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SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $55 is a buy. Canada’s largest integrated oil producer (Toronto symbol SU; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.3 billion; Market cap: $71.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3: Dividend yield: 4.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.suncor.com) is now raising your quarterly dividend by 4.6%. Starting with the December 2024 payment, investors will receive $0.57 a share instead of $0.545. The new annual rate of $2.28 yields a high 4.1% The company also continues to cut its debt thanks to rising production and improving efficiency. Its net debt (total debt less cash balances) is now $7.97 billion (as of September 30, 2024), down 19.0% from $9.84 billion a year earlier. Under its current policy, once net debt is below $8.0 billion, Suncor will return 100% of excess cash flow to share repurchases. In the third quarter of 2024, it spent $804 million on those buybacks. Suncor is a buy. SAPUTO INC. $26 is still a hold. The company (Toronto symbol SAP; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding:…