Strong demand means more gains are ahead

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The shares of these two suppliers of heavy equipment continue to rebound strongly from their March 2020 lows. Finning is now up 145%, while Toromont has gained 70%. Both are also rewarding investors with higher dividends. FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC. $37 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol FTT; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 157.7 million; Market cap: $5.8 billion; Dividend yield: 2.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.finning.com) sells and services Caterpillar-brand heavy equipment in Western Canada, South America, the U.K. and Ireland. Its main customers are in the oil and gas, mining, forestry-products and construction industries. Finning raised your quarterly dividend with the September 2021 payment to $0.225 a share. That’s up 9.8% from $0.205. The new annual rate of $0.90 yields 2.4%. The company continues to benefit as re-opening of the world’s economies spurs demand for its equipment and maintenance services. Revenue in the three months ended December 31, 2021, rose 14.4%, to $1.77 billion from $1.55 billion a year earlier…