Topic: Growth Stocks

Stock Pickers Digest Hotline – Friday, July 11, 2014

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ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD, $29.34, symbol ATD.B on Toronto, has reported higher sales and earnings in the latest quarter, as well as a dividend increase. In the three months ended April 27, 2014, Couche-Tard’s sales rose 2.0%, to $9.0 billion from $8.8 billion a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, per-share earnings gained 10.0%, to $0.22 from $0.20 (all figures adjusted for Couche-Tard’s 3-for-1 stock split on April 14, 2014). The company is raising its quarterly dividend by 20.0% with the July 2014 payment, to $0.04 from $0.033. The shares now yield 0.6%. Couche-Tard was our #1 buy for 2012. It has risen over 188% for us since then, but we think it still has more gains ahead. Alimentation Couche-Tard is a buy. Alimentation Couche-Tard was recently covered in the June 2014 issue of Stock Pickers Digest. Click here to access it. Alimentation Couche-Tard was recently covered in the Stock Pickers Digest Hotline for April 25, 2014. Click here to access it. ZARGON OIL & GAS, $8.85, symbol ZAR on…