Use these updates to boost your returns: T. Rowe Price Group Inc., North West Company and Stantec Inc.

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T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC. $152 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol TROW; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 227.6 million; Market cap: $34.6 billion; Divd yield: 2.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.troweprice.com) last raised its quarterly dividend by 18.4% with the March 2020 payment. The new annual rate of $3.60 a share yields 2.4%. The company’s fee income rises with the value of the mutual funds and other securities it manages. Thanks to the strong stock-market rebound since March, T. Rowe Price’s assets under administration rose 16.3%, to $1.31 trillion as of September 30, 2020, from $1.13 trillion a year earlier. As a result, revenue in the quarter gained 11.9%, to $1.60 billion from $1.43 billion a year earlier. Overall earnings before unusual items also rose 15.5%, to $602.7 million from $521.7 million; per-share earnings jumped 19.7%, to $2.55 from $2.13, on fewer shares outstanding. T. Rowe Price is a buy. NORTH WEST COMPANY $34 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol NWC; High-Growth Payer Portfolio,…