Mattr charts a new, more-profitable path

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Investors continue to benefit from the 2023 sale of ShawCor’s its legacy pipeline coating operations. The remaining company, now called Mattr, is up about 120% in the past three years. We feel the stock will continue to move higher as its recent purchase of a U.S. wire manufacturer should spur its long-term earnings growth. MATTR CORP. $13 is a buy for aggressive investors. The company (Toronto symbol MATR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares o/s: 65.0 million; Market cap: $845.0 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend suspended in March 2020; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.mattr.com) is the new name for ShawCor Ltd. (old symbol SCL) following completion a major transformation. Under that plan, the company sold its pipeline coating and related businesses in 2023 for $442 million. The remaining firm has two main businesses. Composite Technologies (60% of revenue) makes plastic pipes, underground liquid storage tanks and stormwater management systems. Customers include oil and gas producers and fuel station operators. The other business, Connection Technologies (40%), makes…