11.   Schafer looks for stocks that have lower multiples and higher earnings growth rates than comparable United States companies.

12.   Size up price-earnings ratios and other so-called fundamental figures as they stack up against comparable companies by using the relative value screen, RV Go.

13.   The data, Werner said, indicate that the lower levels get paid less than at comparable companies.

14.   The expectation of rapid growth made Genesys more expensive than comparable companies.

15.   The managers prefer unloved companies in out-of-favor industries, looking for securities with higher yields than those of comparable companies.

16.   Those numbers are measured against comparable publicly held companies whose stock values are known because they are set in the marketplace.

17.   Though there is no other company with the number of theaters that will be reached by this new partnership, Landesman said, the closest comparable company is Livent.

18.   When world markets tumbled late that month, stock prices of comparable companies fell and high-yield financing dried up.

19.   While Eastbay has no direct publicly held competitors, the stock also looks cheaper than that of some indirectly comparable companies.

20.   He said Philip Morris was trading far below what the market valued comparable companies not in the tobacco business.