Higher costs offset re-opening gains

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MOLSON COORS CANADA INC. remains a hold. The company (Toronto symbols TPX.A $66 and TPX.B $72; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 216.7 million; Market cap: $15.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 2.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.molsoncoors.com) is the world’s fifth-largest beer brewer. Its main brands include Molson Canadian (Canada), Coors Light (the U.S.) and Carling (the U.K.). Molson continues to benefit from the reopening of bars and restaurants. Its sales in the quarter ended March 31, 2022, improved 16.7%, to $2.21 billion from $1.90 billion a year earlier (all amounts except share prices and market cap in U.S. dollars). Earnings before one-time items soared to $0.29 a share from $0.01. For all of 2022, the company expects sales will rise 5%. However, rising ingredient and other costs will probably cut its earnings by 6% to $3.91 U.S. a share. The stock trades 14.2 times that forecast. The $1.52 U.S. dividend yields a solid 2.7%. Molson Coors is a hold. hold. …