.ca) ships freight over a 22,000-kilometre rail network between Montreal and Vancouver and links with hubs in the U.S. Midwest and northeast.

In the three months ended September 30, 2015, CP’s earnings per share rose 16.5%, to $2.69 from $2.31 a year earlier. Revenue increased 2.3%, to $1.71 billion from $1.67 billion.

CP’s operating ratio improved to a record 59.9% from 62.8% a year ago. (Operating ratio is calculated by dividing regular operating costs by revenue. The lower the ratio, the better.) It continues to benefit from its efficiency improvements, including speeding up trains. The company saw higher revenue from shipping forest products, potash, grain, chemicals and automotive products. But lower shipments of oil and metals offset these gains.

CP expects its revenue to rise 2% to 3% for all of 2015, along with earnings of $10.00 to $10.40 a share. The stock trades at 17.8 times the midpoint of that range. The railway still expects to double its earnings per share from $8.50 in 2014 to $17.00 in 2018.

Canadian Pacific Railway is still a safety-conscious buy.

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