Portfolio Update

RNS Number : 2034H
Canadian General Investments Ld
05 June 2017
 

FOR: CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENTS, LIMITED

TSX SYMBOLS: CGI, CGI.PR.D

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: CGI

 

June 5, 2017

 

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 May 31, 2017 was $29.61, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 7.1% and 21.9%, respectively.  These compare with the 1.5% and 12.3% 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 May 31, 2017 was $22.40, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of 17.2% and 32.1%, respectively.

 

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of May 31, 2017 were as follows:

 

Materials

18.6%

Consumer Discretionary

16.7%

Energy

15.5%

Information Technology

14.8%

Financials

12.8%

Industrials

11.8%

Telecommunication Services

3.4%

Real Estate

2.6%

Consumer Staples

1.9%

Utilities

1.0%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

0.9%

 

The top ten investments which comprised 35.1% of the investment portfolio at market as of May 31, 2017 were as follows:

 

Dollarama Inc.

5.4%

Franco-Nevada Corporation

4.1%

NVIDIA Corporation

3.8%

Bank of Montreal

3.2%

Open Text Corporation

3.2%

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

3.2%

CCL Industries Inc.

3.1%

Amazon.com, Inc.

3.1%

Shopify Inc.

3.0%

Royal Bank of Canada

3.0%

 

  

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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