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OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP. $76 is a buy. The company (Conservative Growth Portfolio; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 425.0 million; Market cap: $32.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; Dividend yield 1.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.otis.com) is the world’s largest maker of elevators and escalators. In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Otis has stopped taking new elevator and escalator orders from customers in that country. In 2021, sales in Russia accounted for 2% of its total revenue. Meantime, Otis will soon complete its acquisition of the 49.98% of Zardoya Otis, S.A. that it doesn’t already own for $1.83 billion. Based in Spain, that firm makes, installs and services elevators and elevator equipment. The acquisition will likely add $0.10 a share to Otis’s projected 2022 earnings of $3.29 a share. The stock trades at a reasonable 23.1 times the midpoint of that range. The $0.96 dividend yields 1.3%. Otis Worldwide is a buy. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO. $248 is a still hold. The maker of paints for consumers and industrial users (New York symbol…