TORONTO, Canada, Jan. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian General Investments, Limited (CGI) (TSX:CGI) (LSE: CGI) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at December 31, 2024 was $69.32, resulting in a one-year NAV return, with dividends reinvested, of 26.6%. This compares with the 21.6% return of the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index on a total return basis for the same period.
The Company employs a leveraging strategy, by way of bank borrowing, with the intent to enhance returns to common shareholders. As at December 31, 2024, the leverage represented 13.8% of CGI’s net assets, down from 15.1% at the end of 2023.
The closing price for CGI’s common shares at December 31, 2023 was $40.48, resulting in an annual share price return, with dividends reinvested, of 19.6%.
The sector weightings of CGI’s investment portfolio at market as of December 31, 2024 were as follows:
| Industrials |
23.4 |
% |
| Information Technology |
23.0 |
% |
| Financials |
13.4 |
% |
| Energy |
12.3 |
% |
| Materials |
11.2 |
% |
| Consumer Discretionary |
9.7 |
% |
| Real Estate |
4.2 |
% |
| Cash & Cash Equivalents |
2.1 |
% |
| Communication Services |
0.7 |
% |
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The top ten investments which comprised 36.3% of the investment portfolio at market as of December 31, 2024 were as follows:
| NVIDIA Corporation |
4.5 |
% |
| TFI International Inc. |
4.1 |
% |
| The Descartes Systems Group Inc. |
4.0 |
% |
| Apple Inc. |
3.8 |
% |
| Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited |
3.6 |
% |
| WSP Global Inc. |
3.6 |
% |
| Mastercard Incorporated |
3.3 |
% |
| Shopify Inc. |
3.2 |
% |
| West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. |
3.2 |
% |
| Franco-Nevada Corporation |
3.0 |
% |
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Jonathan A. Morgan
President & CEO
Phone: (416) 366-2931
Fax: (416) 366-2729
e-mail: cgifund@mmainvestments.com
website: www.canadiangeneralinvestments.ca
