Portfolio Update

RNS Number : 0956E
Canadian General Investments Ld
04 February 2015
 



NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY MARKETWIRED

FOR: CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENTS, LIMITED

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

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: CGI

 

February 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 January 31, 2015 was $27.20, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 0.6% and 8.8%, respectively.  These compare with the 0.5% 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 January 31, 2015 was $18.84, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of -6.0% and 11.0%, respectively.

 

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of January 31, 2015 were as follows:

 

Financials

21.3%

Consumer Discretionary

16.5%

Industrials

16.1%

Energy

16.0%

Materials

13.7%

Information Technology

7.3%

Telecommunication Services

3.3%

Consumer Staples

1.7%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

1.5%

Utilities

1.1%

Health Care

1.1%

 

The top ten investments which comprised 34.5% of the investment portfolio at market as of

January 31, 2015 were as follows:

 

Dollarama Inc.

6.2%

Enbridge Inc.

4.3%

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

4.0%

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

3.4%

Franco-Nevada Corporation

3.2%

Open Text Corporation

2.8%

Bank of Montreal

2.8%

Air Canada

2.8%

Brookfield Canada Office Properties

2.5%

Yahoo! Inc.

2.5%

 

 



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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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