CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENTS, LIMITED TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwired - Jan 6, 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 December 31, 2014 was $27.06, resulting in a one-year NAV return, with dividends reinvested, of 8.5%. This compares with the 10.6% return of the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index on a total return basis for the same period.
The closing price for CGI's common shares at December 31, 2014 was $20.05, resulting in an annual share price return, with dividends reinvested, of 13.3%.
The sector weightings of CGI's investment portfolio at market as of December 31, 2014 were as follows:
| Financials | 23.5% |
| Consumer Discretionary | 16.7% |
| Energy | 16.7% |
| Industrials | 16.4% |
| Materials | 11.1% |
| Information Technology | 7.0% |
| Telecommunication Services | 3.3% |
| Consumer Staples | 1.6% |
| Cash & Cash Equivalents | 1.6% |
| Utilities | 1.1% |
| Health Care | 1.0% |
The top ten investments which comprised 34.4% of the investment portfolio at market as of December 31, 2014 were as follows:
| Dollarama Inc. | 6.1% |
| Enbridge Inc. | 4.2% |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Limited | 4.1% |
| Bank of Montreal | 3.2% |
| West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. | 3.1% |
| Air Canada | 2.8% |
| Element Financial Corporation | 2.8% |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 2.8% |
| Open Text Corporation | 2.7% |
| Yahoo! Inc. | 2.6% |
