CGI buys back more of its shares

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CGI INC. $156 is your #1 Aggressive Buy for 2024. The company (Toronto symbol GIB.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 231.3 million; Market cap: $36.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.6; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.cgi.com) is Canada’s largest provider of computer-outsourcing services. CGI helps clients automate routine functions such as accounting and buying supplies. That makes companies more efficient and lets them focus on their main businesses. Instead of paying a dividend, the company prefers to use its excess cash flow for acquisitions and to buy back shares. In February 2024, the company repurchased and cancelled 1.68 million class A subordinate voting shares held by Serge Godin, its founder and executive chairman, for a total of $250 million. That purchase is part of CGI’s plan to buy back up to 20.46 million class A shares, or 10% of the total outstanding, by February 5, 2025. CGI is your #1 Aggressive buy for 2024. 2024. …