Canadian General Investments: Investment Update - Unaudited
February 05 2025 - 10:48AM
Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) (TSX:CGI) (LSE:
CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value
per share (NAV) at January 31, 2025 was $70.79 resulting in
year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested,
of 2.1% and 26.3%, respectively. These compare with the 3.5% and
25.2% returns of the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index on a
total return basis for the same periods.
The Company employs a leveraging strategy, by way
of bank borrowing, with the intent to enhance returns to common
shareholders. As at January 31, 2025, the leverage represented
13.5% of CGI’s net assets, down from 13.8% at the end of 2024 and
14.7% at January 31, 2024.
The closing price for CGI’s common shares at
January 31, 2025 was $39.75, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month
share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of -1.8% and 14.0%,
respectively.
The sector weightings of CGI’s investment
portfolio at market as of January 31, 2025 were as follows:
|
|
|
Information
Technology |
23.7 |
% |
Industrials |
22.7 |
% |
Financials |
13.9 |
% |
Energy |
11.7 |
% |
Materials |
11.4 |
% |
Consumer
Discretionary |
9.9 |
% |
Real
Estate |
4.2 |
% |
Cash &
Cash Equivalents |
1.9 |
% |
Communication Services |
0.6 |
% |
|
|
|
The top ten investments which comprised 37.0% of
the investment portfolio at market as of January 31, 2025 were as
follows:
|
|
|
The
Descartes Systems Group Inc. |
4.0 |
% |
TFI
International Inc. |
4.0 |
% |
Canadian
Pacific Kansas City Limited |
4.0 |
% |
NVIDIA
Corporation |
3.9 |
% |
Celestica
Inc. |
3.7 |
% |
Apple
Inc. |
3.5 |
% |
Shopify
Inc. |
3.5 |
% |
WSP Global
Inc. |
3.5 |
% |
Mastercard
Incorporated |
3.5 |
% |
Franco-Nevada Corporation |
3.4 |
% |
|
|
|
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Jonathan
A. Morgan President & CEO Phone: (416) 366-2931 Fax: (416)
366-2729 e-mail: cgifund@mmainvestments.com website:
www.canadiangeneralinvestments.ca
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