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Rocky Mountain Vs. Hardwood Distributors (HWD)

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Rocky Mountain(RME) vs. Hardwood Distributors(HWD)
· Rocky Mountain’s profit margin is 47% less than Hardwood Distributor’s
· 38% worse in earnings per share
· Although overall HWD has a higher stock price at 16.35 and RME is only at 9.95, HWD has had a decrease in stock over the course of the year and RME has had a increase

Rocky Mountain(RME) vs. Wajax Corporation(WJX)
· Wajax Corporation has a high stock price at 22.38(see in appendix I) but falls short in profit margin and EPS
· Has the second highest P/E which indicates a desirable stock price and also future success

Rocky Mountain(RME) vs. Finning International Inc.(FTT)
· Rocky Mountain exceeds Finning International Inc.’s profit margin by 40%
· Finning International has the highest P/E ratio which indicates they have future success coming which explains why their stock price is the highest(see appendix I) …show more content…

Industry
· The industry average for agricultural industrial equipment on profit margin is higher than Rocky Mountain which indicates Rocky Mountain is in the lower end of their industry in profit
· Their return on equity ratio is much smaller than the industry considering it's basically double Rocky Mountain’s. This could be due to Rocky Mountain’s lack of net income since its increase in risk/leverage as a company but inability to manage the debt. (Yahoo Finance, 2017) (Yahoo Finance, 2017) (Yahoo Finance, 2017) (Yahoo Finance, 2017) (Yahoo Finance,

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