BENCHMARKS REPORT
Industry Measure: Company Level Data
| SIC: | 5122 |
| INDUSTRY: | DRUGS AND PROPRIETARY-WHSL |
| BENCHMARKS FOR THE INDUSTRY |
| NO. OF SEGMENTS REPORTING IN THE INDUSTRY: 28 |
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1997 SALES FOR THE INDUSTRY: $ 58683 (Total Sales in $Millions) |
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OPERATING MARGIN: 2.5 (EBIT (divided by) Sales) |
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CAPITAL INTENSITY: 16.3 (Sum of Total Debt plus Shareholder Equity (divided by) Sales) |
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SALES GROWTH: 21.1 (Compound 3-Year Growth Rate in Sales for the Median Participant in the Industry) |
| BENCHMARKS FOR THE TOP FOUR COMPETITORS |
| ROE: Net Profits (divided by) Total Shareholder Equity RONCE: EBIT (divided by) Sum of Total Debt plus Shareholders' Equity |
| Competitor/Rank by Sales |
Market Share (% Ind. Sales) |
ROE | RONCE |
| #1: MCKESSON HBOC INC |
21.9 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| #2: BERGEN BRUNSWIG CORP -CL A |
19.9 | 12.7 | 15.9 |
| #3: CARDINAL HEALTH INC |
18.7 | 13.8 | 20.7 |
| #4: AMERISOURCE HEALTH CP -CL A |
13.3 | 331.6 | 19.8 |
| Total of #1-4: | 73.8 | 13.3 | 15.3 |