Good quarter for Toromont

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TOROMONT INDUSTRIES LTD. $28.65 (Toronto symbol TIH; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-667-5511; www.toromont.com; Shares outstanding: 77.1 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; Dividend yield: 2.1%) reported revenue of $467.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2014. That’s down 6.2% from $498.3 million a year earlier. Earnings declined 7.9%, to $40.0 million from $43.5 million. Per-share earnings fell 8.8%, to $0.52 from $0.57, on more shares outstanding. However, the lower results were mostly because the year-earlier quarter included Toromont’s biggest-ever mining order: an $82-million delivery to the Baffinland iron ore project. Toromont is still a buy. buy…