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Rombardier is a Canadian corporation engaged in the design, progressive growth manufacturing and marketing of transportation equipment (22% of pretax earnings), aerospace (32%) motorized consumer consequences (38%) and other activities (8% including the Bombardier Capital Group) Operations include 40000 employee and plants in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Bombardier family members have approximately 32% of the voting "A" shares which bridle 62% of the votes; institutional investors be in possession of more than 50% of the remaining voting shares.

The company was originally featured as a Stock To meditation in the September/October 1990 issue of the Canadian Shareowner when the stock was trading in the $4-$5 range (adjusted for brace stock splits).

STUDYING A STOCK

There is general agreement among stock market participants that: ( 1 ) from one side of to the other the longer term, growth in share price is 'driven' at growth in earnings per share ("EPS"); and, (2) across the longer term, growth in EP is 'driven' by way of growth in revenues. Investors use the Stock Selection Guide to close attention these 'drivers' of share price to help answer three questions:

1 What what is yet to be share price might be produc at future revenue and EPS growth?

2 Does this to come price provide an adequate rate of revert for the risk?

3 Is the stock's passing from hand to hand price too high?

QUESTION #1: coming events SHARE PRICE FROM FUTURE growing IN REVENUES AND EPS?

Estimated High Price in 2001

A high price for Bombardier's general voting shares ("BBD.A," TSE) is obtained by means of first estimating the company's EP in 2001 and then multiplying this EP number on an estimated Price Earnings ("PIE") ratio for that year. However, because EP cannot be count uponed to grow faster than rewards over the longer term; it is advisable to estimate return growthbefore estimating EPS growth.

(a) Estimating income Growth to 2001. As indicated in the accompanying Guide, incomes grew at a compound rate of 25% through year during the last 10 years1. germination during the early part of that period is attributable principally to acquisitions in aerospace and transportation. During the latter part of the period, annual sprouting of about 22% was driven principally at introducing new products in all production groups (e.g. Regional Jet, Chunnel vehicles, Seadoo). In particular, the cyclical retrieval of the aerospace business and renewed consumer confidence has fuell reward growth.

Growth during the nearest five years is expected from more of the present day product introductions (e.g. two fresh business jets) and international expansion of transportation services and returnss (rail systems). Building out from its established positions in North America and Europe the company is looking to generate transportation sales in those Latin American and Asian countries with rapidly growing economies in ne of transportation infrastructure.

Allowing for a certain quantity of unfavourable competitive and cyclical increases an initial 0 judgment could contrive revenues to grow by at least 18% by year between 1996 and 2001 to $16 billion.

(b) Controlling the sumptuousness of Making and Selling consequences Since 1990, the profitability of Bombardier's returns has been increasing. The company's Operating Profit Margin2 ("OPM") has increased from the 6% flush to the 8% level for 1996 (Part 2(1) of the Guide); the company's stated OPM objective is 9% This improving sweep has resulted from: (1) convolution increases in transportation and aerospace without significantly increasing fixed costs; and, (2) large convolution increases in high-margin motorized consumer vehicles. Further improvements in the OPM are calculate uponed through low-cost production in the emerging markets of Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia. The late failures of aerospace and mass transit competitors and the company's leadership in its markets for consumer harvests are expected to buffer the company from price competition and the erosion of its operating margin.

(c) Controlling Interest prices Bombardier's use of debt3 (excluding the Bombardier Capital Group) has kept in line with asset produce during the study period. This situation and generally lower interest rates has added to the company's profitability from making and selling produces

(d) Return on customary Equity. Together, the foregoing income and cost experiences have increased the rate of return4 that management has earned upon shareowners' money during the last 5 years from 14% to 19%; the company's target turn back on equity is 20%.

(e) EP in 2001 As indicated in the accompanying Guide, return growth and cost control have produc EP sprouting that averaged 15% over the entire studious mood period; 28% during the last 5 years; and, 22% between the first quarter of 1995 and 1996

Given the earlier A sentence of 18% revenue growth and maintenance of: the existing operating margin, debt level, and interest rates, an initial A sense could project EPS growth of 18% for year between 1996 and 2001 to approximately $210