alimentation couche-tard

Alimentation Couche-Tard has rewarded our subscribers with big gains over the years. We first recommended it in our December 2008 issue at $15.50 a share. Since then, the stock has split 3-for-1 and then 2-for-1. That takes our cost down to $2.58 a share—and gives you a tremendous 3,138.6% gain!

Meanwhile, the company’s outlook remains positive, and we think the shares can go a lot higher. While Couche-Tard’s growth by acquisition adds risk, the company has a proven track record of successfully integrating its purchases and increasing sales for those new locations.

While new EV sales have slowed significantly, there are still millions of these vehicles on the road and climbing. The longer “dwell times” for EV charging compared to gasoline refuelling also affords Couche-Tard the opportunity to market its updated foodservice program to these drivers.

Alimentation Couche-Tard has made major acquisitions over the last decade and, in fact, has just completed one more. While growth by acquisition adds risk, this retailer has a track record of successfully integrating the businesses it buys. Moreover, it’s well-positioned to keep prospering in both its core markets and its new ones. Couche-Tard is a Power Buy.


ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD, $83.47, is a buy. This retailer (Toronto symbol ATD; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (couchetard.com; Shares o/s: 925.8 million; Market cap: $77.3 billion; Yield: 1.0%) operates 14,637 convenience stores, mostly in North America and Europe.

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Parkland Fuel’s growth by acquisition in Canada, the U.S. and the Caribbean help support its dividend, yielding 3.1%, as well as its quarterly revenue, up 48.0%, and its cash flow, up 115.6%.

We have lots of attractive long-term buys among the stocks we cover, and overall we’re positive about the long-term outlook for stocks, in general. We feel just as strongly about the need to diversify.


That’s why we’ve chosen three top picks for 2019 from our Stock Pickers Digest recommendations....

A: Parkland Fuel Corp., $38.44, symbol PKI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 133.0 million; Market cap: $5.0 billion, www.parkland.ca), operates gas stations, convenience stores and a fuel-distribution business, in Canada and the U.S.

Its retail-fuel and convenience store banners include Ultramar, Esso, Fas Gas, Chevron, Pioneer, and On the Run....

ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD $61.97 (Toronto symbol ATD.B: TSINetwork Rating: Average) (1-800-361-2612; www.couchetard.com; Shares outstanding: 567.4 million; Market cap: $35.3 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%) operates 12,701 convenience stores throughout North America and Europe.


In the three months ended July 22, 2018, sales jumped 50.2%, to $14.79 billion from $9.85 billion a year earlier (all figures except share price in U.S....

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ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD $61.07 (Toronto symbol ATD.B: TSINetwork Rating: Average) (1-800-361-2612; www.couchetard.com; Shares outstanding: 567.4 million; Market cap: $34.6 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%) operates 12,740 convenience stores throughout North America and Europe.


In the three months ended April 29, 2018, sales jumped 41.5%, to $13.61 billion from $9.62 billion a year earlier (all figures except share price in U.S....