Gain foreign exposure and steady income

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TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP. $60 (New York symbol TUP; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 50.5 million; Market cap: $3.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 4.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.tupperwarebrands.com) makes plastic food and beverage containers, as well as cosmetics and fragrances. It sells these products through 3.1 million independent dealers. That keeps its distribution costs down. Tupperware’s sales were flat at $2.6 billion in 2011 and 2012, but rose to $2.7 billion in 2013. Markets outside of the U.S. supply 90% of its sales, and the higher U.S. dollar cut revenue to $2.6 billion in 2014, and to $2.3 billion in 2015. Without exchange rates, sales rose 3.5% in 2015. High U.S. dollar also hurt earnings Earnings fell 11.6%, from $218.3 million in 2011 to $193.0 million in 2012. Due to fewer shares outstanding, per-share earnings fell 3.7%, from $3.55 to $3.42. The company’s earnings then improved to $5.17 a share (or a total of $274.2 million) in…