The Valspar Corporation Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis

The Valspar Corporation 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 The Valspar Corporation and its competitors. This provides our Clients with a clear understanding of The Valspar Corporation position in the Chemical 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.
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• 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 The Valspar Corporation

The Valspar Corporation engages in the manufacture and distribution of coatings, paints, and related products worldwide.

Segments

The company operates in two segments, Coatings and Paints.

Coatings Segment

The Coatings segment includes its packaging product line and its three industrial product lines: coil, general industrial, and wood. The company offers a range of decorative and protective coatings for metal, wood, and plastic, primarily for sale to original equipment manufacturing (OEM) customers in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Products within its Coatings segment include primers, top coats, varnishes, sprays, stains, fillers, and other coatings used by customers in a range of manufacturing industries, including agricultural equipment, appliances, building products, construction equipment, furniture, metal fabrication, metal packaging, and transportation. The company utilizes various coatings technologies to meet its customers’ coatings requirements, including electrodeposition, powder, solvent-based, waterborne, and UV light-cured coatings.

The company’s packaging product line includes coatings for the interior and exterior of metal packaging containers, principally food containers and beverage cans for global customers. It also produces coatings for aerosol and paint cans, crowns for glass bottles, plastic packaging, and bottle closures.

The company’s coil product line includes coatings that are applied to metal coils used to manufacture pre-engineered buildings and building components, and other metal building and architectural products and appliances. It manufactures coil coatings primarily in North America. The company also supplies coil coatings in Asia, Australia, eastern and northern Europe, and South America.

The company’s general industrial product line provides customers a single source for powder, liquid, and electrodeposition coatings technologies in various industries, including lawn and garden, pipe coatings, transportation, and agricultural and construction equipment. The company’s wood product line supplies decorative and protective coatings for wood furniture, building products, cabinets, and floors. It has color design, manufacturing, and technical service capabilities for customers throughout Asia and North America.

Paints Segment

The Paints segment includes various products, such as paints, primers, topcoats and aerosol spray paints sold primarily through retailers, distribution networks, and company-owned stores. This segment includes its consumer paints and automotive refinish product lines.

The company offers a portfolio of interior and exterior paints, stains, primers, varnishes, floor paints, and specialty decorative products, such as enamels, aerosols, and faux finishes, used in both the do-it-yourself and professional markets. The primary distribution channels for these products in the U.S. and Canada are home centers, hardware wholesalers, distributors, and independent dealers. The company offers its own branded products and private label brands for customers. At key customers, it also offers additional marketing and customer support. In China, the company sells its Huarun brand of consumer paints through distributors and retail outlets. In Australia and New Zealand, the company sells its Wattyl brands of consumer paints through independent dealers, hardware chains, home centers, and company-owned stores.

The company develops customized merchandising and marketing support programs for its consumer paint customers, enabling them to differentiate their paint departments from their competitors’ through product and color selection assistance, point-of-purchase materials and labeling. Its primary brands include Valspar and Cabot in the U.S.; Huarun in China; and Wattyl and Solagard in Australia and New Zealand.

The company’s automotive product line includes refinish paints and aerosol spray paints that are sold through automotive refinish distributors, body shops, automotive supply distributors, and automotive supply retailers. The company manufactures these products in Europe and North America and distributes them under the Valspar, DeBeer, and House of Kolor brands in various countries worldwide.

Other

In addition to the main product lines within its Coatings and Paints segments, the company manufactures and sells specialty polymers, colorants and gelcoats; and sells furniture protection plans and furniture care and repair products under the Guardsman brand. The specialty polymers and colorants are manufactured for internal use and for external sale to other coatings manufacturers. The company’s gelcoats and related products are primarily sold to boat manufacturers and shower and tub manufacturers.

Customers

The company's major customer is Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

History

The Valspar Corporation was founded in 1806.

Contents

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

DISCLAIMER

1. THE VALSPAR CORPORATION 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. THE VALSPAR CORPORATION 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. THE VALSPAR CORPORATION SWOT ANALYSIS

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

4. THE VALSPAR CORPORATION 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. THE VALSPAR CORPORATION COMPETITORS AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

5.1. The Valspar Corporation Direct Competitors
5.2. Comparison of The Valspar Corporation and Direct Competitors Financial Ratios
5.3. Comparison of The Valspar Corporation and Direct Competitors Stock Charts
5.4. The Valspar Corporation Industry Analysis
  5.4.1. Chemicals Industry Snapshot
  5.4.2. The Valspar Corporation Industry Position Analysis

6. THE VALSPAR CORPORATION NEWS & EVENTS

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

7. THE VALSPAR CORPORATION EXPERTS REVIEW

7.1. Experts Opinion
7.2. Experts Estimates

APPENDIX 1: RATIO DEFINITIONS

LIST OF TABLES

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

LIST OF FIGURES

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

* – Data availability depends on company’s security policy.
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