Buy For Growth And Spinoff Potential

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BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $6.63 and BBD.B $6.67; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $11.3 billion; SI Rating: Extra risk) is the world’s third-largest maker of passenger aircraft, after Boeing and Airbus. This division supplies 55% of total revenue, and 75% of earnings. The remainder comes from Bombardier’s transportation division, which makes passenger railcars. The company focuses on smaller planes, such as short-range regional and business jets. It’s now considering building bigger planes, such as the CSeries jet, which would seat between 110 and 130 passengers. That would put it in direct competition with Boeing and Airbus. New plane has big potential Demand for a plane like this could be huge, considering that the CSeries would consume 20% less fuel than current models. As well, many airlines will have to replace thousands of similar-size planes in the next few years. The CSeries would cost $2.5 billion U.S. to develop. Bombardier would probably form partnerships to cut…