Updating your Conservative-Growth Payers: Canadian Tire

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CANADIAN TIRE CORP. (class A non-voting) is a buy. The company (Toronto symbols CTC (voting) $346 and CTC.A (non-voting) $187; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 60.8 million; Market cap: $11.4 billion; Dividend yield: 2.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.canadiantire.ca), through its 504 Canadian Tire stores, sell automotive, household and sporting goods. It also operates several other retail chains, including Mark’s (casual clothing), Sport Chek (sporting goods) and Party City (party supplies). With the March 2022 payment, the company raised your quarterly dividend by 10.6%. Shareholders will then receive $1.30 a share instead of $1.175. The new annual rate of $5.20 yields 2.8%. The retail giant also aims to buy back $400 million of its shares by the end of 2022. Canadian Tire recently announced it will spend $3.4 billion on a new strategic plan over the next four years. Under this new plan, the company will launch over 12,000 new private-label products by 2025. It will also expand its Triangle loyalty rewards program—it…