Tuesday Ticker: Akzo’s profits rise, Sherwin-Williams rated a ‘buy’ and Driven Brands expands its quick lube portfolio
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 24, 2016 — The CRM Index is a group of publicly-traded stocks related to the collision repair sector. The thirteen stocks in the index represent a broad range of companies, from large paint providers such as PPG and Axalta to parts providers such as Fenix and repair organizations […]
Tuesday Ticker: GPC rises on expectation, LKQ makes big acquisition and Axalta opens in Dubai
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 17, 2017 — Welcome to the first entry in a new ongoing series. Tuesday Ticker sums up the financial news and results from the industry’s publicly traded companies. Collision Repair magazine launched the CRM Index during the summer. You can find the current listing for the CRM Index […]
Movers and shakers: Introducing the Collision Repair magazine Stock Index
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 2, 2105 — Everyone in the auto claims economy knows the collision repair sector is larger than just the shops that do the repairs. A bevy of companies provide the paints, tools and products that experts use to repair cars. Many of these manufacturers are publicly traded companies. […]
Financial roundup: Ups and downs for collision repair companies
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 19, 2015 — Publicly traded companies in the collision repair space are getting ready to announce results for the third quarter of 2015. Let’s hope the results are better than stocks in the wider market. The earnings haven’t been good at some major consumer-based companies. Many assumed that […]
Friday Fun: Stocks resist chaos, Boyd steps up and Tesla rates off the charts
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — August 27, 2015 — A collection of some of the overlooked and interesting news bits from the week that was: – Let’s hear it for the staying power of publicly traded companies involved in the collision repair sector. This week was a disaster in stock markets. Monday started on […]
Boyd Group announces July cash distribution
Winnipeg, Manitoba — July 20, 2015 — Boyd Group Income Fund has announced a cash distribution for the month of July 2015 of $0.041 per trust unit. The distribution will be payable on August 26, 2015 to unitholders of record at the close of business on July 31, 2015. Boyd Group Income Fund’s policy is […]