LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $64 – Toronto symbol L

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $64 (Toronto symbol L; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 412.6 million; Market cap: $26.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.loblaw.ca) is Canada’s largest food retailer, with 1,140 stores. Its banners include Loblaws, Provigo, Fortinos,… Read More

Shoppers deal has transformed Loblaw

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $64 (Toronto symbol L; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 412.6 million; Market cap: $26.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.loblaw.ca) is Canada’s largest food retailer, with 1,140 stores. Its banners include Loblaws, Provigo, Fortinos,… Read More

RIOCAN REIT $30.05 – Toronto symbol REI.UN

RIOCAN REIT $30.05 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 315.8 million; Market cap: $9.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 4.7%; www.riocan.com) continues to hit new all-time highs, even with the closure of the Future Shop chain.

Electronics retailer Best Buy (New York symbol BBY) recently closed… Read More

RioCan soars despite closures

RIOCAN REIT $30.05 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 315.8 million; Market cap: $9.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 4.7%; www.riocan.com) continues to hit new all-time highs, even with the closure of the Future Shop chain.

Electronics retailer Best Buy (New York symbol BBY) recently… Read More

LOBLAW COMPANIES $61.92 – Toronto symbol L

LOBLAW COMPANIES $61.92 (Toronto symbol L; Shares outstanding: 412.5 million; Market cap: $25.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.6%; www.loblaw.ca) is Canada’s largest food retailer, with about 1,200 stores. Its banners include Loblaws, Provigo, Fortinos, Real Canadian Superstore and No Frills. George… Read More

Loblaw builds on its success

Target’s exit from Canada means less competition for Loblaw, but the company still plans to aggressively expand and improve its stores. This year, it will spend $1.2 billion to build 50 new outlets, renovate 100 others, improve its online presence and further upgrade its warehousing… Read More

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $48 – Toronto symbol L

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $48 (Toronto symbol L; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 412.7 million; Market cap: $19.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; Dividend yield: 2.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.loblaw.ca) is Canada’s largest food retailer, with roughly 1,200 stores. Its banners include Loblaws, Provigo,… Read More

LOBLAW COMPANIES $60.00 – Toronto symbol L

LOBLAW COMPANIES $60.00 (Toronto symbol L; Shares outstanding: 412.7 million; Market cap: $25.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.6%; www.loblaw.ca) is Canada’s largest food retailer, with about 1,200 stores. Its banners include Loblaws, Provigo, Fortinos, Real Canadian Superstore and No Frills. George Weston… Read More

Shoppers purchase boosts Loblaw

Growing by acquisition can add risk, but Loblaw continues to successfully integrate its huge Shoppers Drug Mart purchase. By cutting overlapping functions, it now expects to save $300 million annually by the end of the third year. The acquisition also gives Loblaw a great opportunity… Read More