Sears Canada Inc. and Canadian Tire Corporation are two giants of the Canadian retail industry. Both offer full lines of moderately priced merchandise. Annual sales for Sears total $ 4.3 billion. Canadian Tire is somewhat larger, with $ 11 billion in revenues. Compare the two companies as potential investments based on the following ratios:

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Ratio Sears Canada Canadian Tire P/E Net profit margin ratio Quick ratio Current ratio Debt-to-equity ROE ROA Dividend yield EPS Price per share at year-end Dividends per share 13.3 14.0 3.9% 1.54 1.99 1.38 4.5% 1.02 1.8 1.05 14.9% 78% 9.2% 5.2% 0% 0% $2.18 $29.0 $0 $4.10 $57.5 $0.84