Tupperware seals in strong earnings

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TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP. $65 (New York symbol TUP; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 50.5 million; Market cap: $3.0 billion; Price-tosales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 4.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.tupperwarebrands.com) makes plastic food and beverage containers, as well as cosmetics and fragrances. In the three months ended June 25, 2016, Tupperware’s sales fell 4.1%, to $564.7 million from $588.9 million a year earlier. Overseas markets supplied 75% of the company’s sales; without exchange rates, sales rose 3%. Earnings per share rose 8.4%, to $1.16 from $1.07. For all of 2016, Tupperware expects to earn $4.25 to $4.35 a share, excluding exchange rates. The stock trades at a reasonable 15.1 times the midpoint of that range. The $2.72 dividend seems safe, and yields 4.2%. Tupperware is a buy. buy…