Power Corp. trades at a discount

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POWER CORP. OF CANADA $51 is a buy. The conglomerate (Toronto symbol POW; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 644.8 million; Market cap: $32.9 billion; Dividend yield: 4.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.powercorporation.com) holds controlling stakes in Canadian financial services firms Great-West and IGM. It also owns 16.5% of the Belgian holding company Groupe Bruxelles Lambert. With the May 2025 payment, the company will raise your quarterly dividend by 8.9%, to $0.6125 a share from $0.5625. The new annual rate of $2.45 yields a high 4.8%. The holding company’s shares trade at a 15.6% discount to its net asset value per share of $60.44 (as of December 31, 2024). Net asset value is also up 12.9% from a year earlier. Power Corp. of Canada is a buy. buy…