52-Week Company Lows

Molson Coors, Albertsons Companies, Hawaiian Electric Industries, Ormat Technologies, Spire and Tootsie Roll Industries present buying opportunities

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Sep 20, 2020
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According to GuruFocus, these stocks have reached their 52-week lows.

Molson Coors

The price of Molson Coors Beverage Co. (TAP, Financial) shares has declined to close to the 52-week low of $34.31, which is 46.4% off the 52-week high of $61.94. The company has a market cap of $7.48 billion.

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Its shares traded with a price-sales ratio of 0.75 as of Sept. 18. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 4.98%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 7.70% over the past 10 years.

Molson Coors is the fifth-largest beer producer globally, boasting top-two positioning in the U.S., Canada and many Central European markets. It brews and markets a slew of company-owned brands, including Blue Moon, Coors, Miller Lite, Carling and Staropramen. It also sells various partner brands in certain locales such as Amstel and Dos Equis in Canada (through an exclusive import/license arrangement with Heineken) and Corona in Central Europe (through an agreement with Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD)).

Net income for the second quarter of 2020 was $195.0 million, compared to $329.4 million for the prior-year period.

Director Louis Vachon bought 3,000 shares on Sept. 14 at a price of $35.28. The stock has decreased by 2.75% since then.

Albertsons Companies

The price of Albertsons Companies Inc. (ACI, Financial) shares has declined to close to the 52-week low of $13.06, which is 21.8% off the 52-week high of $16.50. The company has a market cap of $6.26 billion.

Its shares traded with a price-sales ratio of 0.11 as of Sept. 18.

Albertsons is a food and drug retailer that offers grocery products, general merchandise, health and beauty care products, pharmacy, fuel and other items and services in the United States, with local presence and national scale.

Net income was $586.2 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2020 compared to net income of $49.0 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2019.

Hawaiian Electric Industries

The price of Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. (HE, Financial) shares has declined to close to the 52-week low of $32.68, which is 40.9% off the 52-week high of $55.15. The company has a market cap of $3.57 billion.

Its shares traded with a price-earnings ratio of 16.93 and a price-sales ratio of 1.28 as of Sept. 18. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 4.01%. The forward dividend yield is 4.04%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 3.20% over the past 10 years.

Hawaiian Electric Industries is the parent company of three Hawaii-based regulated utilities and Hawaii's third-largest financial institution, American Savings Bank. The utilities provide electricity to 95% of the state on the five islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Molokai and Lanai. Although the majority of electricity is produced by oil-fired power plants, over 25% of electricity in its service territory comes from renewable energy; this portion is growing rapidly as the state has set a goal of 100% by 2045.

The company's net income for the second quarter of 2020 was $42.3 million, compared to $32.6 million in the second quarter of 2019.

Ormat Technologies

The price of Ormat Technologies Inc. (ORA, Financial) shares has declined to close to the 52-week low of $55.38, which is 38.6% off the 52-week high of $87.07. The company has a market cap of $2.83 billion.

Its traded with a price-earnings ratio of 36.87 and a price-sales ratio of 3.90 as of Sept. 18 shares. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 0.79%. The forward dividend yield is 0.79%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 3.90% over the past five years.

Ormat Technologies derives approximately 80% of its revenue from building and operating geothermal plants and the rest from manufacturing geothermal and recovered energy equipment. Nearly two-thirds of its capacity is in the United States, with the remainder in Africa and Central America. Nearly all the plants have long-term contracts with local utilities.

Net income for the second quarter of 2020 was $25.3 million compared to $36.2 million for the second quarter of 2019.

Executive Vice President of Business Development, Sales and Marketing Ofer Benyosef bought 511 shares on Sept. 15 at a price of $58. Since then, the share price has declined 4.52%.

Spire

The price of Spire Inc. (SR, Financial) shares has declined to close to the 52-week low of $52.16, which is 41.4% off the 52-week high of $88. The company has a market cap of $2.69 billion.

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Its shares traded with a price-earnings ratio of 45.08 and a price-sales ratio of 1.46 as of Sept. 18. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 4.77%. The forward dividend yield is 4.77%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 4.70% over the past 10 years.

Spire is a public utility holding company with two key business segments: Gas Utility and Gas Marketing. The Gas Utility segment includes the regulated operations of Laclede Gas, Alabama Gas Corp. (Alagasco) and EnergySouth Inc. The Utilities businesses operations include the purchase, retail, distribution and sale of natural gas in Missouri, Alabama and Mississippi. The Gas Utility segment generates a majority of the company's revenue but is subject to seasonal fluctuations.

The fiscal third-quarter 2020 net loss was $92.3 million, compared to a loss of $3.0 million for the third quarter of 2019.

Tootsie Roll Industries

The price of Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. (TR, Financial) shares has declined to close to the 52-week low of $30.21, which is 23.3% off the 52-week high of $38.92. The company has a market cap of $2.14 billion.

Its shares traded with a price-earnings ratio of 31.73 and a price-sales ratio of 4.03 as of Sept. 18. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 1.17%. The forward dividend yield is 1.19%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 3.50% over the past 10 years.

Tootsie Roll Industries manufactures and sells candy products. Notable varieties include Tootsie Roll and Tootsie Pops, Charms, Blow-Pops, Dots, Junior Mints, Sugar Daddy and Sugar Babies, Andes, Dubble Bubble and Razzles. The company sells its products to wholesale distributors and directly to retail stores. Geographically, it generates a majority of its revenue from the United States.

For the quarter ended June 30, net earnings were $7.38 million, compared to $11.54 million in the comparable period a year ago.

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Disclosure: I do not own stock in any of the companies mentioned in the article.

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