BENCHMARKS REPORT
Industry Measure: Company Level Data
| SIC: | 3320 |
| INDUSTRY: | IRON AND STEEL FOUNDRIES GENERAL |
| BENCHMARKS FOR THE INDUSTRY |
| NO. OF SEGMENTS REPORTING IN THE INDUSTRY: 5 |
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1997 SALES FOR THE INDUSTRY: $ 4188 (Total Sales in $Millions) |
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OPERATING MARGIN: 12.1 (EBIT (divided by) Sales) |
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CAPITAL INTENSITY: 97.7 (Sum of Total Debt plus Shareholder Equity (divided by) Sales) |
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SALES GROWTH: 32.3 (Compound 3-Year Growth Rate in Sales for the Median Participant in the Industry) |
| BENCHMARKS FOR THE TOP FOUR COMPETITORS |
| ROE: Net Profits (divided by) Total Shareholder Equity RONCE: EBIT (divided by) Sum of Total Debt plus Shareholders' Equity |
| Competitor/Rank by Sales |
Market Share (% Ind. Sales) |
ROE | RONCE |
| #1: WALTER INDUSTRIES INC |
36.0 | 11.6 | 10.3 |
| #2: PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP |
23.2 | 11.2 | 14.0 |
| #3: INTERMET CORP |
19.4 | 22.8 | 20.4 |
| #4: CITATION CORP/AL |
15.5 | 13.4 | 14.6 |
| Total of #1-4: | 94.1 | 12.9 | 12.4 |