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Section 4: The Deeper Dive: What We Like, What We Don't Like
In this section, we take a closer look at Research In Motion Ltd, pinpointing current areas of notable strength and weakness in
relation to past performance and in relation to other sector participants. The Sector Leaders and Sector Laggards indicate the
performance of companies in the top and bottom tenth percentile of the sector for that performance measure.
What We Like
Overall Profitability (90): This score considers a wide variety of profitability measures, such as gross profitability, EBIT and
others relative to revenues and several balance sheet items. Research In Motion Ltd outperformed 90% of its global reference
set over the last 12 months ending November 26, 2011. This represents a modest decline from the prior year.
Figure 4: Research In Motion Ltd's Overall Profitability Performance Score over time and Sector Measures for the Q3 2012
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Cost Structure (87): The overall cost structure rating is based on a number of ratios incorporating variables such as cost of
goods sold, staff costs, other operating expenditures, depreciation, interest expense, and corporate income tax relative to a
base such as total revenue and total expenditures. Research In Motion Ltd's score, a modest decline from the prior year,
depicts a very strong cost structure.
Figure 5: Research In Motion Ltd's Cost Structure Performance Score over time and Sector Measures for the Q3 2012
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