Here comes value: Photos of companies that hit the investor sweet spot
John Daly spots companies from the Top 1000 that offer steady returns and a price that's not heady
<b>Black Diamond Group Ltd.</b></br>Top 1000 Rank: 221</br>Revenue: $264-million</br>Profit: $47.4-million</br>Three-year share price gain: 200%</br> Calgary-based Black Diamond Group rents out and sells temporary housing and offices.Marc Rimmer
<b>Rogers Sugar Inc.</b></br>Top 1000 Rank: 274</br>Revenue: $620-million</br>Profit: $30.3-million</br>Three-year share price gain: 70%</br> Rogers Sugar operates three major refineries – two processors of imported cane sugar in Vancouver and Montreal, and a refiner of domestically grown beet sugar in Taber, Alberta.Marc Rimmer
<b>Pulse Seismic Inc.</b></br>Top 1000 Rank: 291</br>Revenue: $86-million</br>Profit: $27.4-million</br>Three-year share price gain: 181%</br> Calgary-based Pulse Seismic is an entirely digital oil and gas company. It owns licenses and the second-largest library of 2-D and 3-D exploration data in Canada, behind Olympic Seismic, a subsidiary of Texas-based Seitel Inc.Marc Rimmer
<b>Andrew Peller Ltd.</b></br>Top 1000 Rank: 371</br>Revenue: $277-million</br>Profit: $13.0-million</br>Three-year share price gain: 71%</br>Andrew Peller is the only publicly traded Canadian winemaker, and its shares are modestly priced, trading recently at about 11 times trailing earnings, and delivering a dividend yield of about 3 per cent.Marc Rimmer
<b>Russel Metals Inc.</b></br>Top 1000 Rank: 145</br>Revenue: $3-billion</br>Profit: $98.8-million</br>Three-year share price gain: 67%</br>Russel Metals is a distributor and processor of metal products, such as pipe for oil and gas drilling and I-beams for construction.Marc Rimmer