Portfolio Update

RNS Number : 5606G
Canadian General Investments Ld
04 March 2015
 



NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY MARKETWIRED

FOR: CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENTS, LIMITED

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

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: CGI

 

March 4, 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 February 28, 2015 was $28.26, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 5.0% and 9.5%, respectively.  These compare with the 4.5% and 10.3% 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 February 28, 2015 was $19.40, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of -2.5% and 12.9%, respectively.

 

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of February 28, 2015 were as follows:

 

Financials

21.6%

Consumer Discretionary

16.7%

Industrials

16.3%

Energy

15.9%

Materials

13.6%

Information Technology

7.2%

Telecommunication Services

3.2%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

1.8%

Consumer Staples

1.6%

Utilities

1.1%

Health Care

1.0%

 

The top ten investments which comprised 33.8% of the investment portfolio at market as of

February 28, 2015 were as follows:

 

Dollarama Inc.

6.2%

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

4.1%

Enbridge Inc.

3.9%

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

3.1%

Bank of Montreal

2.9%

Air Canada

2.8%

Franco-Nevada Corporation

2.8%

Open Text Corporation

2.7%

Element Financial Corporation

2.7%

Royal Bank of Canada

2.6%

 

 



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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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