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:
-- 800AMERICA.COM, INC.
-- ACCESS WORLDWIDE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
-- ACI TELECENTRICS, INC.
-- ACTRADE INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
-- ADVANSTAR, INC.
-- AEGIS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.
-- AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES, INC.
-- AJIS CO., LTD.
-- ALPNET, INC.
-- AMERICAN BANK NOTE HOLOGRAPHICS, INC.
-- AMERICAN DENTAL PARTNERS, INC.
-- AMERICAN WIRELESS WEB CORP
-- AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
-- AP CONSULTANTS
-- APAC CUSTOMER SERVICES, INC.
-- ARTISTDIRECT, INC.
-- AUCNET INC.
-- AUDIO VISUAL SERVICES CORP
-- AUSDOC GROUP LTD.
-- BELLSYSTEM24 INC.
-- BID BOERSENINFORMATIONSDIENST AG
-- BIRCHIN INTERNATIONAL PLC
-- BORON, LEPORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
-- BRNENSKE VELETRHY A VYSTAVY A.S.
-- BROADCAST.COM INC.
-- BUTTERFIELD & BUTTERFIELD AUCTION CORP
-- CASCO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
-- CASH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
-- CATALINA MARKETING CORP.
-- CENTRAL FINANCIAL ACCEPTANCE CORP.
-- CHECKFREE CORP
-- CHOICEPOINT INC.
-- CHRISTIE GROUP PLC
-- COFIDUR SA
-- COMC, INC.
-- COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
-- CONVERGYS CORP.
-- CREATIFS EXPOSITIONS
-- CROISE LAROCHE
-- DAISEKI CO., LTD.
-- DET NORSKE VERITAS
-- DIGITAL COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL,INC.
-- EBENX, INC.
-- EDUCATIONAL VIDEO CONFERENCING, INC.
-- ELITE INFORMATION GROUP, INC.
-- ENTERPRISE PLC
-- EURONET SERVICES INC.
-- EUROPEAN CARGO SERVICES
-- F.Y.I. INC.
-- FAIRPLACE CONSULTING PLC
-- FOOD TECHNOLOGY SERVICE, INC.
-- FTD.COM INC.
-- GALILEO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
-- GENESYS SA
-- GETTY IMAGES, INC.
-- GIBRALTAR PACKAGING GROUP, INC.
-- GLENRAND M I B LTD.
-- HARRELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
-- HEALTH POWER, INC.
-- HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC.
-- HONG LEONG INDUSTRIES BERHAD
-- HOTELWORKS.COM, INC.
-- ICT GROUP, INC.
-- IMAGEX.COM, INC.
-- INTELLISYS GROUP, INC.
-- INTERIOR SERVICES GROUP PLC
-- INTERNET CAPITAL GROUP, INC.
-- INTERNET INFINITY, INC.
-- INTERSTATE NATIONAL DEALER SERVICES, INC
-- IRON MOUNTAIN INC PA
-- KATZ DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
-- KUMAZAWA SEIYU SANGYO CO., LTD.
-- LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON PLC
-- LERNOUT & HAUSPIE SPEECH PRODUCTS NV
-- LIONBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
-- LIQUIDATION WORLD INC.
-- LMKI, INC.
-- MACROVISION CORP.
-- MANNING (GREG) AUCTIONS, INC.
-- MARLTON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
-- MEDICALOGIC/MEDSCAPE, INC.
-- MEDION AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
-- MEGA HOLDING CORP.
-- MEMBERWORKS INC.
-- METRO ONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
-- MINDARROW SYSTEMS, INC.
-- MOOREPAY GROUP PLC
-- MOSHI MOSHI HOTLINE, INC.
-- M-R GROUP PLC
-- MULTI-LINK TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
-- NATIONAL MEDICAL FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP
-- NATIONAL PROCESSING, INC.
-- NATIONAL TECHTEAM, INC.
-- NELSON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
-- NEWGEN RESULTS CORP.
-- NINTH FLOOR PLC
-- NOMURA CO., LTD.
-- ONLINE RESOURCES & COMMUNICATIONS CORP
-- ONVIA.COM, INC.
-- PAYMENTECH, INC.
-- PEGASUS SOLUTIONS, INC.
-- PFSWEB, INC.
-- PICO FAR EAST HOLDINGS LTD.
-- PRIMETECH ELECTRONICS INC
-- PROFESSIONAL DETAILING, INC.
-- RAINMAKER SYSTEMS, INC.
-- RCO HOLDINGS PLC
-- REDSTONE TELECOM PLC
-- RICARDO.DE AG
-- RMH TELESERVICES, INC.
-- SALES ONLINE DIRECT INC.
-- SHERRY FITZGERALD GROUP PLC
-- SITEL CORP.
-- SNYDER COMMUNICATIONS - CIRCLE.COM
-- SOC. GENERALE DE SURVEILLANCE HOLDING SA
-- SOTHEBY'S HOLDINGS, INC.
-- SOURCE MEDIA, INC.
-- SPAR GROUP, INC.
-- STAMPS.COM INC.
-- STARTEK, INC.
-- STERITEK, INC.
-- SUTTON HARBOUR HOLDINGS PLC
-- TECHEM AG & CO
-- TELEGATE AG
-- TELEHUBLINK CORP.
-- TELESPECTRUM WORLDWIDE INC.
-- TELETECH HOLDINGS, INC.
-- TM CENTURY, INC.
-- UBARTER.COM INC.
-- UBIQUS
-- UNITED MEDICORP, INC.
-- UNIVERSAL SALVAGE PLC
-- UNIVERSE GROUP PLC
-- VENTIV HEALTH, INC.
-- VIAD CORP
-- WARRANTECH CORP.
-- WESTFORD GROUP, INC.
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