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DOREL INDUSTRIES $25.52 (Toronto symbol DII.B; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (514-934-3034; www.dorel.com; Shares outstanding: 32.3 million; Market cap: $798.1 million; Dividend yield: 6.1%) makes a range of items: ready-to-assemble home and office furniture; juvenile products such as car seats, strollers, high chairs, toddler beds and cribs; and bicycles and other sporting goods. In the quarter ended June 30, 2018, overall sales rose 2.0%, to $623.2 million from $611.3 million a year earlier (all figures except share price in U.S. dollars). Earnings, excluding one-time items, rose 1.7%, to $12.7 million, or $0.39 a share. A year earlier, Dorel earned $12.4 million, or $0.38. The company has successfully expanded online sales in its Home division. It now needs to do the same for it Juvenile and Sports segments. That will let it sell an expanded line of products for lower costs and higher profits. The stock trades at a low 11.8 times the forecast 2018 earnings of $1.66 U.S. a share. The annual rate of $1.20 U.S. yields a..