Industry competitors were also higher as Deere enjoyed a jump of 0.7% and Cummins increased 0.8%, though Navistar slipped 0.8%.
Our analysis found that they are 26% more profitable than their average industry competitors and enjoy a 12% higher market valuation.
But once a sustainability issue is publicly recognized by a leading company it puts pressure on its industry competitors to do the same.
Can you assess if your industry competitors are implementing similar methods?
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"The multiple is only rich or cheap compared to history and industry competitors, " says Jay Taparia , a money manager with Sanskar Investments and professor of finance at the University of Illinois.
When you come up with a new product or service that transforms your industry, competitors have to play by your rules.
The growth will likely come from users in the 18-34 age group, as Facebook establishes its leadership in the social networking industry against competitors like MySpace and LinkedIn.
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Huawei's rapid growth has reshaped the global telecom equipment industry, forcing competitors to lower their prices.
Continuing with our football analogy, your industry is full of potential fans, thought leaders, industry media, competitors, suppliers, and partners.
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Apple is rarely able to produce a product or service that sweeps the industry and prevents competitors from cashing in.
So the U.S. auto industry let foreign competitors like Volvo and Mercedes-Benz take the lead in adding features such as three-point seat belts, crumple zones, and side air bags.
" Moreover, he says, the new moves in Malaysia to postpone forced consolidation in the industry "will hurt competitors more than it would hurt TRI.
But those plans may run into flak as Republican lawmakers take control of House committees and subcommittees that oversee NASA, according to industry officials, including competitors, critical of Lockheed Martin's efforts.
The company got a jump on graphics chip rivals over the summer with a new series of graphics processors that have won strong reviews and grabbed market share from Nvidia, one of the chip industry's toughest competitors.
Consider whether the company is valued low relative to competitors and the industry as a whole.
What is exceptional about competitors in an industry competing on multiple business models, from quality to price to financing?
Outsourcing leads to the fragmentation and disintegration of the supply chain, inviting new competitors into the industry, and undermining pricing power and profitability.
As a consequence, Britain's biotechnology industry could fall behind its competitors.
Compounding the problem, outsourcing leads to the fragmentation and disintegration of the supply chain, inviting new competitors into the industry, and undermining pricing power and profitability.
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And although such a fragmentation and disintegration of the value chain offers corporations a number of well publicized advantages, it has an unintended consequence: It makes entry of new competitors to the industry easier, intensifying competition, shortening product cycles, and squeezing return on invested capital.
And although such a fragmentation and disintegration of the value chain offers companies a number of well publicized advantages, it has an unintended consequence: It eases the entry of new competitors to the industry easier, intensifying competition, shortening product cycles, and squeezing return on invested capital.
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The travel industry is constantly fighting screen scraping competitors or aggregators that grab their current pricing.
Even China's car industry, which is alive with competitors, is coming further under the government umbrella.
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The complaints are the latest developments in long-running disputes involving several key competitors in the wireless industry.
The two have been close friends and often competitors in the beverage industry for the last two decades.
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But the boom lasted only till the mid-1980s, when Silicon Valley's chip industry found itself outclassed by Japanese competitors.
But if Joseph Henican had his choice of competitors in the funeral industry, he could hardly improve upon Service Corp.
If he collects royalties on either product, his competitors in academia and industry may wake up and smell the profits.
Monsanto had developed promising seed products following its initial investment, but it was a bit player, struggling to find a foothold in an industry with several well-established competitors.
But his last CES keynote sends this message: Microsoft has far more fingers in far more slices of the electronics and entertainment industry pie than any of its competitors.
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