Updating your Aggressive stocks: Saputo, Restaurant Brands & RioCan REIT

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SAPUTO INC. $31 (www.saputo.com) is a hold. The company is Canada’s largest producer of milk and other dairy products. It also operates dairies in the U.S., Australia, the U.K. and Argentina. In 2021, Saputo began multi-year restructuring to improve its long-term profitability. For example, it recently sold two Australian facilities. The plan will probably lift its earnings in fiscal 2025 by 21% to $1.84 a share. The stock trades at a reasonable 16.8 times that figure. However, the company remains vulnerable to increasingly popular alternative dairy products such as plant-based milks. The $0.74 dividend yields 2.4% Saputo is a hold. RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. $95 (www.rbi.com) is a buy. The fast-food giant is now buying full control of Popeyes China, and make a co-investment with Cartesian Capital into the business of TH International Limited (“Tims China,” Nasdaq symbol THCH). The company’s total amount of capital outlay will be up to $45 million U.S. for the two transactions. These deals will make it easier to ramp up the pace…