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Company & Industry Overviews Investors Shouldn’t Expect Near-Term Optimism from Caterpillar
Caterpillar (CAT) released its retail statistics for July on a three-month rolling basis on August 18. However, Caterpillar’s retail sales fell in July.Company & Industry Overviews How 3M Company’s Acquisition Strategy Has Changed
3M Company’s (MMM) acquisition strategy for the last ten years can be classified as “BI” (before Inge) and “AI” (after Inge).Company & Industry Overviews What Are the Financial Objectives of 3M Company’s 5-Year Plan?
In February 2016, 3M Company (MMM) set financial objectives for the five-year period from 2016 to 2020 that were slightly below its previous expectations.Company & Industry Overviews What Strategy Is 3M Company Using to Increase Cost Savings?
Realizing that its capital structure was sub-optimal and was leading to a high cost of capital, 3M Company started adding leverage.Company & Industry Overviews How Good Is the Quality of 3M Company’s Earnings?
3M Company’s (MMM) accruals ratios using the balance sheet and the cash flow methods rose considerably in 2015.Company & Industry Overviews Understanding Roper Technologies’ Business Transformation
Roper Technologies’ Industrial Technology segment’s revenue stood at 21% of its sales in 2015. This segment’s revenue was 41% of its sales in 2014.Company & Industry Overviews 3M Consumer Products: Your Everyday Kitchen and Office Companions
3M Company’s (MMM) Consumer Solutions segment is made up of four diverse businesses, which garnered a combined annual revenue of $4.4 billion in 2015.Company & Industry Overviews What Strengths Differentiate 3M Company from the Competition?
3M Company is generating a massive 30%–32% of its annual revenue from products it’s introduced in the last five years.Company & Industry Overviews How 3M Company Differs from Other Industrial Conglomerates
While 3M’s peer group includes industrial conglomerates such as Honeywell and General Electric, these companies hardly share any similarities with 3M.Company & Industry Overviews Why Toyota’s Just-in-Time Method Is Critical to Its Success
Toyota began using the Just-in-Time method in 1938. However, the true potential of this strategy was realized when it integrated this strategy with TPS.Company & Industry Overviews Essentials of the SaaS Business Model in Honeywell’s ACS Unit
Honeywell’s ACS unit uses the software-as-a-service (or SaaS) business model. In the SaaS model, software is licensed on a subscription basis to users.Company & Industry Overviews Understanding Dover Corporation’s Corporate Profile and History
Dover Corporation (DOV) is a machinery manufacturer that operates in four diverse segments: Energy, Engineered Systems, Fluids, and Refrigeration & Food Equipment.Company & Industry Overviews Honeywell Operating System: From ‘Honey Hell’ to Honeywell
David Cote, who took over as chairman and CEO of Honeywell, helped shape the Honeywell Operating System (or HOS) for production, which integrated several management theories.Company & Industry Overviews How Do Johnson & Johnson’s Valuations Compare to Peers?
On March 17, 2016, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) was trading at a forward PE (price-to-earnings) multiple of ~16.5x compared to the industry average of ~19.6x.Company & Industry Overviews A Closer Look at Honeywell Aerospace’s Business Model
Honeywell has an installed base of 6,000 integrated cockpits, which is ten times greater than the next competitor.Company & Industry Overviews Why General Electric Is Focusing on Industrials?
Originally incorporated in 1892, General Electric is one of the largest and most diversified industrials and financial services corporations in the world.Company & Industry Overviews Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Analytical Instruments Business Segment
Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Analytical Instruments segment earned revenues of ~$3.3 billion in 2014, representing organic growth of around 4%.Company & Industry Overviews History of Comcast
In 1969, American Cable Systems was renamed Comcast Corporation.Company & Industry Overviews How Comcast Acquired NBCUniversal
The advertising revenues for Comcast’s NBCUniversal Cable Networks and Broadcasting Television segment are susceptible to advertising cyclicality and program ratings.Company & Industry Overviews What Are the Medical Device Approval Processes in Major Markets?
In most countries, the approval process varies across different categories of devices classified as per their risk profiles.Company & Industry Overviews Why Are Patents Necessary for Medical Device Companies?
Medical device companies are driven by innovation and inventions that involve high research and development (or R&D) costs.Company & Industry Overviews Analyzing Value Chain and Business Models in Medical Device Industry
The US medical device industry has been working on traditional business models based on R&D and innovation where physicians have been the target audience.Macroeconomic Analysis Can AWS and Microsoft Reach 50% Market Share in the Cloud?
Amazon has outperformed the big technology giants in cloud computing, whereas Microsoft is tightening its grip on the cloud market by leveraging Azure.Company & Industry Overviews A Must-Read Overview of the Medical Device Industry
The US medical device market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.1% between 2014 and 2017.Company & Industry Overviews Boeing: A Wide Diversification Wingspan
When Boeing bought McDonnell Douglas in 1996, the acquisition helped Boeing overtake Lockheed Martin as the largest defense contractor.Company & Industry Overviews How Did UTC Improve Its Aftermarket Business?
Pratt & Whitney (UTX) originally focused only on selling airplane engines and spare parts. It covered only 10% of its engines under its aftermarket program.Company & Industry Overviews What are investment-grade bonds?
Investment-grade bonds are both U.S. Treasuries issued by the U.S. Treasury Department and corporate bonds issued by high-quality corporate borrowers.Earnings Report Boeing – a leader in the aerospace industry
Boeing (BA) is one of the world’s largest aerospace companies. The company is a top US exporter. It’s focused on innovation.Company & Industry Overviews Nuclear power plants are cheaper to operate
Nuclear power plants have the lowest variable costs among the three fuel types, at $11.8 per MWh (for plants coming online in 2019).Company & Industry Overviews Natural gas–fired power plants are cheaper to build
Natural gas–fired power plants are clearly the cheapest to build due to lower land requirements and faster, cheaper construction.Company & Industry Overviews Industry structure analysis: Coal-fired power generation equipment
Coal (KOL) has fired much of the development in the US and other OECD economies in the 20th century. It’s firing growth in economies like China and India.Company & Industry Overviews Understanding the structure of the global power sector
While the power sector differs country by country, the operational structure of the sector across the world is pretty much the same.Earnings Report Boeing’s competitive advantages
One of Boeing’s competitive advantages is that it enjoys strong relations with many companies, even its competitors.Industrials Overview: The four major components used for calculating the GDP
While calculating the GDP estimate, the Bureau first takes into account the sum of an individual’s personal consumption expenditures, that is, durable goods, non-durable goods, and services.Industrials The ADP jobs report: A must-know guide for ETF investors
The ADP National Employment Report (also popularly known as “the ADP Jobs Report” or “ADP Employment Report”) is a monthly report summarizing the employment situation.Industrials Must-know: Do credit spreads only represent credit risk?
While credit spreads do give you a good picture of the credit risk of one bond compared to another, it’s not the only factor they represent.Energy & Utilities Renaissance Technologies’ 4Q13 positions in Disney and more
The fund initiated positions in Pfizer Inc. (PFE), AT&T Inc. (T), and Valero Energy Corp. (VLO). It sold stakes in General Electric Co. (GE), The Walt Disney Co. (DIS), and Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN).Healthcare Why Israel is poised to soon lead medical device industry growth
Espicom Business Intelligence forecasts the Israeli market to be valued at $1.096 billion in 2016—a 20% increase over five years. The country looks to the medical device industry for a significant amount of growth.