Use our updates to enhance your portfolio: CAE, Suncor & CNR

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CAE INC. $28 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 318.3 million; Market cap: $8.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.1; Dividend suspended in March 2020; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cae.com) is a leading maker of flight simulators for commercial and military aircraft. It also operates pilot-training schools in over 40 countries. CAE is now selling its healthcare operations, which make mannequins and other medical simulators for training health professionals, for $311 million. It expects to complete the sale in early 2024. The company plans to use most of that cash to pay down its long-term debt of $2.94 billion (as of September 30, 2023). That’s equal to 33% of its market cap. CAE is a buy. SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $43 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol SU; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.3 billion; Market cap: $55.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1: Dividend yield: 5.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.suncor.com) recently announced a new strategy under which it will focus on…