Something to Buy October 2014

There is always something to buy in the stock market. On Monday, I put out a list of the stocks that I covered and showed what stock might be a good deal based on dividend yield. Now I am trying to categorize what sorts of stocks may be a good deal based on dividend yield.

The one thing that is noticeable for this October is that a lot of stocks are down from last month.

Categorizing stocks is not as simple as it might seem. Every site you go to has categorized stocks a bit differently. I try to keep this as simple as possible. See my spreadsheet at here. As in other spreadsheets, you can highlight a line or a number of lines for better viewing.

Of the Consumer Discretionary stocks, Canadian Tire no longer cheap but Thomson Reuter (TSX-TRI) is still showing as relatively cheap. I have Leon's Furniture as a Consumer Staple, but it should be a Consumer Discretionary stock and it is now relatively cheap. I have the same problem with Dorel Industries (TSX-DII.B) and it is showing as historically cheap.

A number of Consumer Staple stocks seem to be relatively cheap. Examples would be Jean Coutu Group Inc. (TSX-PJC.A), Metro Inc. (TSX-MRU) and Saputo Inc. (TSX-SAP).

I have two health care stocks and they are both American and both showing as relatively cheap. These stocks are Johnson and Johnson (NYSE-JNJ) and Medtronic Inc. (NYSE-MDT).

Of my Real Estate stocks only Granite Real Estate (TSX-GRT.UN) is showing as relatively cheap.

There are more banks showing as relatively cheap this month. These would be Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX-BNS) National Bank (TSX-NA), Royal Bank (TSX-RY) and TD Bank (TSX-TD). Of the big five Canadian Banks only Bank of Montreal (TSX-BMO) is not showing as cheap.

There are some in finance that deserve to be cheap, like AGF Management (TSX-AGF). CI Financial (TSX-CIX) is still showing up as relatively cheap as is IGM Financial (TSX-IGM). Both Power Corp (TSX-POW) and Power Financial (TSX-PWF) are still looking relatively cheap.

There are a few historically cheap Industrial stocks like Hammond Power Solutions Inc. (TSX-HPS.A), PFB Corp (TSX-PFB) and Transcontinental Inc. (TSX-TCL.A). These all seem to be very cheap for a reason. There are other industrials showing relatively cheap. They are Bombardier Inc. (TSX-BBD.B); Canam Group Inc. (TSX-CAM); Finning International Inc. (TSX-FTT); Pason Systems Inc. (TSX-PSI); Pulse Seismic Inc. (TSX-PSD); and SNC-Lavalin (TSX-SNC). Canam Group Inc. (TSX-CAM); Pason Systems Inc. (TSX-PSI); and Pulse Seismic Inc. (TSX-PSD) are all rather small companies.

Still the only relatively cheap ones in the Tech sector are for small companies like Calian Technologies Ltd (TSX-CTY) and Evertz Technologies (TSX-ET).

A number of energy stocks are historically cheap. They are Canadian Natural Resources (TSX-CNQ); Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX-CVE) and Suncor Energy (TSX-SU). Canadian Oil Sands Ltd (TSX-COS) and Ensign Energy Services (TSX-ESI) are showing as relatively cheap.

In the Materials Sector Teck Resources Ltd (TSX-TCK.B) is showing as historically cheap, while Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX-ABX) is showing as relatively cheap.

The infrastructure type utility companies are not cheap. What utility companies that are cheap, seem to be cheap for a good reason. Examples are Atlantic Power Corp (TSX-ATP) and TransAlta Corp (TSX-TA).

Of the Telecom Stocks BCE (TSX-BCE) and Shaw Communications Inc. (TSX-SJR.B) seem to be relatively cheap. I think that Manitoba Telecom (TSX-MBT) is relatively cheap for a good reason.

On my other blog I am today writing about Medtronic Inc. (NYSE-MDT) ... continue...

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