Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers – Company Benchmarking Analysis Report

Synopsis

This report contains a competitive company benchmarking analysis based on key financial and operating parameters and ratios of a select peer group of companies, compared to one another and to overall global averages for their retail channel. The analysis highlights the companies that are performing the best among the peer group, and in which areas, and therefore clarifies leading performance standards and the strengths and weaknesses of companies covered.

Summary

Canadean’s ‘Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers – Company Benchmarking Analysis Report’ compares the strength of the leading electrical and electronics retailers in Europe relative to each other and international averages for retailers in the electrical and electronics retailers channel.

The benchmark analysis is based on key parameters and ratios that explain the performance of a particular company against that of its immediate peers and its overall channel of operation. As such, it provides an easy-to-use analysis which highlights the companies that are setting the benchmark performance in their channel of operation.

Scope

The report provides a peer group benchmarking analysis of leading electrical and electronics retailers in Europe. The peer group is selected from our Retailer Company Benchmark Database which covers the leading 1,000 global retailers. The peer groups covered includes leading public electrical and electronics retailers based in Europe.

The retailers covered in the report are:

• Dixons Retail PLC
• Kesa Electricals plc
• Spector Photo Group NV
• Clas Ohlson AB
• Ilektroniki Athinon S.A.

Reasons To Buy

• Understand the relative competitive strengths and weaknesses of the players covered, both compared to each other, as well as for the average performance of retailers in this channel around the world.
• Detailed scorecards and summary "heat charts" provide clear, concise "at a glance" analysis of the relative performance of the companies covered across a range of metrics. While more detailed data provides the granular detail behind these concise analyses.
• Gain a detailed knowledge of the best in class performance levels amongst the retailers covered in order to benchmark both competitor performance as well as that of your own company.

Key Highlights

Clas Ohlson was the strongest performer of the leading electrical and electronics retailers in Europe. However, its performance was comparable to or weaker than the channel average in all areas.

Dixons was the top performer under the financial performance pillar. However, its performance was weaker than the channel average.

Ilektroniki was the weakest performer of the leading electrical and electronics retailers in Europe. Its poor performance was driven by the weak scores it received for metrics across all the pillars.

The European electrical and electronics retail market is highly fragmented. In 2010, the top five electrical and electronics retailers in the region accounted for less than 25% of the market.

Contents

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 What is this Report About?
1.2 Peer Group
1.3 Retail Channel Definitions
1.4 Financial and Operational Metric Definitions
1.5 Summary Methodology
  1.5.1 Overall Research Methodology
  1.5.2 Scorecard and Heat Chart Methodology

2 PEER GROUP SUMMARY ANALYSIS

2.1 Leading European Electrical and Electronics – Heat Chart
2.2 Leading European Electrical and Electronics – Insights from Competitive Benchmarking Analysis
  2.2.1 Scale and growth competitive benchmarks
  2.2.2 Operational efficiency competitive benchmarks
  2.2.3 Financial performance competitive benchmarks
2.3 Clas Ohlson AB – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.4 Dixons Retail PLC – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.5 Spector Photo Group NV – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.6 Kesa Electricals plc – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.7 Ilektroniki Athinon S.A. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard

3 LEADING EUROPEAN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS – COMPANY BENCHMARKING

3.1 Scale and Growth Competitive Benchmarks
  3.1.1 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by revenue, 2006–2010
  3.1.2 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by revenue growth, 2007–2010
  3.1.3 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by retail floor space, 2006–2010
  3.1.4 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by retail floor space growth, 2007–2010
  3.1.5 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by store count, 2006–2010
  3.1.6 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by store count growth, 2007–2010
  3.1.7 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by employee count, 2006–2010
  3.1.8 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by employee count growth, 2007–2010
  3.1.9 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by market capitalization, 2006–2010
3.2 Operational Efficiency Competitive Benchmarks
  3.2.1 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by EBITDA margin, 2006–2010
  3.2.2 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by net profit margin, 2006–2010
  3.2.3 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by inventory turnover, 2006–2010
  3.2.4 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by sales per square meter, 2006–2010
  3.2.5 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by operating profit per square meter, 2006–2010
  3.2.6 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by sales per employee, 2006–2010
  3.2.7 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by operating profit per employee, 2006–2010
  3.2.8 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by fixed asset turnover, 2006–2010
3.3 Financial Performance Competitive Benchmarks
  3.3.1 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by ROCE, 2006–2010
  3.3.2 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by return on assets, 2006–2010
  3.3.3 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by earnings per share (basic), 2006–2010
  3.3.4 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by P/E ratio, 2006–2010
  3.3.5 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by quick ratio, 2006–2010
  3.3.6 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by debt to equity, 2006–2010
  3.3.7 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by debt ratio, 2006–2010
  3.3.8 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by capital expenditure, 2006–2010
  3.3.9 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by EV/sales, 2006–2010
  3.3.10 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by EV/EBITDA, 2006–2010
  3.3.11 Leading European electrical and electronics retailers by interest coverage, 2006–2010

4 APPENDIX

4.1 About Canadean
4.2 Disclaimer

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: List of Leading Electrical and Electronics Retailers in Europe, 2010
Table 2: Retail Channel Definitions
Table 3: Financial and Operational Metric Definitions
Table 4: List of Company Benchmarking Metrics by Pillar
Table 5: Sample Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 6: Clas Ohlson AB – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 7: Dixons Retail PLC – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 8: Spector Photo Group NV – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 9: Kesa Electricals plc – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 10: Ilektroniki Athinon S.A. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 11: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Revenue (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Table 12: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Revenue Growth (%), 2007–2010
Table 13: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Retail Floor Space (Thousand Square Meters), 2006–2010
Table 14: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Retail Floor Space Growth (%), 2007–2010
Table 15: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Store Count, 2006–2010
Table 16: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Store Count Growth (%), 2007–2010
Table 17: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Employee Count, 2006–2010
Table 18: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Employee Count Growth (%), 2007–2010
Table 19: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Market Capitalization (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Table 20: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by EBITDA Margin (%), 2006–2010
Table 21: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Net Profit Margin (%), 2006–2010
Table 22: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Inventory Turnover, 2006–2010
Table 23: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Sales per Square Meter (US$), 2006–2010
Table 24: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Operating Profit per Square Meter (US$), 2006–2010
Table 25: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Sales per Employee (US$), 2006–2010
Table 26: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Operating Profit per Employee (US$), 2006–2010
Table 27: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Fixed Asset Turnover, 2006–2010
Table 28: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by ROCE (%), 2006–2010
Table 29: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Return on Assets (%), 2006–2010
Table 30: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Earnings per Share (Basic) (US$), 2006–2010
Table 31: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by P/E Ratio, 2006–2010
Table 32: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Quick Ratio, 2006–2010
Table 33: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Debt to Equity, 2006–2010
Table 34: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Debt Ratio, 2006–2010
Table 35: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Capital Expenditure (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Table 36: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by EV/Sales, 2006–2010
Table 37: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by EV/EBITDA, 2006–2010
Table 38: Leading European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Interest Coverage, 2006–2010

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Sample Heat Chart
Figure 2: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers – Heat Chart
Figure 3: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Revenue (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Figure 4: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Revenue Growth (%), 2007–2010
Figure 5: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Retail Floor Space (Thousand Square Meters), 2006–2010
Figure 6: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Retail Floor Space Growth (%), 2007–2010
Figure 7: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Store Count, 2006–2010
Figure 8: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Store Count Growth (%), 2007–2010
Figure 9: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Employee Count, 2006–2010
Figure 10: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Employee Count Growth (%), 2007–2010
Figure 11: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Market Capitalization (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Figure 12: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by EBITDA Margin (%), 2006–2010
Figure 13: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Net Profit Margin (%), 2006–2010
Figure 14: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Inventory Turnover, 2006–2010
Figure 15: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Sales per Square Meter (US$), 2006–2010
Figure 16: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Operating Profit per Square Meter(US$), 2006–2010
Figure 17: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Sales per Employee (US$), 2006–2010
Figure 18: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Operating Profit per Employee (US$), 2006–2010
Figure 19: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Fixed Asset Turnover, 2006–2010
Figure 20: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by ROCE (%), 2006–2010
Figure 21: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Return on Assets (%), 2006–2010
Figure 22: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Earnings per share (basic) (US$), 2006–2010
Figure 23: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by P/E Ratio, 2006–2010
Figure 24: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Quick Ratio, 2006–2010
Figure 25: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Debt to Equity, 2006–2010
Figure 26: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Debt Ratio, 2006–2010
Figure 27: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Capital Expenditure (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Figure 28: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by EV/Sales, 2006–2010
Figure 29: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by EV/EBITDA, 2006–2010
Figure 30: Top Five European Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Interest Coverage, 2006–2010

COMPANIES MENTIONED

Dixons Retail PLC, Kesa Electricals plc, Spector Photo Group NV, Clas Ohlson AB, Ilektroniki Athinon S.A. Skip to top