Sylvie Vachon - Cascades Independent Director

CAS Stock  CAD 9.99  0.09  0.89%   

Director

Ms. Sylvie Vachon serves as an Independent Director of the Company. Ms. Vachon is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Montreal Port Authority, an autonomous federal agency since 2009. From 1997 to 2009, she was VicePresident, Administration and Human Resources for the federal agency. She is a member of the Audit and Finance Committee and of the Human Resources Committee of the Corporationrationration. Ms. Vachon is a member of the Board of Directors of Hardware Richelieu Ltd and a member of their Human Resources and Corporationrationrate Governance committee. She is also Chair of the Board of Directors of Cargo Montreal, the logistic and transportation metropolitan cluster. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities and a governor member of the Conseil patronal de lenvironnement du Qubec whose mission is to mobilize Qubec companies in order to promote their commitment towards environmental protection and the implementation of sustainable development since 2013.
Age 59
Tenure 12 years
Address 404 Marie-Victorin Boulevard, Kingsey Falls, QC, Canada, J0A 1B0
Phone819 363 5100
Webhttps://www.cascades.com
Vachon is also a member of the Board of Directors of SODES whose mission is to protect and promote the economic interests of the St. Lawrence maritime community from a sustainable development perspective. She also sits on the board of Green Marine, a voluntary environmental certification program for the North American marine industry. She also presides the Board of Directors of the Cercle des présidents . In November 2018, Ms. Vachon received the Femmes d’affaires du Québec catégorie cadre, dirigeante ou professionnelle, organisme public ou parapublic award from Réseau des femmes d’affaires du Québec. In April 2018, she was awarded the Mercure Leadership, Femme d’exception Financière Sun Life by the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec . She holds the degree of Bachelor in Administration, majoring in Human Resources Management from the University of Sherbrooke .

Cascades Management Efficiency

The company has return on total asset (ROA) of 0.028 % which means that it generated a profit of $0.028 on every $100 spent on assets. This is way below average. Cascades' management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Cascades manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities. As of the 21st of March 2025, Return On Tangible Assets is likely to grow to -0.0066. In addition to that, Return On Capital Employed is likely to drop to 0.02. At this time, Cascades' Total Current Assets are very stable compared to the past year. As of the 21st of March 2025, Other Assets is likely to grow to about 194.2 M, while Total Assets are likely to drop about 4.1 B.
Cascades has accumulated 193 M in total debt with debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 1.27, which is about average as compared to similar companies. Cascades has a current ratio of 1.3, suggesting that it is in a questionable position to pay out its financial obligations in time and when they become due. Debt can assist Cascades until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, Cascades' shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like Cascades sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for Cascades to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about Cascades' use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.

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Cascades Inc. produces, converts, and markets packaging and tissue products in Canada, the United States, Italy, and internationally. Cascades Inc. was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Kingsey Falls, Canada. CASCADES INC operates under Paper Paper Products classification in Canada and is traded on Toronto Stock Exchange. It employs 12000 people. Cascades (CAS) is traded on Toronto Exchange in Canada and employs 9,700 people. Cascades is listed under Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials category by Fama And French industry classification.

Management Performance

Cascades Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Cascades' board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Cascades inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Cascades. The board's role is to monitor Cascades' management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Cascades' inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Cascades' outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Leon Marineau, Vice President - Environment
Elif Levesque, Independent Director
Sylvie Lemaire, Non-Independent Director
Thierry Trudel, Vice President - Innovation and Marketing
JeanDavid Tardif, President and Chief Operating Officer - Cascades Tissue Group
Melanie Dunn, Independent Director
Jrme Porlier, President SPG
Hugo DAmours, Vice President - Communications, Public Affairs and Sustainability
Dominic Dore, Chief Supply Chain and Information Officer
Martin Couture, Independent Director
Hubert Lacroix, Independent Director
Hugues Simon, President CEO
Louis Garneau, Independent Director
Michael Guerra, Corporate Secretary
Elise Pelletier, Non-Independent Director
Jennifer Aitken, Director, Investor Relations
Robert Hall, Chief of Strategy, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary
ASA CFA, VP Devel
Dominic Dor, Chief Officer
Charles Malo, President and Chief Operating Officer of Containerboard Group (Norampac)
Alain Lemaire, Co-Founder, Executive Chairman and Member of Admin. Committee
Allan Hogg, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President
Michelle Cormier, Lead Independent Director
Laurence Sellyn, Independent Director
Maryse Fernet, Vice President - Human Resources
Mario Plourde, President, Chief Executive Officer, Non-Independent Director
Jean Jobin, President and Chief Operating Officer of Tissue Group
Nelson Gentiletti, Independent Director
Allan CA, VP CFO
Georges Kobrynsky, Lead Independent Director
CFA ASA, Vice Development
Luc Langevin, President and Chief Operating Officer - Specialty Products Group
Patrick Lemaire, Non-Independent Director
Sylvie Vachon, Independent Director

Cascades Stock Performance Indicators

The ability to make a profit is the ultimate goal of any investor. But to identify the right stock is not an easy task. Is Cascades a good investment? Although profit is still the single most important financial element of any organization, multiple performance indicators can help investors identify the equity that they will appreciate over time.

Pair Trading with Cascades

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Cascades position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Cascades will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Cascades could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Cascades when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Cascades - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Cascades to buy it.
The correlation of Cascades is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Cascades moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Cascades moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Cascades can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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Other Information on Investing in Cascades Stock

Cascades financial ratios help investors to determine whether Cascades Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Cascades with respect to the benefits of owning Cascades security.