Ruddick Corp. Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis

Ruddick Corp. Fundamental Company Report provides a complete overview of the company’s affairs. All available data is presented in a comprehensive and easily accessed format. The report includes financial and SWOT information, industry analysis, opinions, estimates, plus annual and quarterly forecasts made by stock market experts. The report also enables direct comparison to be made between Ruddick Corp. and its competitors. This provides our Clients with a clear understanding of Ruddick Corp. position in the Retail Industry.

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• The report contains the company’s profile and data about the owners, senior executives, locations, subsidiaries, markets, products, and company history.
• The SWOT-analysis provides information about the company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and possible threats against it.
• The report outlines the main financial ratios pertaining to profitability, margin analysis, asset turnover, credit ratios, and company’s long-term solvency.
• It also shows the company’s income statement and ratio trend-charts, with balance sheets and cash flows presented on an annual and quarterly basis.
• Company’s financial ratios are directly compared with those of its competitors through industry averages.
• The report provides relevant news, an analysis of PR-activity, and stock price movements.
• The latter are correlated with pertinent news and press releases, and annual and quarterly forecasts are given by a variety of experts and market research firms.

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About Ruddick Corp.

Ruddick Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Harris Teeter, Inc. (Harris Teeter), operates a regional chain of supermarkets in eight states in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, including the District of Columbia. The company, through its other wholly-owned subsidiary, American & Efird, Inc. (A&E), manufactures and distributes industrial sewing thread, embroidery thread, and technical textiles on a global basis.

Harris Teeter

As of October 3, 2010, Harris Teeter operated 199 supermarkets located in North Carolina (134), Virginia (35), South Carolina (13), Maryland (5), Tennessee (5), Delaware (3), District of Columbia (2), Florida (1), and Georgia (1). These supermarkets offer an assortment of groceries, produce, meat and seafood, delicatessen items, bakery items, wines, and non-food items, such as health and beauty care, general merchandise, and floral. In addition, Harris Teeter operated pharmacies in 125 of its supermarkets.

American & Efird, Inc. (A&E)

A&E’s industrial sewing thread is used by manufacturers of apparel, automotive materials, home furnishings, medical supplies, and footwear to manufacture their products. A&E also distributes sewing supplies manufactured by other companies. Its products are sold through its employed sales representatives, commissioned agents, and distributors. Technical textiles represent non-apparel yarns A&E supplies to its customers in the automotive, telecommunications, wire and cable, paper production, and other industries. A&E also distributes sewing supplies manufactured by other companies.

A&E's majority of sales are industrial thread for use in apparel products. The apparel market is made up of various categories servicing both genders and diverse age groups, including jeanswear, underwear, menswear, womenswear, outerwear, intimate apparel, workwear, and childrenswear. A&E also manufactures industrial thread for use in various non-apparel products, including home furnishings, automotive, footwear, upholstered furniture, sporting goods, caps and hats, gloves, leather products, medical products, and tea bag strings.

A&E also has wholly-owned operations in Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, England, Honduras, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Turkey, Poland, South Africa, and Slovenia; majority-owned joint ventures in China (two), and the Dominican Republic; minority interest in ventures with ongoing operations in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, and Sri Lanka; and a 50% ownership interest in a joint venture in China.

Competition: A&E competes globally with Coats plc.

History

Ruddick Corporation was founded in 1891.

Contents

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

DISCLAIMER

1. RUDDICK CORP. COMPANY PROFILE

1.1. Key facts
1.2. Financial Performance
1.3. Key Executives
1.4. Ownership and Major Holders
1.5. Company History

2. RUDDICK CORP. BUSINESS OVERVIEW

2.1. Business Description
2.2. Major Products and Services
2.3. Markets and Sales Activities
2.4. Locations, Subsidiaries, Operating Units

3. RUDDICK CORP. SWOT ANALYSIS

3.1. Overview
3.2. Strengths
3.3. Weaknesses
3.4. Opportunities
3.5. Threats

4. RUDDICK CORP. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

4.1. Financial Statements
  4.1.1. Income Statement
  4.1.2. Balance Sheet
  4.1.3. Cash Flow
4.2. Financial Ratios
  4.2.1. Profitability
  4.2.2. Margin Analysis
  4.2.3. Asset Turnover
  4.2.4. Credit Ratios
  4.2.5. Long-Term Solvency
  4.2.6. Growth Over Prior Year
  4.2.7. Financial Ratios Charts
4.3. Stock Market Snapshot

5. RUDDICK CORP. COMPETITORS AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

5.1. Ruddick Corp. Direct Competitors
5.2. Comparison of Ruddick Corp. and Direct Competitors Financial Ratios
5.3. Comparison of Ruddick Corp. and Direct Competitors Stock Charts
5.4. Ruddick Corp. Industry Analysis
  5.4.1. Retail Industry Snapshot
  5.4.2. Ruddick Corp. Industry Position Analysis

6. RUDDICK CORP. NEWS & EVENTS

6.1. News & PR Activity Analysis
6.2. IR Corporate News
6.3. Marketing News
6.4. Corporate Events

7. RUDDICK CORP. EXPERTS REVIEW

7.1. Experts Opinion
7.2. Experts Estimates

APPENDIX 1: RATIO DEFINITIONS

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. Ruddick Corp. Key Facts
Table 2. Ruddick Corp. Profitability
Table 3. Ruddick Corp. Management Effectiveness
Table 4. Ruddick Corp. Income Statement Key Figures
Table 5. Ruddick Corp. Balance Sheet Key Figures
Table 6. Ruddick Corp. Cash Flow Statement Key Figures
Table 7. Financial Performance Abbreviation Guide
Table 8. Ruddick Corp. Key Executives
Table 9. Ruddick Corp. Key Executives Biographies *
Table 10. Ruddick Corp. Key Executives Compensations *
Table 11. Ruddick Corp. Key Executives Stock Options *
Table 12. Ruddick Corp. Major Shareholders
Table 13. Ruddick Corp. History
Table 14. Ruddick Corp. Products
Table 15. Ruddick Corp. Revenues by Product
Table 16. Ruddick Corp. Revenues by Region
Table 17. Ruddick Corp. Offices and Representations
Table 18. Ruddick Corp. SWOT Analysis
Table 19. Ruddick Corp. Income Statement 2008-2011 Including 4-years Trends
Table 20. Ruddick Corp. Income Statement Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Table 21. Ruddick Corp. Balance Sheet 2008-2011 Including Trends
Table 22. Ruddick Corp. Balance Sheet Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Table 23. Ruddick Corp. Cash Flow 2008-2011 Including Trends
Table 24. Ruddick Corp. Cash Flow Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Table 25. Ruddick Corp. Profitability Ratios
Table 26. Ruddick Corp. Margin Analysis Ratios
Table 27. Ruddick Corp. Asset Turnover Ratios
Table 28. Ruddick Corp. Credit Ratios
Table 29. Ruddick Corp. Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Table 30. Ruddick Corp. Financial Ratios Growth Over Prior Year
Table 31. Ruddick Corp. Capital Market Snapshot
Table 32. Ruddick Corp. Direct Competitors Key Facts
Table 33. Ruddick Corp. Direct Competitors Profitability Ratios
Table 34. Ruddick Corp. Direct Competitors Margin Analysis Ratios
Table 35. Ruddick Corp. Direct Competitors Asset Turnover Ratios
Table 36. Ruddick Corp. Direct Competitors Credit Ratios
Table 37. Ruddick Corp. Direct Competitors Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Table 38. Retail Industry Statistics
Table 39. Ruddick Corp. Industry Position
Table 40. Ruddick Corp. vs. Industry Income Statement Analysis
Table 41. Ruddick Corp. vs. Industry Balance Sheet Analysis
Table 42. Ruddick Corp. vs. Industry Cash Flow Analysis
Table 43. Ruddick Corp. vs. Industry Ratios Comparison
Table 44. Ruddick Corp. Consensus Recommendations*
Table 45. Ruddick Corp. Analyst Recommendation Summary*
Table 46. Ruddick Corp. Price Target Summary*
Table 47. Ruddick Corp. Experts Recommendation Trends*
Table 48. Ruddick Corp. Revenue Estimates Analysis*
Table 49. Ruddick Corp. Earnings Estimates Analysis*
Table 50. Ruddick Corp. Historical Surprises*
Table 51. Ruddick Corp. Revenue Estimates Trend*
Table 52. Ruddick Corp. Earnings Estimates Trend*
Table 53. Ruddick Corp. Revenue Revisions*
Table 54. Ruddick Corp. Earnings Revisions*

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1. Ruddick Corp. Annual Revenues in Comparison with Cost of Goods Sold and Gross Profit
Figure 2. Ruddick Corp. Profit Margin Chart
Figure 3. Ruddick Corp. Operating Margin Chart
Figure 4. Ruddick Corp. Return on Equity (ROE) Chart
Figure 5. Ruddick Corp. Return on Assets (ROA) Chart
Figure 6. Ruddick Corp. Debt to Equity Chart
Figure 7. Ruddick Corp. Current Ratio Chart
Figure 8. Ruddick Corp. 1-year Stock Charts
Figure 9. Ruddick Corp. 5-year Stock Charts
Figure 10. Ruddick Corp. vs. Main Indexes 1-year Stock Chart
Figure 11. Ruddick Corp. vs. Direct Competitors 1-year Stock Charts
Figure 12. Ruddick Corp. Article Density Chart

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