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 Discretionary19.0% 
Information Technology18.5% 
Materials17.7% 
Industrials14.6% 
Financials10.9% 
Energy9.2% 
Health Care3.6% 
Communication Services3.4% 
Real Estate1.2% 
Cash & Cash Equivalents1.2% 
Utilities0.7% 

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 Canada4.0% 
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited3.9% 
NVIDIA Corporation3.6% 
Franco-Nevada Corporation3.5% 
MasterCard Incorporated, class A3.4% 
Bank of Montreal3.3% 
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