Portfolio Update

RNS Number : 0166O
Canadian General Investments Ld
03 February 2016
 

FOR: CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENTS, LIMITED

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

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: CGI

 

February 3, 2016

 

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, 2016 was $22.86, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of -6.2% and -13.5%, respectively.  These compare with the -1.2% and -9.9% 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 January 31, 2016 was $16.81, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of -10.3% and -7.2%, respectively.

 

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of January 31, 2016 were as follows:

 

Financials

21.8%

Consumer Discretionary

19.0%

Industrials

13.8%

Energy

12.4%

Materials

11.9%

Information Technology

6.4%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

6.1%

Telecommunication Services

3.3%

Consumer Staples

2.3%

Health Care

1.8%

Utilities

1.2%

 

The top ten investments which comprised 36.1% of the investment portfolio at market as of

January 31, 2016 were as follows:

 

Cash

6.1%

Dollarama Inc.

5.4%

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

3.5%

CCL Industries Inc.

3.3%

Bank of Montreal

3.3%

Franco-Nevada Corporation

3.1%

Open Text Corporation

3.1%

AutoZone, Inc.

2.9%

Royal Bank of Canada

2.8%

Enbridge Inc.

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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