We packed a plethora of information on Canada’s largest stocks into the Investor 500 tables. They’ll help you learn more about this year’s five-star stocks and show you how your holdings measure up.
In the table below you can see the list of companies, ranked according to total one-year returns. Be sure to use these tables as merely a starting point for your own investigations, and focus on the characteristics of each stock that mean the most to you. Click or tap any row in the table to reveal more details about the company. Here are some of the metrics you’ll find.
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| 1-Year Return | Both return figures include reinvested dividends, with the five-year numbers representing cumulative rather than annualized gains. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5-Year Return | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Year’s Rank | The stock’s ranking in the 2013 Investor 500 rankings. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Industry | The stock’s industry sector. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stock Price | Price is as of market close on April 11, 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dividend Yield | The stock’s dividend yield as a percentage. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Price/Earnings | Ratios for each company’s stock price measured against its earnings, revenue, and book value per share. All three ratios factor into our star rating system, which favours stocks with modest ratios. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Price/Sales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Price/Book | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | The company’s total revenue for the most recent fiscal year (in millions of dollars) and the percentage change compared to the previous fiscal year. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue Change (%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| EPS | Total earnings per share for the most recent fiscal year, and the percentage change compared to the previous fiscal year. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EPS Change (%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating Margin | The company’s operating income compared to sales | |||||||||||||||||||
| Profit Margin | The company’s net earnings compared to sales | |||||||||||||||||||
| Return on Common Equity | Net earnings compared to shareholders’ equity | |||||||||||||||||||
| Return on Assets | Net earnings divided by assets | |||||||||||||||||||
| I-500 Superstar Rating | Our proprietary ranking system, from zero to five stars. A zero indicates the lowest ranking; a hyphen indicates that the stock is not ranked. |
| Rank (2014) |
Last Year’s Rank (2013) |
Company | Total Return (%, 1 yr) |
Total Return (%, 5 yr) |
Stock Price |
Dividend Yield (%) |
Market Cap ($mil.) |
Price/ Earnings |
Price/ Sales |
Price/ Book |
Revenue ($mil.) | Revenue change (%, 1 yr) |
EPS | EPS change (%, 1 yr) |
Operating margin (%) |
Profit margin (%) |
Return on Common Equity (%) |
Return on assets (%) |
Industry | I-500 Superstar Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Magna International Inc. (MG) | 80.5% | 474.2% | $106.08 | 1.6% | 23,464 | 13.4 | 0.6 | 2.2 | $35,886 | 13.0% | $7.44 | 26.1% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 16.4% | 8.9% | auto components | ★★★★★ |
| 2 | 4 | Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (VRX) | 74.9% | 949.3% | $130.49 | – | 43,472 | – | 6.7 | 7.1 | $5,944 | 65.8% | $0.03 | -97.8% | 4.6% | -15.0% | -19.6% | -3.8% | pharmaceuticals | ★ |
| 3 | 1 | Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (ATD.B) | 57.6% | 638.3% | $89.21 | 0.4% | 16,890 | 20.4 | 0.4 | 4.1 | $35,659 | 54.7% | $2.93 | 20.2% | 2.4% | 1.6% | 23.4% | 7.8% | food & staples retailing | ★★★★ |
| 4 | 27 | Manulife Financial Corp. (MFC) | 43.7% | 29.3% | $20.14 | 2.6% | 37,238 | 13.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 | $17,500 | -50.4% | $1.51 | 64.1% | 27.4% | 17.9% | 12.5% | 0.6% | insurance | ★★★★ |
| 5 | 20 | Pembina Pipeline Corp. (PPL) | 38.6% | 336.7% | $42.04 | 4.0% | 13,443 | 40.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | $5,025 | 46.6% | $0.99 | 20.7% | 13.0% | 7.0% | 7.7% | 4.0% | oil, gas & consumable fuels | ★★★★ |
| 6 | 40 | Suncor Energy Inc. (SU) | 38.2% | 32.9% | $39.47 | 2.3% | 58,066 | 12.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | $40,297 | 4.6% | $3.13 | 0.2% | 18.4% | 9.7% | 9.7% | 5.1% | oil, gas & consumable fuels | ★★★★½ |
| 7 | M8 | Tourmaline Oil Corp. (TOU) | 36.8% | – | $54.52 | – | 10,638 | 97.4 | 13.7 | 3.1 | $731 | 74.3% | $0.56 | 600.0% | 21.9% | 20.3% | 4.9% | 3.6% | oil, gas & consumable fuels | ★★★ |
| 8 | 18 | Sun Life Financial Inc. (SLF) | 36.2% | 74.6% | $36.08 | 4.0% | 21,999 | 11.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | $13,874 | -21.0% | $3.21 | 28.9% | 17.6% | 7.6% | 6.6% | 0.5% | insurance | ★★½ |
| 9 | 39 | Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNQ) | 35.9% | 68.0% | $43.30 | 2.1% | 47,227 | 20.4 | 2.9 | 1.8 | $16,145 | 11.9% | $2.11 | 26.3% | 19.6% | 14.1% | 9.1% | 4.5% | oil, gas & consumable fuels | ★★★★★ |
| 10 | 36 | Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) | 29.8% | 161.0% | $51.04 | 3.7% | 94,028 | 13.5 | 3.0 | 1.9 | $24,206 | 4.7% | $3.77 | 2.9% | 31.7% | 27.1% | 14.0% | 0.8% | banks | ★★★★ |
| 11 | M54 | CGI Group Inc. (GIB.A) | 29.7% | 238.4% | $35.19 | – | 10,898 | 15.0 | 1.1 | 2.5 | $10,085 | 111.3% | $2.11 | 95.4% | 10.6% | 4.5% | 16.0% | 5.5% | IT services | ★ |
| 12 | 43 | Imperial Oil Ltd. (IMO) | 29.6% | 18.7% | $51.67 | 1.0% | 43,795 | 14.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | $31,506 | 6.0% | $3.51 | -19.1% | 11.9% | 9.0% | 15.8% | 8.5% | oil, gas & consumable fuels | ★★★★ |
| 13 | 22 | Encana Corp. (ECA) | 29.1% | -1.7% | $24.65 | 1.3% | 18,262 | 34.1 | 2.8 | 3.2 | $6,035 | 13.5% | $0.89 | 230.8% | 15.2% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 1.3% | oil, gas & consumable fuels | ★★★★½ |
| 14 | 2 | Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP) | 27.8% | 336.8% | $158.00 | 0.9% | 27,757 | 24.4 | 4.5 | 3.9 | $6,133 | 7.7% | $6.42 | 60.5% | 30.1% | 14.3% | 14.4% | 5.5% | road & rail | ★½ |
| 15 | 29 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM) | 27.6% | 142.4% | $95.56 | 4.1% | 38,020 | 10.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | $12,783 | 1.9% | $8.32 | 5.3% | 32.0% | 26.6% | 22.8% | 1.0% | banks | ★★★★ |
| 16 | 37 | National Bank of Canada (NA) | 25.4% | 160.3% | $45.02 | 4.1% | 14,730 | 9.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | $5,163 | -2.8% | $4.21 | 9.5% | 35.2% | 28.6% | 20.6% | 0.8% | banks | ★★★★ |
| 17 | 23 | Bank of Montreal (BMO) | 24.4% | 165.5% | $75.11 | 4.0% | 48,426 | 11.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | $16,263 | 0.8% | $6.29 | -6.5% | 33.1% | 25.7% | 14.7% | 0.7% | banks | ★★★★ |
| 18 | 14 | Husky Energy Inc. (HSE) | 24.3% | 55.2% | $35.12 | 3.4% | 34,540 | 19.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | $23,317 | 4.8% | $1.85 | -10.2% | 11.7% | 7.8% | 9.4% | 5.1% | oil, gas & consumable fuels | ★★★★★ |
| 19 | 9 | Brookfield Asset Management (BAM.A) | 23.9% | 167.4% | $45.49 | 2.0% | 28,477 | 13.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | $21,458 | 11.0% | $3.21 | 58.4% | 25.4% | 10.2% | 11.2% | 1.9% | real estate | ★★★★★ |
| 20 | 23 | Royal Bank of Canada (RY) | 23.6% | 123.9% | $72.85 | 3.9% | 105,069 | 13.0 | 2.9 | 2.3 | $28,083 | 7.5% | $5.57 | 10.7% | 37.8% | 29.7% | 18.9% | 1.0% | banks | ★★★★ |
| 21 | 7 | Canadian National Railway Co. (CNR) | 23.5% | 164.9% | $60.02 | 1.7% | 49,620 | 19.6 | 4.8 | 3.8 | $10,575 | 6.6% | $3.06 | 9.1% | 36.6% | 24.7% | 21.8% | 9.2% | road & rail | ★★ |
| 22 | 28 | Brookfield Office Properties (BPO) | 22.9% | 228.6% | $21.48 | 2.9% | 10,889 | 10.4 | 4.3 | 0.9 | $2,374 | 5.0% | $1.95 | -15.2% | 22.4% | 47.4% | 9.7% | 3.7% | real estate | ★★★★½ |
| 23 | M22 | ARC Resources Ltd. (ARX) | 22.6% | 171.1% | $32.02 | 3.7% | 10,084 | 47.1 | 7.1 | 3.0 | $1,401 | 17.4% | $0.69 | 46.8% | 24.3% | 17.2% | 7.1% | 4.2% | oil, gas & consumable fuels | ★★★½ |
| 24 | 42 | Crescent Point Energy Corp. (CPG) | 21.9% | 116.0% | $42.03 | 6.6% | 16,696 | 73.7 | 5.6 | 2.0 | $2,882 | 30.5% | $0.56 | 133.3% | 19.9% | 5.0% | 1.7% | 1.2% | oil, gas & consumable fuels | ★★★½ |
| 25 | 33 | IGM Financial Inc. (IGM) | 20.9% | 82.9% | $51.67 | 4.2% | 13,039 | 17.1 | 5.0 | 2.9 | $2,504 | 3.8% | $3.02 | 1.7% | 35.4% | 29.7% | 17.2% | 6.2% | capital markets | ★ |
| 26 | 33 | Power Financial Corp. (PWF) | 20.6% | 97.5% | $33.47 | 4.2% | 23,803 | 13.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 | $28,830 | -12.5% | $2.37 | 0.9% | 13.7% | 7.0% | 15.3% | 0.7% | insurance | ★★★ |
| 27 | M94 | Fairfax Financial Hldgs Ltd. (FFH) | 19.4% | 67.7% | $465.01 | 2.4% | 10,423 | 22.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | $6,025 | -27.0% | $19.37 | 786.8% | -15.2% | -9.8% | -8.5% | -1.6% | insurance | ★★½ |
| 28 | 35 | Power Corp. of Canada (POW) | 18.5% | 74.7% | $29.89 | 3.9% | 13,760 | 14.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | $29,642 | -11.4% | $2.08 | 18.2% | 12.8% | 3.5% | 10.2% | 0.3% | insurance | ★★★ |
| 29 | 32 | Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. (COS) | 18.2% | 5.1% | $22.55 | 6.2% | 10,927 | 12.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 | $4,208 | 7.8% | $1.84 | -7.1% | 29.6% | 19.8% | 18.0% | 8.2% | oil, gas & consumable fuels | ★★★★ |
| 30 | 16 | Thomson Reuters Corp. (TRI) | 16.2% | 33.1% | $37.23 | 3.9% | 30,371 | 23.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | $13,085 | -3.3% | $1.49 | -32.2% | 11.9% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.4% | media | ★ |
| 31 | 29 | Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) | 15.5% | 141.2% | $64.24 | 4.0% | 78,044 | 12.5 | 2.7 | 1.8 | $21,343 | 8.3% | $5.08 | 8.3% | 39.6% | 30.1% | 15.9% | 0.9% | banks | ★★½ |
| 32 | 25 | Great-West Lifeco Inc. (GWO) | 14.8% | 108.0% | $29.66 | 4.1% | 29,635 | 13.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | $26,446 | -13.6% | $2.14 | 4.3% | 12.0% | 9.1% | 16.7% | 0.8% | insurance | ★★½ |
| 33 | 13 | Enbridge Inc. (ENB) | 13.7% | 227.5% | $51.17 | 2.7% | 42,553 | 94.2 | 1.2 | 5.1 | $32,918 | 33.5% | $0.55 | -36.3% | 4.1% | 1.9% | 6.0% | 1.2% | oil, gas & consumable fuels | ★★★½ |
| 34 | 10 | Telus Corp. (T) | 13.6% | 200.4% | $38.05 | 3.8% | 23,679 | 17.7 | 2.1 | 3.0 | $11,404 | 4.4% | $2.15 | 15.3% | 19.4% | 11.3% | 16.5% | 6.2% | diversified telecommunication | ★★★ |
| 35 | 21 | Saputo Inc. (SAP) | 13.3% | 184.9% | $55.30 | 1.7% | 10,775 | 20.2 | 1.2 | 4.2 | $7,298 | 5.3% | $2.55 | 3.2% | 10.2% | 6.6% | 21.4% | 11.2% | food products | ★★ |
| 36 | 8 | Loblaw Cos. Ltd. (L) | 11.0% | 66.3% | $45.73 | 2.1% | 18,863 | 20.5 | 0.4 | 1.8 | $32,371 | 2.4% | $2.40 | -1.4% | 4.1% | 1.9% | 9.4% | 3.3% | food & staples retailing | ★★ |
| 37 | 12 | Weston (George) Ltd. (WN) | 10.7% | 76.9% | $80.84 | 2.1% | 10,339 | 18.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | $33,582 | 2.6% | $4.43 | 3.0% | 4.8% | 2.0% | 11.0% | 2.7% | food & staples retailing | ★★ |
| 38 | 14 | Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR.B) | 10.6% | 68.4% | $26.16 | 4.2% | 11,998 | 16.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | $5,142 | 2.9% | $1.55 | -4.3% | 26.6% | 14.5% | 19.9% | 6.3% | media | ★★★ |
| 39 | 19 | TransCanada Corp. (TRP) | 9.5% | 110.1% | $51.35 | 3.7% | 36,335 | 22.7 | 4.1 | 2.2 | $8,797 | 9.9% | $2.24 | 19.1% | 32.7% | 20.3% | 10.6% | 3.5% | oil, gas & consumable fuels | ★★★ |
| 40 | 47 | First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FM) | 8.1% | 154.9% | $20.13 | 0.9% | 11,894 | 19.3 | 2.9 | 1.4 | $3,660 | 20.4% | $0.90 | -57.6% | 26.0% | 12.9% | 6.9% | 4.0% | metals & mining | ★★ |
| 41 | 26 | Agrium Inc. (AGU) | 8.1% | 125.0% | $100.62 | 3.3% | 14,460 | 12.8 | 0.9 | 1.9 | $16,201 | -1.9% | $7.53 | -24.4% | 10.0% | 6.8% | 15.5% | 6.7% | chemicals | ★★★½ |
| 42 | 11 | BCE Inc. (BCE) | 8.1% | 146.6% | $48.18 | 5.1% | 37,430 | 16.3 | 1.8 | 3.2 | $20,400 | 2.1% | $2.98 | 0.7% | 22.3% | 10.3% | 17.9% | 4.9% | diversified telecommunication | ★★★★ |
| 43 | 44 | Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE) | 6.6% | – | $31.90 | 3.3% | 24,133 | 24.9 | 1.3 | 2.4 | $18,657 | 10.8% | $1.30 | 0.8% | 9.3% | 3.5% | 6.7% | 2.7% | oil, gas & consumable fuels | ★★½ |
| 44 | 17 | Canadian Utilities Ltd. (CU) | 4.8% | 173.2% | $41.01 | 2.6% | 10,693 | 17.7 | 3.1 | 2.7 | $3,381 | 11.3% | $2.20 | 9.5% | 31.0% | 17.9% | 15.0% | 4.3% | multi-utilities | ★★★★ |
| 45 | 38 | Talisman Energy Inc. (TLM) | -4.0% | -17.4% | $11.46 | 2.6% | 11,871 | – | 2.3 | 1.3 | $4,905 | -30.5% | -$0.36 | – | 8.0% | -24.7% | -13.0% | -6.1% | oil, gas & consumable fuels | ½ |
| 46 | 41 | Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT) | -5.3% | 12.9% | $36.63 | 4.2% | 31,193 | 16.1 | 4.0 | 3.0 | $7,525 | -7.8% | $2.15 | -20.5% | 32.4% | 24.4% | 18.3% | 9.9% | chemicals | ★½ |
| 47 | 5 | Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI.B) | -10.4% | 100.7% | $44.80 | 4.1% | 23,309 | 13.8 | 1.8 | 4.9 | $12,706 | 1.8% | $3.27 | -7.6% | 23.7% | 13.1% | 38.4% | 7.7% | wireless telecommunication ser | ★½ |
| 48 | 48 | Teck Resources Ltd. (TCK.B) | -10.9% | 171.4% | $24.64 | 3.7% | 14,216 | 14.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | $9,382 | -9.3% | $1.73 | -42.9% | 21.1% | 10.2% | 5.2% | 2.7% | metals & mining | ★★ |
| 49 | 49 | Goldcorp. Inc. (G) | -14.1% | -22.5% | $26.45 | 2.5% | 21,502 | – | 5.2 | 1.0 | $3,798 | -20.9% | -$0.88 | – | 21.2% | -73.5% | -12.8% | -8.9% | metals & mining | ½ |
| 50 | 50 | Barrick Gold Corp. (ABX) | -16.7% | -36.9% | $20.45 | 1.1% | 23,817 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | $12,888 | -13.1% | $2.56 | -33.5% | 30.3% | -82.9% | -58.4% | -24.4% | metals & mining | ★★★ |
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