Premium products support their dividends

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Andrew Peller and Molson Coors continue to benefit as they shift their focus to premium beverages, which generate higher profits than their traditional products. That should give them more cash for dividends. Even so, we feel Peller is in a better position to handle rising input costs. ANDREW PELLER LTD. $7.33 (A shares) remains a buy. The company (Toronto symbol ADW.A; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 43.1 million; Market cap: $315.9 million; Dividend yield: 3.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.andrewpeller.com) is Canada’s second-largest wine producer after Arterra Wines. Peller’s wineries are in Ontario (Niagara), British Columbia (Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys) and Nova Scotia. It also produces other premium-priced beverages, including whisky, beer and cider. The company last raised your quarterly dividend by 10% with the July 2021 payment. The new annual rate of $0.246 per class A share yields 3.4%. 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…