Portfolio Update

RNS Number : 4431J
Canadian General Investments Ld
06 April 2015
 



NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY MARKETWIRED

FOR: CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENTS, LIMITED

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

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: CGI

 

April 6, 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 March 31, 2015 was $28.09, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 4.4% and 8.5%, respectively.  These compare with the 2.6% 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 March 31, 2015 was $20.71, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of 4.0% and 19.7%, respectively.

 

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

 

Financials

21.4%

Consumer Discretionary

17.5%

Industrials

16.1%

Energy

15.9%

Materials

13.5%

Information Technology

7.1%

Telecommunication Services

3.1%

Health Care

2.1%

Consumer Staples

1.6%

Utilities

1.0%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

0.8%

 

The top ten investments which comprised 34.7% of the investment portfolio at market as of

March 31, 2015 were as follows:

 

Dollarama Inc.

7.0%

Enbridge Inc.

4.2%

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

4.1%

Element Financial Corporation

3.0%

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

3.0%

Air Canada

2.9%

Bank of Montreal

2.8%

Franco-Nevada Corporation

2.6%

Open Text Corporation

2.6%

Royal Bank of Canada

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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