Updating Dorel Industries Inc.

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DOREL INDUSTRIES INC. $26 (Toronto symbol DII.B; High-Growth Payer Portfolio; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 32.4 million; Market cap: $842.4 million; Dividend yield: 6.0%; 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, beds and cribs; and bicycles and other sporting goods. The company last raised its dividend in 2012 when it doubled that quarterly payment to $0.30 U.S. a share. Its annual rate of $1.20 U.S. yields a high 6.0%. Dorel recently sold its SUGOI and Sombrio brands to Louis Garneau Sports Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Both brands focus on cycling apparel and continue to lose money. The sale will let Dorel Sports focus on its core businesses of bikes, parts and accessories and electric ride-ons. In the quarter ended June 30, 2018, overall sales rose 2.0%, to $623.2 million from $611.3 million a year earlier (all figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). Earnings, excluding one-time items, rose 1.7%,…