| | Financial and Labor Productivity Benchmarks on Soporcel - Sociedade Portuguesa de Papel SA Published SAN DIEGO, Calif. - - ICON Group International Ltd., today released studies on labor productivity and financial benchmarks for Soporcel - Sociedade Portuguesa de Papel SA (LIS: SOP). What?
International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis
How does Soporcel - Sociedade Portuguesa de Papel SA’s balance sheet structure differs from global benchmarks? Does Soporcel - Sociedade Portuguesa de Papel SA hold more cash and short-term assets, or does it concentrate its assets in physical plant and equipment? Does it have a higher percent of payables compared to the benchmarks? Does it hold a higher concentration of long-term debt? Does Soporcel - Sociedade Portuguesa de Papel SA have a relatively higher cost of goods sold, operating costs, income taxes, or profit margins compared to global benchmarks? Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis
Are workers at Soporcel - Sociedade Portuguesa de Papel SA productive? There is no absolute answer to this economic question. The second study considers how labor deployment and productivity indicators for Soporcel - Sociedade Portuguesa de Papel SA differ from the global benchmarks. It looks at the amount of labor required to operate Soporcel - Sociedade Portuguesa de Papel SA and the resulting return on human investment. What is the ratio of short-term and long-term assets to employee? What are comparative capital-labor ratios? What are the average sales and net profits per employee in Soporcel - Sociedade Portuguesa de Papel SA compared to benchmarks in the same economic sector? Reports for over 127 Paper and Allied Products Manufacturing companies are available now, including the following: Bemis Company, Incorporation Bowater Inc. Brady Corporation Caraustar Industries Incorporated Glatfelter (P.H.) Company Graphic Packaging International Corporation International Paper Co Kimberly-Clark Corpn Longview Fibre Company Mail-Well Incorporated Mead Corporation Oji Paper Co., Ltd. Packaging Corporation of America Pactiv Corpn Potlatch Corporation Rayonier Inc. Rock-Tenn Company Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. Sealed Air Corporation Sonoco Products Company Temple-Inland Inc Wausau-Mosinee Paper Corporation Westvaco Corp. Willamette Industries
Why?
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 Soporcel - Sociedade Portuguesa de Papel SA’s financial and human resource structure. Professor Parker states, "We are intrigued by the wide variations in basic financial and productivity measures between Soporcel - Sociedade Portuguesa de Papel SA and other Paper and Allied Products Manufacturing companies. The Earnings Before Interest And Taxes (EBIT), for example, varied from -5.98 to 64.2. We see this type of variation in the hundreds of ratios that we estimate.” How?: Methodology
The report uses a proprietary methodology to generate international financial and human resource benchmarks and measure gaps that might be revealed from such an exercise. Using common-size statements, ICON Group International Ltd. prepares these vertical analyses by 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. 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). E-mail for more information. FINANCIAL BENCHMARKS Audience: designed for financial managers, directors, CFOs, strategic planners Price: $210 Pages: 136 pp Published: Table of Contents About the Author(s) Methodology/Excerpt (free to view) Order Via Fax Order Online LABOR BENCHMARKS Audience: designed for productivity managers, HR directors, strategic planners Price: $210 Pages: 111 pp Published: Table of Contents About the Author(s) Methodology/Excerpt (free to view) Order Via Fax Order Online About ICON Group Ltd. ICON Group Ltd. assists managers with global benchmarking, gap analysis, and productivity studies. Clients can create their own benchmarks by choosing their competitors from among over 20,000 companies. CONTACT: Orders & Customer Service ICON Group International, Inc. 7404 Trade St. San Diego, CA 92121 USA Fax: 858-635-9414 E-mail: Link: http://www.icongrouponline.com/PR/Soporcel_-_Sociedade_Portuguesa_de_Papel_SA_PT/PR.html - Additional links you may find of interest:
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