Updating Bombardier Inc., Pengrowth Energy Inc. and Restaurant Brands International Inc.

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BOMBARDIER INC. $1.35 (www.bombardier.com) recently sold 30% of its railcar business to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, which manages the province’s public pension plan, for $1.5 billion U.S. It also sold 49.5% of its CSeries passenger jet business for $1 billion U.S. However, its debt of $9.0 billion U.S. is now a high 4.8 times its depressed market cap of $2.7 billion (Canadian). As a result, we’ve cut Bombardier’s TSINetwork Rating, from “Extra Risk” to “Speculative”. Hold. PENGROWTH ENERGY INC. $0.72 (www.pengrowth.com) has sold its Jenner oil property in Alberta for $78 million. This is part of its plan to sell $600 million of its less-important properties, and apply the proceeds to its long-term debt of $1.86 billion (as of November 30, 2015), which is a high 4.8 times its $391.0-million market cap. However, low oil prices will hurt its ability to keep paying down debt, which is why we’ve cut Pengrowth’s TSINetwork Rating, from “Average” to “Speculative”…