Saputo gains from acquisitions

SAPUTO INC. $46 (Toronto symbol SAP; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 204.6 million; Market cap: $9.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.saputo.com) continues to use acquisitions to expand its dairy operations. Since it became a public company in… Read More

Saputo gains on higher cheese prices

SAPUTO INC. $40 (Toronto symbol SAP; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 204.6 million; Market cap: $8.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.saputo.com) earned $0.54 a share in its third quarter, which ended December 31, 2010. That’s up 8.0%… Read More

Recall a minor setback

SAPUTO INC. $37 (Toronto symbol SAP; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 206.3 million; Market cap: $7.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.saputo.com) has fallen from its recent peak of $40 in November 2010. That’s mainly because possible listeria… Read More

Strong brands a big plus for these three

The stock market downturn of 2008/2009 renewed investor interest in food stocks. That’s because food is a necessity of life, and food producers’ shares are much less volatile than those of cyclical companies, such as resource firms.

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