Updating Canadian National Railway Co., RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust and Pengrowth Energy Corp.

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $107 (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 756.1 million; Market cap: $80.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.6; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cn.ca) operates Canada’s largest railway. Its 32,200-kilometre network stretches across the country,… Read More

Updating Loblaw Companies Ltd., Restaurant Brands International Inc. and Canadian National Railway Co.

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $77 (Toronto symbol L; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 398.4 million; Market cap: $30.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSI Network Rating: Above Average; www.loblaw.ca) operates over 1,090 supermarkets and 1,325 Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacies across Canada.
The company… Read More

Dividend Advisor Hotline – Friday, May 26, 2017

CALIAN GROUP LTD., $26.45, Toronto symbol CGY, has two main operations: Business and Technology Services (supplying 70% of the company’s revenue) provides clients with engineers, health-care workers and other skilled professionals on a contract basis; and Systems Engineering (30% of revenue) sells hardware and software… Read More

Efficiency fuels this top railway’s dividend

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $102 (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 758.8 million; Market cap: $77.4 billion; Dividend yield: 1.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.cn.ca) operates Canada’s largest railway. Its 32,200-kilometre network stretches across the country, and reaches… Read More

The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, May 19, 2017

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, $106.66, Toronto symbol CM, is Canada’s fifth-largest bank, with total assets of $513.3 billion.
Shareholders of Chicago-based PrivateBancorp Inc. (Nasdaq symbol PVTB) have voted to accept CIBC’s latest takeover offer.
PrivateBancorp mainly lends to small and mid-sized businesses and also provides wealth-management… Read More

Dividend Advisor Hotline – Friday, May 5, 2017

GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC., $34.47, Toronto symbol GWO, is Canada’s second-largest insurance company, after Manulife Financial (Toronto symbol MFC). It also offers mutual funds, retirement planning and wealth management services.
With the March 2017 payment, the insurer raised its quarterly dividend by 6%, to $0.367 per share… Read More