Using Common Size Data for Investment Analysis YOUDECIDE OBJECTIVE (2) 3 Assume that you are a trust officer for Wu Bank. You are attempting to select a pharmaceutical manufacturer's stock for a client's portfolio. You have secured the following data:

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CONCEPTUAL CONNECTION Comment on the relative performance of these firms.

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Five-Year Averages Industry Average Hitchens Rhoades Castle Rumba Sales growth 8.3% 9.8% 7.9% 7.2% 10.1% Net income growth 13.0 12.0 10.7 4.2 16.1 Asset growth 5.0 6.1 4.6 4.4 6.2