Lower costs should restore earnings and support a high payout that’s been in effect since 1979.
The stock trades at just 10.9 times the company’s forward earnings forecast.
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ANDREW PELLER LTD. (Toronto symbols ADW.A and ADW.B; www.andrewpeller.com) is Canada’s second-largest wine producer after Arterra Wines. It also has long-term licencing deal with hockey star Wayne Gretzky to make both wine and whisky under the Gretzky brand.
Peller continues to pay quarterly dividends of $0.0615 per class A share; the annual rate of $0.246 yields a high 6.3%.
In its fiscal 2025 first quarter, ended June 30, 2024, Peller’s sales fell 1.0%, to $99.5 million from $100.5 million a year earlier. A drop in tourist traffic to its wineries offset higher sales through provincial liquor stores, restaurants and hotels.
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Thanks to a cost-savings plan, the company’s losses improved to $375,000, or $0.01 a share, in the quarter, compared to the year-earlier loss of $931,000, or $0.02 a share.
Lower costs should lift Peller’s projected earnings from $0.12 a share in fiscal 2025 to $0.45 in 2026. The class A shares trade at a reasonable 8.8 times that 2026 estimate.
The company has paid dividends since 1979. It has also increased the annual rate by an average 2.7% each year for the past five years. Andrew Peller has an Above Average TSI Dividend Sustainability Rating.
Recommendation in The Successful Investor: Andrew Peller Ltd. is a buy.