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West Marine, Inc. - Comparative Business Analysis Snapshot
Business Description
West Marine, Inc.. The Group's principal activities are the retail distribution of recreational and commercial boating supplies and apparels. It markets the products through three divisions: Stores, Port Supply and Direct Sales. The Stores operations are conducted under two brand names-Wests Marine and Boat U.S At the end of 2008 there are 344 West Marine stores. The Port Supply division provides the wholesale distribution of marine equipment, serving boat manufacturers, marine services. Direct Sales division, which includes catalog and Internet operations, provides information regard product, pricing and stocking changes, technical information, news, feature stories and other information of interest to boaters. All the three divisions sell recreational boating supplies directly to customers.
Competitor Analysis
This analysis compares West Marine, Inc. with three other companies in closely related industry sectors.
The full Comparative Business Report is available to Subscribers or may be purchased individually. The full report generally includes the following sections:
- 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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