Smart acquisitions power this stock’s high yield

Long-term security is the key to this Canadian stock’s successful acquisition strategy.

The company buys profitable utilities that can make immediate contributions to revenue, like the Missouri-based electric utility it bought a year ago. Plus, it sells clean energy through long-term guaranteed government contracts. Its shares… Read More

Q: Good day, Pat and TSI team. Could you please give me your analysis and recommendation for CCL.B on the TSX? Thanks very much!

A: CCL Industries Inc., $66.25, symbol CCL.B on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 176.8 million; Market cap: $11.7 billion; www.cclind.com), primarily makes packaging products for the food, health-care, automotive and personal-care industries. Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson are among its major customers. CCL also makes… Read More

A Yield to Caution:

AMERICAN HOTEL INCOME PROPERTIES REIT $9.11 (Toronto symbol HOT. UN; Units outstanding: 78.0 million; Market cap: $712.8 million; Dividend yield: 9.0%; www.ahipreit.com) owns 115 hotels, comprising over 11,700 rooms in 33 U.S. states.

American Hotel operates 48 hotels providing accomodation for railroad workers. The REIT believes… Read More