Net Asset Value(s)

RNS Number : 2782M
Canadian General Investments Ld
05 May 2015
 

NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY MARKETWIRED

FOR: CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENTS, LIMITED

TSX SYMBOLS: CGI, CGI.PR.C, CGI.PR.D

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: CGI

 

May 5, 2015

 

Canadian General Investments: Investment Update - Unaudited

 

TORONTO, CANADA - Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at April 30, 2015 was $28.07, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 4.3% and 6.7%, respectively.  These compare with the 5.1% and 6.9% returns of the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index on a total return basis for the same periods.

 

The closing price for CGI's common shares at April 30, 2015 was $20.30, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of 2.0% and 15.3%, respectively.

 

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of April 30, 2015 were as follows:

 

Financials

22.7%

Consumer Discretionary

16.8%

Energy

16.4%

Industrials

15.9%

Materials

13.6%

Information Technology

6.9%

Telecommunication Services

2.7%

Health Care

2.3%

Consumer Staples

1.5%

Utilities

1.0%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

0.2%

 

The top ten investments which comprised 34.6% of the investment portfolio at market as of

April 30, 2015 were as follows:

 

Dollarama Inc.

6.6%

Enbridge Inc.

4.3%

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

4.1%

Element Financial Corporation

3.0%

Bank of Montreal

3.0%

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

2.8%

Methanex Corporation

2.7%

Franco-Nevada Corporation

2.7%

Royal Bank of Canada

2.7%

Air Canada

2.7%

 

 



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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Canadian General Investments, Limited

Jonathan A. Morgan

President and CEO

Phone: (416) 366-2931

Fax: (416) 366-2729

e-mail: cgifund@mmainvestments.com

website: www.canadiangeneralinvestments.ca

 

                                                 

                                                                                                                     


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