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MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. remains a hold. The company (Toronto symbols TPX.A $71 and TPX.B $66; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 216.7 million; Market cap: $14.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.molsoncoors.com) is the world’s fifth-largest beer brewer. Molson’s sales in the second quarter of 2022 fell 0.6%, to $2.92 billion from $2.94 billion a year earlier (all amounts except share prices and market cap in U.S. dollars). However, the company continued to benefit as bars and restaurants re-opened following COVID-19 restrictions, and factoring out currency rates, sales improved 2.2%. Due to rising costs for raw materials and transportation, earnings per share fell 24.7%, to $1.19 from $1.58. For all of 2022, Molson’s earnings will probably fall 6% to $3.90 U.S. a share. The B shares trade at 12.9 times that forecast. The $1.52 U.S. dividend yields a solid 3.0%. Molson Coors is a hold. SHAWCOR LTD. $8.33 is a buy, but only for highly aggressive investors. The company (Toronto symbol…