CAE has the better outlook

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Both Bombardier and CAE remain vulnerable to changing tariff policies in the U.S. and other countries. Still, we prefer CAE for new buying given its broader geographic operations and higher revenue from services. BOMBARDIER INC. is a hold. The company (Toronto symbols BBD.A $86 and BBD.B $86; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 98.4 million; Market cap: $8.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend suspended in February 2015; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.bombardier.com) now focuses solely on making private luxury and business jet planes following the January 2021 sale of its passenger railcar business to France’s Alstom SA. The company has five production facilities: two in Canada (Toronto and Montreal); two in the U.S. (Wichita, Kansas and Red Oak, Texas); and one in Mexico. It also has parts depots and service operations in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Bombardier’s plants in the U.S. and Mexico supply wings and other parts to the Canadian facilities, which complete the final assembly. The company also buys parts from over…