From the Publisher:
For over 20,000 companies, Icon Group uses a proprietary methodology to generate international benchmarks and measure gaps that might be revealed from such an exercise. First, for a given company Icon Group searches across over 26,000 companies for others producing similar products, offering similar services, or are in the same stage of the value chain for a particular industrial classification. We then collect the financials for each of these firms and standardize these into comparable categories (assets, liabilities, income and ratios). From there, we eliminate all currency effects by standardizing within each category. All benchmarks are updated quarterly.
From the Author:
Icon Group publishes a number of other benchmarks for firms in related product areas, including:
-- AALBORG PORTLAND HOLDING A/S
-- ACP INDUSTRIES BERHAD
-- AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES PLC
-- AMERON INTERNATIONAL CORP.
-- ASAHI CONCRETE WORKS CO., LTD.
-- ASK CORP.
-- ASLAND CATALUNYA Y DEL MEDITERRANEO SA
-- ASLAND, S.A.
-- BLOCKLEYS PLC
-- BLUE CIRCLE INDUSTRIES PLC
-- BOLU CIMENTO SANAYII A.S.
-- BPB PLC
-- BYUCK SAN CORP.
-- CEMENTOS LEMONA S.A.
-- CEMENTOS MOLINS, S.A.
-- CEMENTOS PORTLAND S.A.
-- CENTEX CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS, INC.
-- CHIYODA UTE CO., LTD.
-- CHUO SHOJI CO., LTD.
-- CIA INDUSTRIAL EL VOLCAN S.A.
-- COMPANIA DE CEMENTO ARGOS S.A.
-- COMPANIA VALENCIANA DE CEMENTOS PORTLAND
-- CONCRETE ENGINEERING PRODUCTS BERHAD
-- CONTINENTAL MATERIALS CORP.
-- CRH PLC
-- EMPRESAS MELON S.A.
-- EMPRESAS PIZARRENO S.A.
-- GENERAL ENGINEERING PUBLIC CO LTD.
-- GEOSTR CORP.
-- GRIQUALAND EXPLORATION & FINANCE CO
-- HANEDA HUME PIPE CO., LTD.
-- HANSON PLC
-- HENRIKSEN OG HENRIKSEN HOLDING A/S
-- IMPERIAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
-- INDIAN HUME PIPE COMPANY LTD. (THE)
-- INDUSTRIAL CONCRETE PRODUCTS BHD
-- ITO YOGYO CO., LTD.
-- JALAPRATHAN CEMENT PUBLIC CO. LTD.
-- K. WAH CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS LTD.
-- K. WAH INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD.
-- KEUMKANG KOREA CHEMICAL CO LTD.
-- LAFARGE CORP.
-- MARDIN CIMENTO SANAYII VE TICARET A.S.
-- MARSHALLS PLC
-- MITANI SEKISAN CO., LTD.
-- MONARCH CEMENT COMPANY
-- NIPPON CONCRETE INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
-- NIPPON HUME CORP.
-- NOZAWA CORP.
-- PIONEER INTERNATIONAL LTD.
-- PLACOPLATRE LAMBERT
-- PORTLAND VALDERRIVAS, S.A.
-- PUERTO RICAN CEMENT COMPANY, INC.
-- READYMIX KIES-UNION AG
-- READYMIX PLC
-- RMC GROUP PLC
-- SEMBAWANG RESOURCES LTD
-- SMITH-MIDLAND CORP.
-- SOUTHERN CONCRETE PILE PUBLIC CO. LTD.
-- SPANCRETE CORP.
-- STELCON AG
-- TEIHYU CORP.
-- TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC.
-- TOLMEX S.A. DE C.V.
-- U.S. CONCRETE, INC.
-- UAC (UNITED ASBESTOS CEMENT) BERHAD
-- UNIVERSAL CEMENT CORP.
-- UNYE CIMENTO SANAYII VE TICARET A.S.
-- USG CORP.
-- VIANINI INDUSTRIA SPA
-- VICAT SA
-- YTL CEMENT BERHAD
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