Two ways to buy these top utility assets

Canadian Utilities and ATCO offer investors two ways to buy essentially the same businesses.
We like both stocks, but income-seeking investors should pick Canadian Utilities for its higher payout. Value seekers, on the other hand, should buy the parent, ATCO, for its holding company discount.
CANADIAN UTILITIES… Read More

Parent a better choice for value-seekers

ATCO LTD. (Toronto symbols ACO.X [class I non-voting] $47 and ACO.Y [class II voting] $47; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 114.3 million; Market cap: $5.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 2.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.atco.com) gets most of its earnings from its… Read More

ATCO LTD. ACO.X $39 and ACO.Y $39

ATCO LTD. (Toronto symbols ACO.X [class I non-voting] $39 and ACO.Y [class II voting] $39; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 115.0 million; Market cap: $4.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 2.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.atco.com) gets most of its earnings from its… Read More