Drugstore chain will help Metro compete

METRO INC. $41 (Toronto symbol MRU; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 227.1 million; Market cap: $9.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.metro.ca) operates 600 grocery stores and 250 drugstores, in Quebec and Ontario.

To compete with larger grocery chains… Read More

Buyback at a discount

ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD $59.11 (Toronto symbol ATD.B: TSINetwork Rating: Average) (1-800-361-2612; couchetard.com; Shs. o/s: 567.4 million; Market cap: $33.7 billion; Divd. yield: 0.6%) will repurchase 4.3 million of its Class B voting shares from Metro Inc. It will pay $57.17 each, for a total of $245.8… Read More

Metro makes a big buy

METRO INC. $42 (Toronto symbol MRU; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 227.4 million; Market cap: $9.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.metro. ca) operates 600 grocery stores and 250 drugstores, in Quebec and Ontario. The company will now… Read More