Updating CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, PENGROWTH ENERGY, and RIOCAN REIT.

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $126 (Toronto symbol CP; Shares outstanding: 174.7 million; Market cap: $23.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 1.1%; www.cpr.ca) dropped in early June after activist investor Pershing Square Capital Management announced that it will sell 7 million of its CP shares over the next year. Pershing currently holds 24 million CP shares, or 14.2% of the total outstanding. In June 2012, Pershing helped install Hunter Harrison as CP’s chief executive officer. Mr. Harrison is the former CEO of Canadian National Railway (Toronto symbol CNR). Thanks to Mr. Harrison’s restructuring measures, CP’s shares have gained 84% in the past year. As a result, CP now accounts for a high 26% of Pershing’s assets. Following the sale, Pershing will still be CP’s largest shareholder, with a 10% stake. The stock could remain under pressure as Pershing sells. However, we feel CP’s improving efficiency will spur its long-term earnings growth. CP Rail is still a buy. RIOCAN REIT $26.51 (Toronto…