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NOW AVAILABLE: Vertical Gap Analysis And Labor Productivity Benchmarks on Knight Trading Group Incorporated

San Diego -- – Released today by ICON Group International Ltd.: Two of the most comprehensive studies to date on vertical gap analysis and labor productivity benchmarks for Knight Trading Group Incorporated (NAS: NITE).

The methodologist for this unique study is Philip Parker, Eli Lilly Chair Professor of Innovation, Business and Society at INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France and Singapore). According to Professor Parker, “With the globalization of markets, greater foreign competition, and the reduction of barriers to entry, it becomes all the more important to benchmark a company’s financial indicators on a worldwide basis. World stock markets have recently witnessed a return to fundamental financial analysis. ” The goal of the reports is to assist consultants, financial managers, strategic planners, and corporate officers in gauging certain indicators of Knight Trading Group Incorporated’s financial and human resource structure.

The report has benchmarked Knight Trading Group Incorporated against competing firms in the Security Brokers, Dealers and Flotation Companies industry worldwide—going beyond traditional methods of company benchmarking. The results are two specialized reports: (1) global financial benchmarks using common-size statement ratios (vertical analysis), and (2) labor productivity and utilization measures collected across borders.

Coverage

Two reports, financial ratios and labor productivity ratios, are available for Knight Trading Group Incorporated. Each report reveals productivity and industry ranks for Knight Trading Group Incorporated in the Security Brokers, Dealers and Flotation Companies industry. Reports for the following and many other Security Brokers, Dealers and Flotation Companies companies are available now:

A.G. Edwards Inc.
Ameritrade Holdings Corp.
ConSors Discount-Broker Aktiengesellscha
DAB Bank A.G.
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
E*TRADE Group Inc.
Jefferies Group Incorporated
Knight Trading Group Incorporated
Legg Mason Inc.
Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
Nikko Securities Co., Ltd.
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
Okasan Securities Co., Ltd.
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
Schwab (Charles) Corporation
Southwest Securities Group, Inc.
Stifel Financial Corp.
TD Waterhouse Group Incorporated
Tecis Holding AG
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc
Tokai Maruman Securities Co., Ltd.
Tucker Anthony Sutro
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.

The vertical analysis deals with questions like: How has Knight Trading Group Incorporated’s asset structure varied compared to global benchmarks for the Security Brokers, Dealers and Flotation Companies industry? Does it generally hold more cash and other short-term assets, or does it tend to concentrate its assets in physical plant and equipment? On the liability side, does Knight Trading Group Incorporated typically have a higher percent of payables compared to the benchmarks, or does it hold a higher concentration of long-term debt? Does Knight Trading Group Incorporated have a relatively higher cost of goods sold, operating costs, or income taxes compared to global benchmarks? Have Knight Trading Group Incorporated’s returns on equity been higher or its profit margins greater?

While the labor productivity analysis answers the following: What has been the ratio of short-term and long-term assets to employee? What are typical capital-labor ratios? What are the average sales and net profits per employee compared to global benchmarks?

Professor Parker notes, "We are intrigued by the wide variations in basic financial and productivity measures between Knight Trading Group Incorporated and other Security Brokers, Dealers and Flotation Companies companies. The Earnings Before Interest And Taxes (EBIT), for example, varied from -5.87 to 80.61. We see this type of variation in the hundreds of ratios that we estimate.”

Methodology: Uncovering Gaps

Most vertical analyses merely focus on benchmarking against domestic ratios, often published by government agencies or commercial sources. In contrast, ICON Group International Ltd. calculates thousands of industry norms by looking at firms at the global level, pooling statistics on tens of thousands of companies across over 40 countries, and applying a seven-stage methodology: (1) identification of industry classifications, (2) firm-level data collection and aggregation, (3) standardization of raw statistics, (4) filtering outliers, (5) calculation of global norms, (6) projection of deviations and gaps, and (7) projection of ranks and percentiles. For each part of the financial statement, the larger structural differences and gaps between Knight Trading Group Incorporated. and the global benchmarks are provided with summary tables of ranks and percentiles.

Previously available only through booksellers such as Hoovers, Amazon.com, and Barnes and Noble, two studies are now available direct from the publisher at a 50% discount off the cover price. This special offer includes International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis and Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis at US$ $420 ($210) each.

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FINANCIAL BENCHMARKS

Audience: designed for financial managers, directors, CFOs, strategic planners
Price: $210
Pages: 67 pp
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LABOR BENCHMARKS

Audience: designed for productivity managers, HR directors, strategic planners
Price: $210
Pages: 63 pp
Published:  
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About the Author(s)
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