Assume that you are a trust officer for Second Fourth Bank. You are attempting to select a pharmaceutical manufacturer's stock for a client's portfolio. You have secured the following data:

Required:
Comment on the relative performance of these firms?

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5-Year Averages Van Mitchell Dawson Industry Average 9.3% 6.0 Bronze Sales growth Net income growth Asset growth 10.2% 1.9 8.3 10.0% 1.4 8.9 8.8% 7.9% 1.6 1.5 6.6 6.3 7.0 Current Year 22.7% 13.7 39.0 Return on equity Return on assets Dividend payout 18.4% 10.4 30.0 17.3% 19.5% 20.8% 12.8 11.7 31.0 11.1 37.0 29.0