The Hidden Drawbacks of Split-Share Corporations

The Hidden Drawbacks of Split-Share Corporations

Split-share corporations come with inherent drawbacks that can hand investors unexpected and unwelcomed costs sooner than they’d planned
Split-share corporations: they’re just one of the areas in which Pat McKeough’s Inner Circle can get our investment research. Members also get to ask investment questions of Pat… Read More

A Yield to Caution: Financial 15 Split Corp.

FINANCIAL 15 SPLIT CORP. $7.81 (Toronto symbol FTN; Shares o/s: 47.4 million; Market cap: $370.2 million; Dividend yield: 19.5%; www.quadravest.com) holds shares of 15 big Canadian and U.S. financial companies.
These include Bank of Nova Scotia, TD Bank, Manulife, Sun Life, CI Financial, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman… Read More

A Yield to Caution: Dividend 15 Split Corp.

DIVIDEND 15 SPLIT CORP. $8.06 (Toronto symbol DFN; Shares outstanding: 65.5 million; Market cap: $527.9 million; Dividend yield: 14.9%; www.quadravest.com) holds shares of 15 big Canadian companies.
These include BCE, Bank of Nova Scotia, Thomson Reuters, TC Energy, Sun Life Financial, Enbridge and Telus. It can also invest… Read More

More to BCE than rising dividends

BCE has gained 16% in the past year, compared to a 0.2% decline for the S&P/TSX Composite Index. The jump reflects concerns about the U.S.-China trade dispute, which has raised the possibility that central banks will cut their interest rates. That has, in turn, increased… Read More

Faster networks spur BCE’s dividend

Canada and the U.K. are considering joining other members of the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing group (U.S., Australia and New Zealand) in banning equipment from China’s Huawei for their planned ultrafast 5G wireless networks.
That could increase future costs for BCE, which has profited in the past… Read More

Updating BCE Inc. and Telus

BCE INC. $52.14 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 898.0 million; Market cap: $46.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd. yield: 5.8%; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider: it has 3.1 residential million customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. The company also has… Read More

Heavy investments spur customer growth

BCE INC. $53.59 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 898.0 million; Market cap: $48.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.6%; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider: it has 3.2 residential million customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. The company also… Read More