Sales may falter for this spinoff

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HAMILTON BEACH BRANDS HOLDING CO. $33 (New York symbol HBB; Manufacturing Sector; Shares outstanding: 13.7 million; Market cap: $452.1 million; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; Dividend yield 1.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.hamiltonbeachbrands.com) makes small appliances, such as blenders, toasters, coffee makers and bag sealers, under the Hamilton Beach, Proctor-Silex and Weston brands. Its chain of 200 U.S. stores—The Kitchen Collection—sells cooking gadgets, including Hamilton Beach products and other brands. Nacco Industries Inc. (New York symbol NC) spun off Hamilton Beach on September 29, 2017. The firm’s investors received one Hamilton Beach share for each NC share they held. In the quarter ended September 30, 2017, the new company earned $0.31 a share. That’s down 51.6% from $0.64 a year earlier; the drop is mainly due to the extra costs related to the spinoff. Still, revenue fell 3.5%, to $181.7 million from $188.4 million. Lower sales in the competitive U.S. consumer market offset higher overseas demand from industrial clients. Hamilton Beach is a hold. hold…