Two buys for a resource rebound

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WAJAX CORP. $16.96 (Toronto symbol WJX; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (905-212-3300; www.wajax.ca; Shares outstanding:20.0 million; Market cap: $349.7 million; Dividend yield: 5.9%) sells and services cranes, forklifts and other heavy equipment. It also provides related parts (such as bearings, motors, hoses and fittings) and power systems (including diesel engines and transmissions). The company’s customers are in the natural resource, construction, manufacturing and transportation industries. In the three months ended September 30, 2015, Wajax’s revenue fell 19.1%, to $290.9 million from $359.5 million a year earlier, as mining, oil and gas and oil sands firms made fewer purchases. Earnings declined 32.0%, to $7.5 million, or $0.38 a share, from $11.1 million, or $0.66. Wajax needs sustained growth in Canadian mining and oil and gas drilling for its revenue and earnings to rebound, but its long-term outlook is positive. The company’s long-term debt of $155.4 million is a manageable 44% of its market cap. The stock trades at just 9.8 times Wajax’s…