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3 Top Canadian Stocks to Enhance Your TFSA

Alex Smith

Alex Smith

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3 Top Canadian Stocks to Enhance Your TFSA

For Canadian investors looking to maximize long-term, tax-free wealth creation, the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) is one of the most powerful tools available. While cash and Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs) offer stability, equities historically deliver the strongest long-term returns. 

Investors seeking to compound wealth inside a TFSA can consider these three top Canadian stocks today.

Intact Financial: A steady compounder in any market

Intact Financial (TSX:IFC) has established itself as the premier property and casualty insurer in Canada — and a strong financial performer on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). Its long-term track record of industry-leading returns on equity (ROE) illustrates a business that consistently deploys investor capital more effectively than its peers.

In its most recent results reported on November 4, the company delivered a 4% year-to-date increase in operating direct premiums written. 

Additionally, Intact posted a highly attractive combined ratio of 89.0% across its operations. Since insurers earn an underwriting profit when this ratio falls below 100%, the number highlights disciplined risk management and profitable growth across geographies and business lines.

The company’s profitability trend continues to strengthen. In the third quarter, adjusted ROE rose to 19.9%, up from 16.7% the year before. Layered on top of that is an impressive dividend-growth record: Intact has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years at an average annual clip of 9.3%. It has also outperformed the broader Canadian market over both five- and 10-year periods.

At under $281 per share at writing, analysts see the stock trading at a 12% discount to fair value. With a nearly 1.9% yield, reliable earnings power, and decades of predictable demand for insurance services, Intact remains a high-quality TFSA holding — especially on market dips.

Constellation Software: A rare correction in the tech stock

Constellation Software (TSX:CSU) is widely regarded as one of Canada’s greatest long-term compounders. Yet even elite businesses experience pullbacks, and the stock’s recent weakness has created an uncommon buying window — one that could fuel a potential Santa Claus rally as investors look ahead to a new year.

Constellation’s strategy is straightforward but highly effective: acquire small, profitable vertical-market software companies and let them run independently, maintaining their culture and providing freedom for innovation for superior long-term cash flow growth. 

That approach continues to pay off. For the first nine months of the year, free cash flow surged 27% to more than $1.2 billion, underscoring the company’s ability to keep scaling at an impressive pace.

The last time Constellation traded at such a low price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio was back in 2019, before several years of massive share-price appreciation. Today, analyst estimates indicate the stock trades at an attractive 31% discount to fair value, implying potential near-term upside of about 45%.

For TFSA investors with a long-term horizon, Constellation offers a rare combination of disciplined capital allocation, durable revenue streams, and a management team with a stellar track record. When this stock goes on sale, it rarely stays there for long.

goeasy: High risk, High potential for TFSA growth

For investors comfortable with risk and volatility, goeasy (TSX:GSY) offers one of the most compelling risk-reward trade-offs on the TSX today. 

As a non-prime consumer lender, its business is naturally more sensitive to economic cycles, interest rates, and loan-loss trends. But after a sharp selloff in recent months, investors have started stepping back in — suggesting the stock is too cheap to ignore.

Despite its higher-risk profile, goeasy has delivered extraordinary long-term performance. Over the past decade, the stock has generated total returns of 782%, far outpacing the broader market’s 214%. 

The company continues to grow at a robust pace. In the third quarter, the loan portfolio expanded 24% to $5.4 billion, while loan originations climbed 13% and revenue rose 15% to $440 million. The net charge-off rate improved 0.30% year over year to 8.9%.

At about $147 per share, goeasy yields a compelling 4.3%. Its dividend-growth track record is remarkable as well, with a 10-year average annual increase of 30%. The analyst consensus price target suggests the stock trades at a 35% discount, implying nearly 53% upside potential.

For TFSA investors who can stomach higher risk, goeasy is a top long-term growth idea.

Investor takeaway

These three companies — Intact Financial, Constellation Software, and goeasy — offer different risk profiles but share one common trait: the potential to significantly enhance TFSA wealth over time.

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Fool contributor Kay Ng has positions in Constellation Software, goeasy, and Intact Financial. The Motley Fool recommends Constellation Software and Intact Financial. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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