he company's income statements for the Current Year and

$1$

$$Year Ago, follow.

Additional information about the company follows.

For both the current year and one year ago, compute the following ratios:

Return on common stockholders' equity.

Dividend yield.

$3$

a

$.$

$$Price

$-$

earnings ratio on December

$3$

$1$

$.$

$3$

b

$.$

$$Assuming Simon's competitor has a price

$-$

earnings ratio of

$6$

$,$

$$which company has higher market expectations for future growth?