4 Mar 2020 07:00
FOR: CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENTS, LIMITED
TSX SYMBOLS: CGI, CGI.PR.D
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: CGI
March 3, 2020
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, 2020 was $34.80, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of -5.3% and 4.2%, respectively. These compare with the -4.3% and 4.9% 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, 2020 was $24.00, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of -7.6% and 2.8%, respectively.
The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of February 29, 2020 were as follows:
Information Technology | 25.9% |
Industrials | 18.7% |
Consumer Discretionary | 14.6% |
Materials | 13.1% |
Financials | 9.8% |
Energy | 7.5% |
Real Estate | 3.0% |
Communication Services | 2.9% |
Cash & Cash Equivalents | 2.2% |
Health Care | 1.5% |
Utilities | 0.8% |
The top ten investments which comprised 37.4% of the investment portfolio at market as of February 29, 2020 were as follows:
Shopify Inc. | 6.2% |
Franco-Nevada Corporation | 4.6% |
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited | 4.2% |
Mastercard Incorporated | 4.1% |
NVIDIA Corporation | 3.6% |
Air Canada | 3.5% |
Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.2% |
Bank of Montreal | 2.8% |
Royal Bank of Canada | 2.7% |
The Descartes Systems Group Inc. | 2.5% |
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
Canadian Gen. (CGI)