Updating Molson Coors Canada Inc., Precision Drilling Corp. and Imperil Oil Ltd.

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MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. (Toronto symbols TPX.A $99 and TPX.B $102; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 215.3 million; Market cap: $22.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 2.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.molsoncoors.com) acquired the remaining 58% of the MillerCoors brewing joint venture in October 2016 for $12 billion (all amounts except share prices and market cap in U.S. dollars). It now owns 100% of this business. Due to the recent U.S. tax reforms, the company expects its effective tax rate will decline from 27.1% in 2017 to between 18% and 22% for 2018. Molson also continues to reduce its costs following the MillerCoors purchase. The company managed to cut $255 million from its spending in 2017. That was ahead of its original goal of $175 million. Molson now expects to save a total of $600 million annually when it completes its restructuring by the end of 2019. Molson Coors B is a buy. PRECISION DRILLING CORP. $3.87 (Toronto symbol PD; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resource sector;…