Record year for our #1

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CAE INC. $15 (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 263.2 million; Market cap: $3.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cae.com) recently sold five flight simulators to Southwest Airlines, Lufthansa and other customers. In all, these orders are worth $75 million. That’s equal to 3% of CAE’s annual revenue of $2.2 billion. Including these deals, CAE has sold 48 simulators in its 2014 fiscal year, which ended March 31, 2014. That’s up 37.1% from the 35 it sold in 2013. It also beats the company’s previous all-time high of 38 simulator sales in fiscal 1998. Demand for flight simulators should remain strong in fiscal 2015. Many airlines are replacing their aging fleets with new, more fuel-efficient models. That will also spur long-term demand for CAE’s pilot-training services. As well, many of these simulator customers require ongoing support services, such as maintenance and software updates. This generates steady revenue that cuts…