CAE and Bombardier make a deal

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CAE INC. $15 (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 265.2 million; Market cap: $4.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cae.com) is buying the military flight-training business of BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $3.12 and BBD.B $3.04; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $5.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; Dividend suspended in February 2015; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.bombardier.com). This business trains pilots for the Royal Canadian Air Force and other NATO countries at facilities in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and Cold Lake, Alberta. CAE will pay $19.8 million when it closes the deal later this year. This a small sum for both companies, but the new operations are a nice fit with CAE’s other pilot-training businesses. After the sale, Bombardier can focus on its struggling aircraft-manufacturing business, including the upcoming launch of its new CSeries passenger jet. CAE is our #1 buy for 2015. Bombardier…