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PROSPECT SWETENHAMS BUSINESS RATIO : INDUSTRIAL FASTENER DISTRIBUTORS - FEBRUARY 2005
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This Business Ratio report brings you detailed financial profiles, analysis and comparison of the leading 63 limited companies actively trading in this industry sector in Great Britain.

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COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

This summary brings you a sample of key details from this invaluable report. The report itself includes many further analyses of the performance of individual companies and the industry as a whole. The report provides in-depth financial analysis on these companies in these 4 clear sections:

INDUSTIAL FASTENER DISTRIBUTORS INDUSTIAL FASTENER DISTRIBUTORS
A1 Fasteners Ltd Masterfix Products UK Ltd
Acorn Fasteners Ltd Max Wilson Fasteners Ltd
Aircraft Materials Ltd McKechnie Holdings (UK) Ltd
Alexander Industrial Sppls (Essex) Ltd Merlin Accessories Ltd
Anchorfast Ltd Mod-Fix Ltd
Ariel Industries PLC Monks & Crane Industrial Grp Ltd
AST Holdings Ltd C.H. Morgan & Co. Ltd
BeA Fastening Systems Ltd M. & S. Distributors Ltd
Component Logistics Ltd Nalex Ltd
Crown Tools & Fixings Ltd Olympus Distribution Ltd
Decco Ltd Pattonair Ltd
Disc-Lock Europe Ltd Pjs Industrial Supplies Ltd
Durbin Metal Industries Ltd Precision Technology Supplies Ltd
Ejot UK Ltd Protex Fasteners Ltd
Fabory UK Ltd QBM Distributors Ltd
Fastener Pack Systems Ltd Recoil (Europe) Ltd
F & B Profiles (Holdings) Ltd Reflex Import/Export Ltd
Findlay Durham & Brodie Ltd Serco-Ryan Ltd
P & M Fixings & Fasteners Ltd Southco Europe Ltd.
Focus Fasteners Ltd SRB Ltd
F.W.B. Products Ltd Sterling, Bolt & Nut Co. Ltd
G.A. Fixings Ltd Teknofix Ltd
Harrison & Clough, Ltd TFC PLC
Hereford Steels Ltd Tool & Fastener Solutions Ltd
F.P. Herting & Son PLC Tornado Fixings Ltd
Heyco Ltd Trifast PLC
Hilti (Gt.Britain) Ltd Triplefast International Ltd
Industrial Fasteners Ltd Velcro Ltd
Infast Automotive Ltd Walters Hexagon Group Ltd
Jo-El Electric Ltd J.R. Webster & Co. Ltd
Lancaster Fastener Co. Ltd Winzer Wurth Industrial Ltd
  Wurth UK Ltd

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Company Selection
1.1 Industry Definition
1.2 Company Selection
1.3 Changes of Name
1.4 New additions to the report
1.5 Treatment of Holding Companies & Subsidiaries
1.6 Large Changes in Accounts
1.7 Exceptionally Large Companies
Industry Overview
An expert review of the conclusions that can be drawn from the report, putting business developments into the context of recent industry developments and focusing on the performance of the industry as a whole and the leading players in it.
Company Profiles
Company data is presented alphabetically, with each company having a detailed profile over two pages showing address, activities, directors, subsidiaries and other company details plus Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Ratio Analysis and comparative performance.
Performance League Tables
These list companies in order of their performance compared to each other on key performance factors:
SIZE
Sales
Pre-tax profit
Total Assets
Number of Employees
PROFITABILITY
Return on Capital
Return on Net Assets
Pre-tax Profit Margin
Return on Investment
Profit per £ of Pay
EFFICIENCY
Asset Utilisation
Sales / Fixed Assets
Stocks / Sales
Debtor Days Outstanding
LIQUIDITY
Current Ratio
Quick Ratio (Acid Test)
GEARING
Total Debt / Net Worth
Equity Gearing
Income Gearing (Interest Cover)
EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE
Pay per Employee
Sales per Employee
Capital Employed per Employee
Pay / Sales
OTHER
Exports / Sales
GROWTH
Sales growth
Pre-tax Profit Growth
Total Assets Growth
Number of Employees Growth
Exports Growth
Industrial Profile
This provides a Balance Sheet and a quick Profit and Loss account for the industry as a whole. Where the industry has been subdivided into 'subsectors', a profile for each of these is given, as well as a profile for the industry as a whole.
Analysis Notes
Definitions
Company Index

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This Business Ratio report focuses on the leading 63 companies operating as industrial fastener distributors.
 
The report analyses company and industry performance over the three years up to 7th April 2004. During this period, the average Report company witnessed a 4.9 percent increase in sales from £11.9 million in 2001/02 to £12.4 million in 2002/03 before ending the three years in 2003/04 at £12.5 million. Pre-tax profits increased by an even stronger rate of 50.9 percent from £259,000 in 2001/02 to £391,000 in 2003/04.

Profitability

Employee Performance

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