After a 79 percent increase over the past year which took the stock to an intraday record C$29.45 at the end of March, Andrew Peller has a market value of C$424 million. It closed at C$29.19 Wednesday. Shares of Diamond, which has a market value of C$10 million, closed at 10 Canadian cents.

The companies’ small size hasn’t deterred Stephen Takacsy, chief investment officer at Montreal-based Lester Asset Management, which holds Peller and Diamond Estates in its C$260 million portfolio. He likes Peller for its strong, accessible management and growth trajectory. He also said Diamond Estates is a good growth story with new management doing a “great job.”

“It’s really the fastest growing segment of the beverage industry,” he said “If you look at the aging population, the baby boomers like me, we’re drinking a lot less beer and a lot more wine now.”

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