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ANDREW PELLER LTD. (A shares) is still a buy. The company (Toronto symbols ADW.A $7.33 and ADW.B $9.64; Income Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 43.1 million; Market cap: $315.9 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 3.4%; www.andrewpeller.com) is Canada’s second-largest wine producer after Arterra Wines. In its fiscal 2022 third quarter, ended December 31, 2021, sales fell 6.8%, to $103.5 million from $111.1 million a year earlier. That’s largely due to lower sales to restaurants, which were still under COVID-19 capacity restrictions. Earnings per share dropped 70.8%, to $0.07 from $0.24, due to rising costs for raw materials and transportation. Peller’s earnings should rebound as restaurants and hotels re-open. The stock trades at 15.9 times the $0.46 a share that the company will likely earn for all of fiscal 2022. The $0.246 dividend (per class A share) yields 3.4%. Andrew Peller (class A) is a buy. MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. remains a hold. The beer brewer (Toronto symbols TPX.A $66 and TPX.B $68; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer…