Linamar ready for the shift to EVs

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LINAMAR CORP. $64 remains a buy. The company (Toronto symbol LNR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 63.6 million; Market cap: $4.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 1.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.linamar.com) makes a variety of automotive parts, including cylinder heads and cylinder blocks. Linamar continues to develop new products as automaker shift to electric-powered vehicles (EVs). In the first nine months of 2022, about 71% of the new orders it has received are EV related. One of its new products is eAxle, a compact, cost-effective electric drive system for commercial vehicles. It combines the electric motor, power electronics and transmission in one compact unit to directly power a vehicle’s axle. The company could begin selling the system in 2023. Linamar is a buy. buy. …