Canadian National Railway (CNR.TO) (CNI) Stock CardMarket: CACanadian National Railway Company is a transportation and logistics company. The Company's services include rail, intermodal, trucking, and supply chain services. The Company’s rail services offer equipment, customs brokerage services, transloading and distribution, private car storage and others. Its intermodal container services help shippers expand their door-to-door market reach with about 23 strategically placed intermodal terminals. Its intermodal services include temperature-controlled cargo, port partnerships, logistics park, moving grain in containers, custom brokerage, transloading and distribution, and others. Its trucking services include door-to-door service, import and export dray, interline services, and specialized services. Its supply chain services offer comprehensive services across a range of industries and product types. It transports more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America every year.
Duke Energy (DUK) Stock CardMarket: USDuke Energy Corporation is an energy holding company. The Company operates through two segments: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure (EU&I) and Gas Utilities and Infrastructure (GU&I). The EU&I segment conducts operations primarily through the regulated public utilities of Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Energy Progress, Duke Energy Florida, Duke Energy Indiana, and Duke Energy Ohio. EU&I provides retail electric service through the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity to customers within the Southeast and Midwest regions of the United States. The GU&I segment conducts natural gas operations primarily through the regulated public utilities of Piedmont, Duke Energy Ohio, and Duke Energy Kentucky. GU&I serves residential, commercial, industrial, and power generation natural gas customers, including customers served by municipalities who are wholesale customers. It also purchases a diverse portfolio of transportation and storage services from interstate pipelines.
Bank of America (BAC) Stock CardMarket: USBank of America Corporation is a bank holding company and a financial holding company. Its segments include Consumer Banking, Global Wealth & Investment Management (GWIM), Global Banking and Global Markets. Consumer Banking segment offers a range of credit, banking and investment products and services to consumers and small businesses. The GWIM includes two businesses: Merrill Wealth Management, which provides tailored solutions to meet clients' needs through a full set of investment management, brokerage, banking and retirement products and Bank of America Private Bank, which provides comprehensive wealth management solutions. Global Banking segment provides a range of lending-related products and services, integrated working capital management and treasury solutions, and underwriting and advisory services. Global Markets segment offers sales and trading services and research services to institutional clients across fixed-income, credit, currency, commodity, and equity businesses.
Mondelez International (MDLZ) Stock CardMarket: USMondelez International, Inc. is a snack company. The Company’s core business is making and selling chocolate, biscuits, and baked snacks. The Company also has additional businesses in adjacent, locally relevant categories, including gum and candy, cheese and grocery and powdered beverages. Its portfolio includes global and local brands, such as Oreo, Ritz, LU, Clif Bar and Tate's Bake Shop biscuits and baked snacks, as well as Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate. The Company’s segments include Latin America, AMEA, Europe, and North America. It sells its products to supermarket chains, wholesalers, supercenters, club stores, mass merchandisers, distributors, convenience stores, gasoline stations, drug stores, value stores and other retail food outlets. The Company also sells products directly to businesses and consumers through various pure play e-retail platforms, retailer digital platforms, its direct-to-consumer Websites, and social media platforms.
Aecon Group (ARE.TO) Stock CardMarket: CAAecon Group Inc. is a Canada-based construction and infrastructure development company. The Company delivers integrated solutions to private and public sector clients throughout Canada and other countries. It operates through two segments within the infrastructure development industry: Construction and Concessions. Its Construction segment includes all aspects of the construction of both public and private infrastructure, primarily in Canada, and internationally and focuses primarily on the civil infrastructure, urban transportation solutions, nuclear power infrastructure, utility infrastructure and industrial infrastructure. Its Concessions segment include the development, financing, build and operation of construction projects primarily by way of public-private partnership contract structures, as well as integrating the services of all project participants. The Company’s projects include Annacis Water Supply Tunnel, Bell Canada Gigabit Fiber Service, Finch West LRT, and others.
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Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp (LIF.TO) Stock CardMarket: CALabrador Iron Ore Royalty Corporation is a Canada-based investment company. The Company holds interests in the Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC), which is a North American producer and exporter of iron ore pellets and high-grade concentrate. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Hollinger Hanna Limited (Hollinger-Hanna), holds an approximately 15.10% equity interest in IOC. It holds an approximately 15.10% equity interest in IOC and receives approximately 7% gross overriding royalty and a 10% per ton commission on all iron ore products produced, sold, and shipped by IOC. IOC operates mine, concentrator and pellet plant at Labrador City, Newfoundland, and Labrador. The IOC mines and produces iron ore pellets and concentrates at its facilities in Labrador City, Newfoundland, and Labrador. The Company holds mining leases and mining licenses covering approximately 18,200 hectares of land near Labrador City.
United States Steel (X) Stock CardMarket: USUnited States Steel Corporation is a steel producer. The Company operates through four segments: North American Flat-Rolled (Flat-Rolled), Mini Mill, U. S. Steel Europe (USSE) and Tubular Products (Tubular). The Flat-Rolled segment is involved in the production of slabs, strip mill plates, sheets and tin mill products, as well as all iron ore, direct reduced grade pellets, pig iron, and coke production facilities in the United States. The Mini Mill segment produces hot-rolled, cold-rolled, coated sheets and electrical steels. The USSE segment produces and sells slabs, strip mill plate, sheet, tin mill products and spiral welded pipe. The Tubular segment produces and sells rounds, seamless and electric resistance welded (ERW) steel casing and tubing (OCTG), and standard and line pipe and mechanical tubing. It serves the automotive, construction, appliance, energy, container, and packaging industries with high value-added steel products such as its XG3 advanced high-strength steel.
Walmart (WMT) Stock CardMarket: USWalmart Inc. is a technology-powered omnichannel retailer. The Company is engaged in the operation of retail and wholesale stores and clubs, as well as e-commerce websites and mobile applications, located throughout the United States, Africa, Canada, Central America, Chile, China, India and Mexico. It operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International and Sam's Club. The Walmart U.S. segment includes the Company's mass merchant concept in the United States, as well as e-commerce, which includes omni-channel initiatives and certain other business offerings such as advertising services through Walmart Connect. It operates under the Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands. The Walmart International segment consists of the Company's operations outside of the United States, as well as e-commerce and omni-channel initiatives. The Sam's Club segment includes the warehouse membership clubs in the United States, as well as e-commerce and omni-channel initiatives.
Enghouse Systems (ENGH.TO) Stock CardMarket: CAEnghouse Systems Limited provides vertical enterprise software solutions. The Company has two segments: Interactive Management Group (IMG) and Asset Management Group (AMG). The IMG segment specializes in customer interaction software and services. Its products include contact center, video collaboration, video health monitoring, video room systems, interactive voice response, artificial intelligence, outbound dialers, attendant console, agent performance optimization, customer survey, business intelligence and analytics. It also offers video recording, streaming and event enterprise solutions. The segment, through Lifesize, offers video solutions, which enables remote teams to connect with in-person teams. The AMG segment offers a range of products to telecom service providers, utilities, and the oil and gas industry. Its products include network infrastructure and revenue generation solutions. It also offers fleet routing, dispatch, scheduling, transit e-ticketing and others.
Brookfield Asset Management (BAM.TO) (BAM) Stock CardMarket: CABrookfield Asset Management Ltd. is primarily engaged in providing alternative asset management services. The Company provides its services through an ownership interest in an alternative asset management business, which is carried on by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (Brookfield) and its subsidiaries. Its products have three categories, which include long-term private funds, perpetual strategies and liquid strategies. The Company's wholly owned subsidiaries include 2451634 Alberta Inc. and Brookfield UK Employee Co Limited. Brookfield is a global alternative asset manager with assets under management across real estate, infrastructure, renewable power and transition, private equity and credit. Brookfield offers a range of alternative investment products to investors around the world, including public and private pension plans, endowments and foundations, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, insurance companies and private wealth investors.
Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) Stock CardMarket: USBrookfield Asset Management Ltd. is primarily engaged in providing alternative asset management services. The Company provides its services through an ownership interest in an alternative asset management business, which is carried on by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (Brookfield) and its subsidiaries. Its products have three categories, which include long-term private funds, perpetual strategies and liquid strategies. The Company's wholly owned subsidiaries include 2451634 Alberta Inc. and Brookfield UK Employee Co Limited. Brookfield is a global alternative asset manager with assets under management across real estate, infrastructure, renewable power and transition, private equity and credit. Brookfield offers a range of alternative investment products to investors around the world, including public and private pension plans, endowments and foundations, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, insurance companies and private wealth investors.
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (OR.TO) Stock CardMarket: CAOsisko Gold Royalties Ltd is a Canada-based intermediate precious metal royalty company. The Company is engaged in the business of acquiring and managing royalties, streams and similar interests on precious metals and other commodities. The Company's portfolio is anchored by its cornerstone asset, a 5% net smelter return royalty on the Canadian Malartic mine, located in Canada. The Company holds a North American focused portfolio of over 185 royalties, streams and precious metal offtakes, including 20 producing assets.
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (OR)Market: USOsisko Gold Royalties Ltd is a Canada-based intermediate precious metal royalty company. The Company is engaged in the business of acquiring and managing royalties, streams and similar interests on precious metals and other commodities. The Company's portfolio is anchored by its cornerstone asset, a 5% net smelter return royalty on the Canadian Malartic mine, located in Canada. The Company holds a North American focused portfolio of over 185 royalties, streams and precious metal offtakes, including 20 producing assets.
First National Financial Corp (FN.TO) Stock CardMarket: CAFirst National Financial Corporation is a Canada-based parent company of First National Financial LP, which is an originator, underwriter, and servicer of predominantly prime residential (single-family and multi-unit) and commercial mortgages. The Company operates through two segments: Residential and Commercial. The Residential segment include single-family residential mortgages. The Commercial segment include multi-unit residential and commercial mortgages. The Company provides mortgage financing solutions to the residential and commercial mortgage markets in Canada. It provides underwriting and fulfilment processing services to two mortgage originators using the mortgage broker distribution channel. The Company services virtually all mortgages generated through its mortgage origination activities on behalf of a wide range of institutional investors.
Stelco Holdings (STLC.TO) Stock CardMarket: CAStelco Holdings Inc. is a Canada-based integrated and independent steelmaker with advanced integrated steelmaking facilities in North America. The Company is engaged in the production and sale of steel products. The Company produces flat-rolled value-added steels, including coated, cold-rolled, and hot-rolled steel products, as well as pig iron and metallurgical coke. It also provides gauge, crown, and shape control, as well as uniform through-coil mechanical properties. The Company’s steel products are supplied to customers in the steel service center, construction, automotive, energy, appliance, and pipe and tube industries across Canada and the United States. It operates from two facilities: Lake Erie Works (LEW) near Nanticoke, Ontario and Hamilton Works (HW) in Hamilton, Ontario.
MTY Food Group Inc (MTY.TO) Stock CardMarket: CAMTY Food Group Inc. is a Canada-based franchisor and operator of multiple concepts of restaurants worldwide. The Company’s activities consist of franchising and operating the Company-owned locations, as well as the sale of retail products under a multitude of banners. The Company also operates a distribution center and a food-processing plant, both of which are located in the province of Quebec. The Company operates through two segments: Canada, and US & International. The Company operates under various banners, including Papa Murphy's, Cold Stone Creamery, Thai Express, Sweet Frog, Taco Time Us, Sushi Shop, Toujours Mikes, Mucho Burrito, Baton Rouge, Manchu Wok, Baja Fresh, Mr. Sub, Taco Time Ca, Yuzu Sushi, Allo Mon Coco, Pizza Delight, Scores, Ben & Florentine, The Counter, And Planet Smoothie. The Company has approximately 60 brands over 2,400 restaurants in Canada and 40 brands over 4,100 locations in the United States.
Evergy (EVRG) Stock CardMarket: USEvergy, Inc. (Evergy) is a utility holding company. The Company operates primarily through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. (Evergy Kansas Central), Evergy Metro, Inc. (Evergy Metro), Evergy Missouri West, Inc. (Evergy Missouri West), and Evergy Transmission Company, LLC (Evergy Transmission Company). Evergy Kansas Central is an integrated, regulated electric utility that provides electricity to customers in the state of Kansas. Evergy Metro is an integrated, regulated electric utility that provides electricity to customers in the states of Missouri and Kansas. Evergy Missouri West is an integrated, regulated electric utility that provides electricity to customers in the state of Missouri. Evergy Transmission Company owns 13.5% of Transource Energy, LLC with the remaining 86.5% owned by AEP Transmission Holding Company, LLC. Its customers include residential, commercial, industrial, wholesale, transmission, and other.
Dynacor Gold Mines Inc (DNG.TO) Stock CardMarket: CADynacor Group Inc. is a Canada-based industrial gold ore processor. The Company is engaged in gold production through the processing of ore purchased from the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) industry. The Company also owns the rights on several mining properties which are at the exploration stage, including its flagship exploration gold, copper, and silver prospect, the Tumipampa property (Tumipampa). Tumipampa is located approximately 500 kilometers (km) from Lima, Peru, in the Circa district, Province of Abancay, Department of Apurimac. Tumipampa's concessions cover an area of approximately 4,000 hectares and are located geographically on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountain Range between 4,200 and 4,800 meters above sea level. The Company's produces environmentally responsible gold through its PX IMPACT gold program. Its Veta Dorada plant is gold mineral processing plant in Peru. The Company's Anta property is a copper/silver exploration prospect.
Nvidia (NVDA) Stock CardMarket: USNVIDIA Corporation is a full-stack computing infrastructure company. The Company accelerates computing to help solve the computational problems. The Company’s segments include Compute & Networking and Graphics. Compute & Networking segment includes its data center accelerated computing platform; networking; automotive artificial intelligence (AI), cockpit, autonomous driving development agreements and autonomous vehicle solutions; electric vehicle computing platforms; NVIDIA AI Enterprise and other software. The Graphics segment includes GeForce GPUs for gaming and personal computers (PCs), the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU (vGPU), software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and omniverse enterprise software for building and operating metaverse and three-dimensional Internet applications.