New plan lifts ShawCor’s stock

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SHAWCOR LTD. $12 is a buy, but only for highly aggressive investors. The company (Toronto symbol SCL; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 70.5 million; Market cap: $846.0 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend suspended in March 2020; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.shawcor.com) is conducting a strategic review of its businesses that serve the oil and gas industry—Pipeline Performance Group, Shaw Pipeline Services, and Oilfield Asset Management. Their sale would let ShawCor better focus on its more-profitable plastic tank and industrial products operations. The company also plans to change its name to “Mattr.” ShawCor aims to complete those sales in mid-2023. The stock has gained 40% since the company announced the re-organization plan. Higher oil prices also continue to spur demand for its pipeline-coating services. Despite the stock price jump, it still trades at a low 7.0 times the $1.71 a share that ShawCor should earn this year. ShawCor is still a buy. buy…