Canadian General Investments: Investment Update - Unaudited
TORONTO, Dec. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) (TSX:CGI) (TSX:CGI.PR.D) (LSE:CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at November 30, 2018 was $32.20, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of -0.7% and 1.8%, respectively. These compare with the -3.7% and -2.5% 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 November 30, 2018 was $22.11, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of -3.8% and -4.0%, respectively.
The sector weightings of CGI’s investment portfolio at market as of November 30, 2018 were as follows:
| Consumer Discretionary | 19.0% | |
| Information Technology | 18.5% | |
| Materials | 17.7% | |
| Industrials | 14.6% | |
| Financials | 10.9% | |
| Energy | 9.2% | |
| Health Care | 3.6% | |
| Communication Services | 3.4% | |
| Real Estate | 1.2% | |
| Cash & Cash Equivalents | 1.2% | |
| Utilities | 0.7% |
The top ten investments which comprised 38.5% of the investment portfolio at market as of November 30, 2018 were as follows:
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 4.8% | |
| Shopify Inc. | 4.5% | |
| Canada Goose Holdings Inc. | 4.4% | |
| Air Canada | 4.0% | |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Limited | 3.9% | |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 3.6% | |
| Franco-Nevada Corporation | 3.5% | |
| MasterCard Incorporated, class A | 3.4% | |
| Bank of Montreal | 3.3% | |
| Dollarama Inc. | 3.1% |
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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