FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC. $33 – Toronto symbol FTT

FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC. $33 (Toronto symbol FTT; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 172.2 million; Market cap: $5.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.8; Dividend yield: 2.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.finning.com) is the world’s largest dealer of tractors, bulldozers and trucks made by… Read More

Loyal clients offset cyclical risk

Finning and Precision Drilling (see the next article in this issue) serve the cyclical resource sector, which adds risk.

However, both are market leaders, so their customers are unlikely to switch to a competitor. As
well, complex new technologies like hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and steam-assisted gravity… Read More

Buy Aastra, hold on to Trimble

TRIMBLE NAVIGATION $35.95 (Nasdaq symbol TRMB; SI Rating: Speculative) (408-481-6914; www.trimble.com; Shares outstanding: 119.2 million; Market cap: $4.3 billion; No dividends paid) makes global positioning system (GPS) devices and technology for four main markets:

1) Engineering and construction accounts for the largest share (55%) of Trimble’s… Read More

Turnaround underway for these GPS stocks

TRIMBLE NAVIGATION $30.25 (Nasdaq symbol TRMB; SI Rating: Speculative) (408-481-6914; www.trimble.com; Shares outstanding: 121.3 million; Market cap: $3.7 billion; No dividends paid) makes global positioning system (GPS) devices and technology for four main markets:

1) Engineering and construction accounts for the largest share (51%) of Trimble’s… Read More

These two need an economic rebound

TRIMBLE NAVIGATION $24 (Nasdaq symbol TRMB; SI Rating: Speculative) (408-481-6914; www.trimble.com; Shares outstanding: 120.4 million; Market cap: $2.9 billion; No dividends paid) makes GPS devices and technology for four main markets:

1) Engineering and construction accounts for the largest share (50%) of Trimble’s sales.

2) Agricultural GPS… Read More

Still profitable despite the slowdown

LOJACK CORP. $5.52 (Nasdaq symbol LOJN; SI Rating: Speculative) (www.lojack.com; 781-326-4700; Shares outstanding: 18.1 million; Market cap: $99.8 million) sells systems that help track and recover vehicles after they’ve been stolen. Lojack operates in the U.S. and 30 other countries. The company’s Canadian subsidiary is… Read More