TORONTO, Canada, April 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) (TSX: CGI, CGI.PR.D) (LSE: CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at March 31, 2023 was $52.31, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of 8.9% and -8.1%, respectively. These compare with the 4.6% and -5.2% 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 preference shares and bank borrowing, in an effort to enhance returns to common shareholders. As at March 31, 2023, the combined leverage afforded by both forms of leverage represented 16.0% of CGI's net assets, up from 14.9% at the end of 2022 and 14.5% at March 31, 2022.
The closing price for CGI's common shares at March 31, 2023 was $33.01, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of 2.0% and -19.8%, respectively.
The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of March 31, 2023 were as follows:
| | Industrials | 21.1 | % | |
| | Information Technology | 20.7 | % | |
| | Materials | 16.5 | % | |
| | Consumer Discretionary | 11.6 | % | |
| | Energy | 10.5 | % | |
| | Financials | 9.9 | % | |
| | Real Estate | 5.0 | % | |
| | Communication Services | 2.2 | % | |
| | Cash & Cash Equivalents | 1.5 | % | |
| | Health Care | 1.0 | % | |
The top ten investments which comprised 40.5% of the investment portfolio at market as of March 31, 2023 were as follows:
| | NVIDIA Corporation | 5.0 | % | |
| | Canadian Pacific Railway Limited | 4.7 | % | |
| | Franco-Nevada Corporation | 4.5 | % | |
| | TFI International Inc. | 4.5 | % | |
| | First Quantum Minerals Ltd. | 4.4 | % | |
| | West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. | 3.9 | % | |
| | Apple Inc. | 3.7 | % | |
| | The Descartes Systems Group Inc. | 3.5 | % | |
| | WSP Global Inc. | 3.3 | % | |
| | Mastercard Incorporated | 3.0 | % | |
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
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加拿大多倫多，2023年4月5日(環球通訊社)--加拿大通用投資有限公司(CGI)(多倫多證券交易所代碼：CGI，CGI.PR.D)(倫敦證券交易所代碼：CGI)在未經審計的基礎上報告，其2023年3月31日的每股資產淨值(NAV)為52.31美元，導致今年迄今和12個月的資產淨值回報率分別為8.9%和-8.1%，股息再投資。相比之下，基準S&P/TSX綜合指數在同期總回報基礎上的回報率分別為4.6%和-5.2%。
該公司採用槓桿戰略，通過優先股和銀行借款的方式，努力提高普通股股東的回報。截至2023年3月31日，這兩種形式的槓桿合計佔CGI淨資產的16.0%，高於2022年底的14.9%和2022年3月31日的14.5%。
CGI普通股在2023年3月31日的收盤價為33.01美元，導致今年迄今和12個月的股價回報率(含股息再投資)分別為2.0%和-19.8%。
截至2023年3月31日，CGI投資組合在市場上的行業權重如下：
| 工業類股 | 21.1 | 百分比 | |
| 資訊科技 | 20.7 | 百分比 | |
| 材料 | 16.5 | 百分比 | |
| 消費者可自由支配 | 11.6 | 百分比 | |
| 能量 | 10.5 | 百分比 | |
| 金融類股 | 9.9 | 百分比 | |
| 房地產 | 5.0 | 百分比 | |
| 通信服務 | 2.2 | 百分比 | |
| 現金及現金等價物 | 1.5 | 百分比 | |
| 醫療保健 | 1.0 | 百分比 | |
截至2023年3月31日，佔市場投資組合40.5%的十大投資如下：
| 英偉達公司 | 5.0 | 百分比 | |
| 加拿大太平洋鐵路有限公司 | 4.7 | 百分比 | |
| 弗蘭科-內華達公司 | 4.5 | 百分比 | |
| TFI國際公司 | 4.5 | 百分比 | |
| 第一量子礦業有限公司。 | 4.4 | 百分比 | |
| 西弗雷澤木材有限公司。 | 3.9 | 百分比 | |
| 蘋果。 | 3.7 | 百分比 | |
| 笛卡爾系統集團公司。 | 3.5 | 百分比 | |
| WSP Global Inc. | 3.3 | 百分比 | |
| 萬事達卡公司 | 3.0 | 百分比 | |
欲瞭解更多資訊，請聯繫：
加拿大通用投資有限公司
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