Canadian Professional Services Stock News

Equinox Gold (TSX:EQX) has introduced its first quarterly dividend alongside a share buyback program. The moves come as the company reports record gold production and a sizable reduction in net debt. Management is signaling a new focus on direct capital returns to shareholders. For investors watching TSX:EQX, this shift toward dividends and buybacks comes after a period of strong share performance. The stock is trading at CA$23.04, with returns of 7.0% over the past week and 22.3% year to...

Dividend confirmation and what it means for income investors Cardinal Energy (TSX:CJ) has reaffirmed its income focus, confirming a February 2026 cash dividend of $0.06 per share, payable on March 16 to shareholders of record on February 27. This eligible dividend for Canadian tax purposes fits with Cardinal’s broader approach of prioritizing regular payouts and buybacks, along with a balance sheet that has been managed with lower leverage in mind. See our latest analysis for Cardinal...

Recent performance snapshot With no single headline event driving attention today, Denison Mines (TSX:DML) is on many investors’ screens because of its recent share performance and financial profile within the Canadian uranium sector. See our latest analysis for Denison Mines. At around CA$5.57, Denison Mines’ recent 7.95% 7 day share price return and 68.79% 90 day share price return sit alongside a very large 152.04% 1 year total shareholder return. Together, these figures point to strong,...

Dream Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust recently reported its full-year 2025 results, with sales of C$504.26 million and net income of C$170.07 million, alongside confirming its February 2026 monthly distribution of 5.833 cents per unit (C$0.70 annualized) payable on March 13, 2026. In the same period, the REIT completed a C$51.99 million buyback of 4,363,530 units and continued to advance its growth plan through development completions, major new leases at favorable spreads, and...

Rupert Resources has appointed Ausenco Engineering to lead the feasibility study for its Ikkari gold project in northern Finland, with completion targeted by the end of the first half of 2027 and an updated Environmental Impact Assessment planned for late 2026. The company has also finished major optimisation work in processing, waste, and water management, and strengthened its project leadership, signalling concrete progress in moving Ikkari toward potential development and permitting...

Fairfax India Holdings Corporation reported past fourth-quarter 2025 revenue of US$441.7 million and net income of US$340.42 million, marking a shift from a loss a year earlier. For 2025 as a whole, the company moved from a prior-year loss to US$410.53 million in net income while also completing a US$9.96 million share repurchase of 591,900 shares, subtly reshaping its capital structure. We’ll now explore how this earnings turnaround, combined with the completed share buyback, influences...

In February 2026, TD Wealth announced it had unified its Private Investment Counsel and Private Investment Advice – Privately Managed Portfolios into a single discretionary investment management platform operating under the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization framework. This consolidation, alongside TD Bank’s parallel effort to address U.S. regulatory asset caps tied to money-laundering controls, highlights a broad push to streamline operations while tightening oversight and risk...

Earlier in February 2026, First Quantum Minerals completed the pricing of a US$1.50 billion issue of 6.375% senior unsecured notes due 2036 at par, intending to use the proceeds, alongside existing cash, to redeem its existing 9.375% senior secured second lien notes due 2029, repay drawn amounts on its revolving credit facility, and cover transaction costs. This refinancing shifts the company’s capital structure away from higher-cost secured debt toward longer-dated unsecured funding, which...

Pan American Silver (TSX:PAAS) reported record financial results for Q4 and full year 2025. The company highlighted rapid integration of the Juanicipio mine, which has performed ahead of internal expectations. Management announced multiple consecutive quarterly dividend increases, pointing to strong cash generation. These updates mark a key point in the company’s recent operational progress and capital allocation approach. Pan American Silver operates a portfolio of precious metals mines,...

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:FCR.UN) is back in focus after releasing full year 2025 results, reporting higher sales, a significantly larger net income figure, and an affirmed monthly cash distribution. See our latest analysis for First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust. The earnings jump and affirmed distribution come after a steady climb in the unit price, with a 7.56% 90 day share price return and a 33.00% 1 year total shareholder return suggesting momentum has been...

Ivanhoe Mines’ fourth-quarter 2025 results showed sales rising to US$138.44 million from US$40.82 million a year earlier, while net income fell to US$54.69 million from US$99.34 million and earnings per share eased to US$0.04 from US$0.07. Alongside these mixed earnings, the company underlined progress and cost discipline at its Kamoa-Kakula copper complex, reinforcing the importance of this asset to its broader critical metals portfolio. We’ll now explore how Ivanhoe Mines’ reaffirmed...

Elemental Royalty Corporation recently approved its first regular dividend policy, targeting an annual cash payout of US$0.12 per share in quarterly instalments of US$0.03 starting from the first calendar quarter of 2026. Alongside this, Elemental completed the sale of its Nordic operational platform to Goldsky Resources while keeping its existing Nordic royalties and adding a new 1% net smelter return royalty on Goldsky’s future Swedish and Finnish projects for five years, increasing...

Celestica (TSX:CLS) is reporting new growth plans tied to follow on programs with Google, alongside indications that some assembly responsibilities with the tech giant may be scaled back. The company is also the subject of an investor investigation by Pomerantz LLP into matters affecting shareholders. Celestica, trading at CA$401.17, has been on a very strong run over the past year, with a 153.7% return and a very large gain over the past three and five years. Short term performance has...

What Great-West Lifeco’s Recent Returns Tell You Great-West Lifeco (TSX:GWO) has drawn attention after delivering a 28.1% total return over the past year, compared with a negative year-to-date move and slightly negative performance over the past 3 months. See our latest analysis for Great-West Lifeco. At a share price of CA$63.84, Great-West Lifeco’s recent share price returns have been mixed, with short term moves softer but a 1 year total shareholder return of 28.1% and a very large 5 year...

Manulife Financial (TSX:MFC) is back in focus after regulators approved its normal course issuer bid, which clears the way for the company to repurchase up to 42 million common shares through February 2027. See our latest analysis for Manulife Financial. At a share price of CA$50.16, the stock has had a relatively quiet recent patch, with a 1 day share price return of 1.19% after the NCIB approval. Meanwhile, a 1 year total shareholder return of 20.94% and 5 year total shareholder return of...

Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD) just posted its 2025 results, reporting net income of US$507.26 million and full year gold production of 488,000 ounces, while updating investors on a multi year production outlook anchored by the Skouries project. See our latest analysis for Eldorado Gold. Despite the earnings beat, Skouries update and the Foran Mining acquisition, Eldorado Gold’s share price has pulled back recently, with 1 day, 7 day and 30 day share price returns negative. However, the 90 day share...

If you are wondering whether Triple Flag Precious Metals is trading at an attractive price or asking too much for its growth story, you are in the right place. The shares recently closed at C$51.49, with returns of 4.5% over the last 7 days, a 2.4% decline over 30 days, 14.6% year to date, and 108.7% over the past year, plus a 192.2% return across the last 3 years. Recent coverage around Triple Flag Precious Metals has focused on its role in the precious metals sector and how investors are...

Sun Life Financial Inc. has already reported full-year 2025 net income of CA$3.55 billion, up from CA$3.13 billion a year earlier, and declared a CA$0.92 common share dividend plus cash dividends on several preferred share series, all payable on March 31, 2026 to holders of record on February 25, 2026. Alongside completing a CA$844 million buyback of 10,100,000 shares and confirming continued capital returns, the company’s earnings growth and dividend affirmations appear to reinforce the...

Cenovus Energy has already reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results, with Q4 net income rising to CA$934 million despite sales easing to CA$10,883 million, and record upstream production of 917,900 BOE/d supported by the completed acquisition of MEG Energy. The board also reaffirmed cash returns by declaring a CA$0.20 quarterly base dividend on common shares and dividends on preferred shares, underscoring management’s focus on pairing higher production with ongoing shareholder...

If you are wondering whether Enbridge's share price still reflects solid value after a long run in the energy sector, this article will walk through what the current market price might be implying. Enbridge recently closed at C$70.55, with a 7 day return of a 3.8% decline, a 30 day return of 6.8% and a 1 year return of 25.6%, which may have some investors asking whether the stock's risk and reward balance has shifted. Those moves sit against a backdrop of continuing interest in North...

Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSX:ATD) is back in focus after recent executive changes in its U.S. operations and an 18 month reset of its Fresh Food, Fast program, which is aimed at reshaping food revenue growth. See our latest analysis for Alimentation Couche-Tard. Those executive moves and the Fresh Food, Fast reset come as the share price has climbed to CA$83.8, with a 30 day share price return of 9.02% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 20.61%. If this focus on food growth has your...

Setting the scene for Bank of Nova Scotia Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS) has drawn investor attention recently, with the stock showing positive total returns over the past year and over multiple year periods, along with double digit annual growth in both revenue and net income. See our latest analysis for Bank of Nova Scotia. The recent 1-day share price return of 1.35% and 12.55% 90-day share price return, against a 1-year total shareholder return of 55.15%, suggest momentum has been building...

Earlier in 2026, National Bank of Canada reported that Canadian housing affordability improved for an eighth straight quarter, even as its Teranet–National Bank composite index showed a 0.4% month‑over‑month price decline and resale transactions fell for a third consecutive month amid persistent affordability strains in Ontario and British Columbia. The bank also cut its 2026 GDP growth outlook for Canada to 1.1% as US–Canada trade frictions and a prolonged manufacturing downturn added to...

Discovery Silver (TSX:DSV) recently reported several developments in a short period, including stronger Q4 and full year 2025 results, higher 2026 production guidance, and a new board appointment focused on mining finance and governance. See our latest analysis for Discovery Silver. Discovery Silver’s recent earnings beat, stronger 2026 production guidance and fresh drilling results have come alongside a 90 day share price return of 63.24%, while the 1 year total shareholder return is very...