BENCHMARKS REPORT
Industry Measure: Company Level Data
| SIC: | 5211 |
| INDUSTRY: | LUMBER & OTH BLDG MATL-RETL |
| BENCHMARKS FOR THE INDUSTRY |
| NO. OF SEGMENTS REPORTING IN THE INDUSTRY: 11 |
|
1997 SALES FOR THE INDUSTRY: $ 38878 (Total Sales in $Millions) |
|
OPERATING MARGIN: 4.9 (EBIT (divided by) Sales) |
|
CAPITAL INTENSITY: 33.9 (Sum of Total Debt plus Shareholder Equity (divided by) Sales) |
|
SALES GROWTH: 12.1 (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: HOME DEPOT INC |
50.2 | 15.7 | 22.0 |
| #2: LOWES COS |
22.1 | 13.2 | 16.8 |
| #3: HOMEBASE INC |
11.3 | 12.1 | 17.1 |
| #4: PAYLESS CASHWAYS |
5.9 | -229.5 | -73.1 |
| Total of #1-4: | 89.5 | 9.4 | 14.6 |