Updating CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD., THOMSON REUTERS INC. and CAE INC.

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD. $53 (Toronto symbol CP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 168.1 million; Market cap: $8.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; SI Rating: Above Average) continues to strengthen its balance sheet by selling surplus real estate. It recently sold most of its stake in the rail tunnel between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, for $110 million. CP has also sold Windsor Station in Montreal for $86 million to Cadillac Fairview Corp. However, the company signed a long-term lease, and remain the station’s main tenant. CP will probably put the cash from these sales toward its $4-billion long-term debt, which is equal to 45% of its market cap. CP Rail is a buy. THOMSON REUTERS INC. $34 (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 829.0 million; Market cap: $28.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.0; SI Rating: Above Average) delisted its U.K. shares from the London Stock Exchange and Nasdaq on September 10, 2009. This is part of its plan to combine its two main businesses — one based in the U.S….