Portfolio Update

RNS Number : 0455Q
Canadian General Investments Ld
06 September 2017
 

FOR: CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENTS, LIMITED

TSX SYMBOLS: CGI, CGI.PR.D

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: CGI

 

September 6, 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 August 31, 2017 was $29.46, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 7.3% and 17.3%, respectively.  These compare with the 1.3% and 7.2% 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 August 31, 2017 was $21.60, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of 13.9% and 22.8%, respectively.

 

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

 

Materials

21.5%

Consumer Discretionary

15.1%

Information Technology

15.0%

Energy

14.0%

Financials

13.1%

Industrials

12.5%

Telecommunication Services

3.4%

Consumer Staples

1.9%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

1.3%

Real Estate

1.2%

Utilities

1.0%

 

The top ten investments which comprised 36.0% of the investment portfolio at market as of August 31, 2017 were as follows:

 

Dollarama Inc.

5.3%

Franco-Nevada Corporation

4.2%

NVIDIA Corporation

4.2%

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

3.5%

Air Canada

3.5%

Shopify Inc.

3.3%

Bank of Montreal

3.2%

Royal Bank of Canada

3.0%

Open Text Corporation

2.9%

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

2.9%

 

 

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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