Use Linamar to tap growing EV demand

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Auto parts maker Linamar is now positioned to take advantage of the shift to electric vehicles (EVs). Given it remains a trusted supplier to the world’s largest carmakers, we’re confident this shift will be as successful as Linamar’s past move into construction and agriculture equipment. LINAMAR CORP. $63 remains a buy. The company (Toronto symbol LNR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 65.4 million; Market cap: $4.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.linamar.com) makes a variety of automotive parts, including cylinder heads and cylinder blocks. It also makes self-propelled, scissor-type work platforms under the Skyjack brand, as well as agricultural harvesting equipment. To cut its exposure to automakers, Linamar acquired the MacDon Group of Companies for $1.2 billion in February 2018. Based in Winnipeg, that firm makes agricultural harvesting equipment. Linamar merged those operations with its agricultural business in Hungary. The company also paid $245.2 million in June 2022 for the Salford Group. Based in Salford, Ontario, that…