Topic: Growth Stocks

Stock Pickers Digest Hotline – Friday, August 23, 2013

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DOREL INDUSTRIES, $35.45, symbol DII.B on Toronto, has agreed to buy 70% of Caloi, Brazil’s largest bicycle company, for an undisclosed sum. Established in 1898, Caloi is one of the world’s oldest bicycle makers. It is also Latin America’s top-selling bicycle brand and the leader in the Brazilian market. Caloi has a plant in Brazilian city of Manaus that is the largest bicycle manufacturing facility outside Southeast Asia, producing more than 700,000 units a year. Dorel will use Caloi’s plant to make bicycles under its other brands, including Cannondale, Schwinn, Mongoose and GT. It will sell these bikes in Brazil and in export markets. Caloi’s sales rose 22% in 2012, to $111.6 million U.S. To put that in perspective, Dorel had sales of $600.4 million U.S. in the three months ended June 30, 2013. This purchase fits nicely with Dorel’s plan to focus on international expansion. The company will gain a leading brand and will be able to use Caloi’s facilities to sell…