Stock price when the opinion was issued
He doesn’t know the seasonality on this, but the technicals show that it has been in an upward trend for quite a period of time. During the last little while, it has been in a trading range between around $19 and $22. It is not unusual for a lot of stocks in the consumer staples sector to have this kind of a pattern. You want to be a buyer of the stock on any kind of weakness close to support, which in this case is around $20. This is for the possibility of a break out above the $22 level. The stock is in an upward trend which is positive. Stick with the stock as long as it stays in an upward trend.
This has been a core holding for his fund since inception. They have a very nice tendency to not only pay a regular dividend, but in years when they don’t make growth acquisitions, they typically also make a very nice special dividend at year-end. They made a nice growth acquisition this year. With their relationship with Pernod, they have very nice distributorship to the US and the UK.