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A.M. Castle & Company - Comparative Business Analysis Snapshot
Business Description
A.M. Castle & Company. The Group's principal activity is to purchase, store, process and distribute specialty metals and plastics. It operates in two segments: Metals and Plastics. The Metals segment focuses on highly engineered specialty grades and alloys of metals as well as specialized processing services geared to meet very tight specifications. Core products of the Group include nickel alloys, aluminum, stainless steels and carbon. The Plastics segment stocks and distributes a wide variety of plastics in forms that include plate, rod, tube, clear sheet, tape, gaskets and fittings. The Group's customers include metal users within the Fortune 500 list of companies as well as thousands of medium and smaller sized firms. The Group operates throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, China and Singapore. On 03-Jan-2008, it acquired Metals U.K. Group.
Competitor Analysis
This analysis compares A.M. Castle & Company with three other companies in closely related industry sectors.
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- Sales Analysis: Recent Sales, Sales Growth, Sales per Employee
- Recent Stock Performance
- Company Valuation Ratios: Price/Earnings, Price/Book Value
- Price/Sales and 52 Week Price change
- Dividend Analysis
- Profitability Analysis: Gross Profit Margin, EBITDA Margin
- Earnings Before Extraordinary Items
- Inventory Analysis
- Research and Development Expenses
- Financial Position: Long Term Debt/Equity, Days Accounts Receivable, Days Inventory
- R&D Expenses/Sales
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