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DOREL INDUSTRIES INC. $32 (Toronto symbol DII.B; High-Growth Payer Portfolio; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 32.4 million; Market cap: $1.0 billion; Dividend yield: 4.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.dorel.com) makes ready-to-assemble home and office furniture; juvenile products such as car seats, strollers, high chairs, toddler beds and cribs; and bicycles and other sporting goods. The company last raised its dividend in August 2012 when it doubled that quarterly payment to $0.30 U.S. a share. The current annual rate of $1.20 U.S. yields a high 4.8%. In the quarter ended September 30, 2017, sales fell 4.4%, to $642.6 million from $671.3 million a year earlier (all figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). Lower bicycle sales, partly due to bad weather in North America, offset higher demand for juvenile and home products. The lower revenue also cut Dorel’s earnings before one-time items by 30.2%, to $0.44 a share from $0.63. Dorel Industries is a buy. RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $25…