Stock price when the opinion was issued
This is a staple business and one that is pretty good through a lot of different economic environments. The yield is not that attractive. He usually likes to see yields in the 3%-5% range. This is off about 40% since the middle of last year, and he wonders why. When a stock this big gets hit that hard, and has a good of the business behind it, it is probably a reason to take a look at it and he is going to do some homework on it. Dividend yield of almost 2%.
Rough go. Societal move towards non-alcoholic drinks. They'll come through. Tough space, especially for beer. Spirits are more compelling. But there are worse investments.