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SAPUTO INC. $30 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol SAP; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 414.4 million; Market cap: $12.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 2.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.saputo.com) is Canada’s largest producer of dairy products. It also operates dairies in the U.S., Australia, the U.K. and Argentina. Sales of dairy products have suffered due to restaurant shutdowns during the pandemic. In response, Saputo has announced a new restructuring plan, which mainly involves closing three facilities—one in California and two in Australia. It will also spend $169 million to modernize and expand two cheese facilities in Wisconsin and California. These moves should cut $112 million (or $83 million after taxes) from the company’s annual costs by the end of fiscal 2025 (fiscal years end March 31). To put that amount in context, it earned $139 million, or $0.33 a share, in the three months ended December 31, 2021. Saputo is a hold. TECK RESOURCES LTD. $48 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TECK.B;…