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SHAWCOR LTD. $15 remains a buy for aggressive investors. The company (Toronto symbol MATR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 70.5 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend suspended in March 2020; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.mattr.com) is now selling most of its pipeline coating business to Tenaris S.A. (New York symbol TS) for $166 million U.S. Following the sale, the remaining firm will change its name to Mattr Infratech and make plastic tanks and industrial products such as electrical cables and sheaths. The company has already changed its stock trading symbol to “MATR” from “SCL.” The stock has gained about 80% since the company announced its re-organization in September 2022. Even so, it still trades at a low 6.8 times the $2.20 a share that the company will probably earn in 2023. ShawCor is a buy for aggressive investors. investors. …