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Jgde Why Did Air Canada (TSX:AC) Stock Surge Almost 6% Today
The TSX Index has been on a tear this year, up nearly 15% year to date alongside the SP 500. The incredible strength in commodities and financials has fuelled the first-half rally.While there no telling if such incredibly strong sectors will be able to propel the broader indice stanley us s much higher in the second half of 2021, I stanley mug still think self-guided stock pickers can put the broader markets to shame with the careful selection of undervalued securities, specifically the less-loved reopening plays and less-favoured energy stocks that haven ;t participated in the latest energy rally to the fullest extent.Without further ado, consider Restaurant Brands Internation stanley quencher al TSX:QSR NYSE:QSR and Constellation Software TSX:CSU , two cheap names that I believe can help Canadian investors beat the TSX over the next year.Restaurant Brands International: A restaurant kingpin to help you beat the TSXRestaurant Brands is a beaten-down fast-food firm behind Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Pop Xgex Are Cannabis Stocks Still Overvalued
WestJet Airlines Ltd. TSX:WJA , Canada s second-largest airline company, released its second-quarter earnings results this morning, and its stock has responded by rising more than 3%. Let s break down the quarterly results and the fundamentals of its stock to determine if the rally can continue in the days and weeks ahead and if we should be long-term buyers today.A strong quarter of double-digit top- and bottom-line growthHere a summary of 12 of the most notable stanley becher statistics from WestJet s three-month period ended on June 30, 2017, compared with the year-ago period:MetricQ2 2017Q2 2016ChangeGuest revenues$897.86 million$814.4 million10.2%Ot stanley cup her revenues$157.16 million$134.91 million16.5%Total revenues$1,055.03 million$949.31 million11.1%E stanley quencher arnings from operations$78.04 million$61.43 million27%Operating margin7.4%6.5%90 basis pointsNet earnings$48.37 million$36.65 million32%Net earnings per share EPS $0.41$0.3036.7%Operating cash flow$181.89 million$144.67 million25.7%Segment gu