Parent and spinoff continue to rise

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In June 2011, Toromont spun off its Enerflex business as a separate company. With the spinoff, shareholders received one share of Enerflex for each Toromont share they held. The separation has let each firm better focus on its core operations. Since the spinoff, Toromont has soared 175%, while Enerflex has gained 30%. We believe both have more gains ahead. TOROMONT INDUSTRIES LTD. $55 (Toronto symbol TIH; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 81.0 million; Market cap: $4.5 billion; Dividend yield: 1.7%; Takeover Target Rating: Highest; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.toromont.com) distributes a range of industrial equipment, including machinery made by Caterpillar Inc. It also makes refrigeration systems through its CIMCO business. In October 2017, the company paid $1.02 billion for privately held Hewitt Group. It’s the exclusive distributor of Caterpillar equipment in Quebec and Atlantic Canada. The new operations complement Toromont’s existing Caterpillar branches in Ontario, Manitoba and Nunavut. As well, Hewitt should help the company profit from new mining and infrastructure projects in Quebec. Thanks to that purchase, Toromont’s…