Very positive from the Globe and MailThe Globe and Mail attempts to identify small-cap and mid-cap Canadian companies that might fly under your radar, showing strong economic performance as well as revenue growth, in its Tuesday, Aug. 16, edition. The Globe's Jean Didier-LaPointe writes in the Number Cruncher column that he screened Canadian stocks by considering only companies with a market cap between $250-million and $2-billion. He looked for companies offering a return on capital divided by cost of capital above 1.5. An earnings-per-share ratio of 1 or more indicates a company's capacity to create wealth for its shareholders (the higher the EPI the greater the rate of wealth creation). Mr. LaPointe needed to see a positive EPI change over the past 12 months for a company to make it on his recommended list. He looked for a return on capital of 12 per cent or greater. As well, he searched for positive sales growth over the past 12 and 24 months. Finally, his picks needed to have a dividend yield of 1 per cent or greater. Canadian stocks offering strong economic performance are Exco Technologies, Guardian Capital Group, Canfor Pulp Products, Magellan Aerospace, goeasy and A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund