Big acquisition should pay off

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TOROMONT INDUSTRIES LTD. $54 (Toronto symbol TIH; High- Growth Payer Portfolio; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 81.0 million; Market cap: $4.4 billion; Dividend yield: 1.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.toromont.com) distributes a broad range of industrial equipment, including heavy machinery made by Caterpillar. It also makes refrigeration systems. The company last raised its quarterly dividend by 5.6% with the April 2017 payment. The new annual rate of $0.76 yields 1.4%. Toromont recently completed its purchase of Hewitt Group for $1.02 billion. That firm is the exclusive distributor of Caterpillar equipment in Quebec and Atlantic Canada. The new operations will help the company profit from new mining and infrastructure projects in Quebec. Toromont Industries is a buy. buy…