Updating Molson Coors Canada Inc., T. Rowe Price Group Inc. and Archer Daniels Midland Co.

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MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. (Toronto symbols TPX.A $76 and TPX.B $75; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 216.5 million; Market cap: $16.2 billion; Dividend yield: 2.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.molsoncoors.com) is one of the world’s largest beer brewers. The company last raised its quarterly dividend with the February 2015 payment. Investors now receive $0.41 U.S. a share for an annual rate of $1.64 U.S. The stock yields 2.8% for class A shares and 2.9% for class B shares. In the first quarter of 2019, overall sales fell 1.2%, to $2.30 billion from $2.33 billion a year earlier (all amounts except share price in U.S. dollars). Without currency rates, sales gained 0.6%. The company continues to improve efficiency following its October 2016 acquisition of SABMiller’s 58% stake in the MillerCoors brewing joint venture. Excluding restructuring costs, earnings rose 8.3%, to $0.84 a share (or a total of $112.7 million) from $0.48 (or $104.3 million). Investors holding class B shares Molson Coors have less voting power to elect…