Equipment suppliers with gains ahead

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TOROMONT INDUSTRIES LTD. $25.40 (Toronto symbol TIH; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-667- 5511; www.toromont.com; Shares outstanding: 76.7 million; Market cap: $2.0 billion; Dividend yield: 2.1%) distributes a broad range of industrial equipment, including machinery made by Caterpillar Inc. It also makes refrigeration systems through its CIMCO division. The company completed the spinoff of Enerflex Ltd. (see right) in July 2011. Shareholders received shares of both the new Toromont Industries and Enerflex. In the three months ended September 30, 2013, higher equipment sales and rentals, particularly to mining, construction and agriculture customers, pushed up Toromont’s revenue by 20.0%, to $498.3 million from $415.0 million a year earlier. Earnings per share rose 32.6%, to $0.57 from $0.43, on the higher sales and improved profit margins. Ready for a resource recovery The company’s financial position is strong: its $150.3 million of long-term debt—down from $216.3 million a year ago—is just 7.5% of its market cap. The stock trades at 14.9 times Toromont’s forecast…