Portfolio Update

RNS Number : 0259R
Canadian General Investments Ld
03 March 2016
 

FOR: CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENTS, LIMITED

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

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: CGI

 

March 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 February 29, 2016 was $22.29, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of -7.9% and -18.6%, respectively.  These compare with the -0.7% and -12.9% 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 February 29, 2016 was $16.40, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of -11.7% and -11.8%, respectively.

 

The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of February 29, 2016 were as follows:

 

Financials

20.6%

Consumer Discretionary

18.9%

Materials

12.5%

Industrials

12.3%

Energy

11.3%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

10.4%

Information Technology

6.4%

Telecommunication Services

3.4%

Consumer Staples

2.4%

Health Care

1.5%

Utilities

1.1%

 

The top ten investments which comprised 40.6% of the investment portfolio at market as of

February 29, 2016 were as follows:

 

Cash

10.4%

Dollarama Inc.

5.2%

Franco-Nevada Corporation

4.1%

Bank of Montreal

3.3%

CCL Industries Inc.

3.2%

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

3.1%

Open Text Corporation

3.0%

AutoZone, Inc.

2.9%

Royal Bank of Canada

2.7%

Brookfield Canada Office Properties

2.7%

  

 

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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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