New name and better prospects for ShawCor

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In 2023, the old ShawCor (now called Mattr) sold its legacy pipeline coating operations and shifted its focus to its liquid storage tank and industrial products businesses. The shift has worked out well for investors—the stock has doubled since the company announced the plan in September 2022. We feel Mattr’s new cost-cutting plan will spur the stock even higher. MATTR CORP. $16 is a buy for aggressive investors. The company (Toronto symbol MATR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 66.4 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.2; Dividend suspended in March 2020; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.mattr.com) is the new name for ShawCor Ltd. (old symbol SCL) after it completed a major transformation. Under that plan, the company sold its pipeline coating and related businesses. In all, it received $442 million for those operations. The remaining firm has two main businesses. Composite Technologies (57% of revenue in the latest quarter) makes plastic pipes, underground liquid storage tanks and stormwater management systems. Customers include oil…