CP slowed by commodities

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $192.49 (Toronto symbol CP; Shares outstanding: 153.1 million; Market cap: $28.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 1.0%; www.cpr.ca) ships freight over a 22,000- kilometre rail network between Montreal and Vancouver, with links to hubs in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast. Freight volumes fell 8.1% in the three months ended June 30, 2016. That’s mainly because weaker prices for oil, minerals and other commodities forced producers in Canada and the U.S. to cut their output. The wildfires in Alberta also disrupted CP’s operations. In the quarter, the company’s revenue fell 12.2%, to $1.45 billion from $1.65 billion a year earlier. Per-share earnings declined 16.3%, to $2.05 from $2.45. The company also announced that Keith Creel, its current president and chief operating officer, will succeed Hunter Harrison as chief executive officer in July 2017. However, Mr. Harrison will remain as a consultant for three years. CP Rail is a buy. buy…