Cost savings and new drinks to spur Molson

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MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. (Toronto symbols TPX.A $80 and TPX.B $87; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 215.8 million; Market cap: $18.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Divd. yield: 2.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.molsoncoors.com) took its current form in 2005 when Canadian brewer Molson merged with U.S.-based Adolph Coors. Canadian investors received shares of Molson Coors Canada, which are equivalent to shares of Molson Coors Brewing (New York symbol TAP). Today, the merged company gets most of its sales from the U.S. (65%), followed by Europe (20%), Canada (13%) and other countries (2%). Molson Coors’ sales fell 15.2%, from $4.2 billion in 2013 to $3.6 billion in 2015 (all amounts except share prices and market cap in U.S. dollars). That’s partly because the higher U.S. dollar hurt the contribution of sales outside the U.S. Earnings during that time also fell from $3.08 a share (or a total of $565.3 million) to $1.93 a share (or $639.1 million). Big acquisition spurred sales, earnings In October 2016, the…