Topic: Growth Stocks

The Stock Pickers Digest Hotline – Friday, November 6, 2009

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DOREL INDUSTRIES, $33.04, symbol DII.B on Toronto, reports that its revenue fell 6.1 % in the three months ended September 30, 2009, to $518.5 million from $552.2 million a year earlier. (All figures except share price in U.S. dollars.). The slower economy was the main reason for the revenue drop. As well, a stronger U.S. dollar hurt the value of Dorel’s foreign sales. Despite the lower revenue, earnings rose 11.0%, to $0.91 a share from $0.82 a year earlier on falling raw-material costs. Dorel has also been cutting its expenses. The company makes a wide range of products, including bicycles, ready-to assemble home and office furniture; juvenile products, such as car seats, strollers, high chairs, toddler beds and cribs (including Eddie Bauer and Disney Baby licensed products); home furnishings, including chairs, tables, bunk beds, futons and step stools; and recreational products. Dorel’s shares have more than doubled since March. But the stock trades at just 11.7 times the $2.82 a share that…