TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwired - Oct. 5, 2015) - Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) (TSX:CGI)(TSX:CGI.PR.C)(TSX:CGI.PR.D)(LSE:CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at September 30, 2015 was $24.95, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns, with dividends reinvested, of -6.3% and -6.9%, respectively. These compare with the -7.0% and -8.4% 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 September 30, 2015 was $18.19, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns, with dividends reinvested, of -7.3% and -4.8%, respectively.
The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of September 30, 2015 were as follows:
| |
Financials |
22.7% |
| |
Consumer Discretionary |
21.1% |
| |
Industrials |
14.5% |
| |
Energy |
13.0% |
| |
Materials |
10.3% |
| |
Information Technology |
6.0% |
| |
Cash & Cash Equivalents |
3.4% |
| |
Telecommunication Services |
3.1% |
| |
Consumer Staples |
2.2% |
| |
Health Care |
1.8% |
| |
Utilities |
1.0% |
The top ten investments which comprised 37.1% of the investment portfolio at market as of
September 30, 2015 were as follows:
| |
Dollarama Inc. |
8.8% |
| |
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited |
3.7% |
| |
Enbridge Inc. |
3.7% |
| |
Element Financial Corporation |
3.5% |
| |
Cash |
3.4% |
| |
Bank of Montreal |
3.0% |
| |
Gildan Activewear Inc. |
2.8% |
| |
Franco-Nevada Corporation |
2.8% |
| |
Air Canada |
2.7% |
| |
Royal Bank of Canada |
2.7% |