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LEON’S FURNITURE LTD. $21 is a buy for aggressive investors. The retailer (Toronto symbol LNF; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 67.9 million; Market cap: $1.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.leons.ca) sells furniture and appliances through 303 stores, mainly under the Leon’s and The Brick banners. Leon’s now plans to transfer its 5.2 million square feet of wholly owned real estate holdings to a real estate investment trust (REIT). It then plans to hand out units in the REIT to its own shareholders, or sell units to the public through an initial public offering. In any case, Leon’s plans to retain a majority interest in the publicly traded REIT. As of March 31, 2023, the book value of the company’s land, buildings and building improvements was $655.1 million. Those assets are probably worth substantially more, so the spinoff should help unlock their value. Leon’s is a buy for aggressive investors. SAPUTO INC. $28 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol SAP; Aggressive…