Essendant Inc. (ESND) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

June 2018 | 38 pages | ID: E205E290F64EN
GlobalData

Abstracts

Essendant Inc. (ESND) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

The profile contains critical company information including:

• Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
• Corporate strategy – Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
• SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
• Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
• Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
• Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
• Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
• Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
• Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
• Important locations and subsidiaries – A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
• Detailed financial ratios for the past five years – The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
• Interim ratios for the last five interim periods – The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.

Highlights

Essendant Inc. (Essendant) is a wholesale distributor of workplace items. The Product portfolio of the company includes traditional business products, office furniture, technology products, automotive products, janitorial and break room supplies, industrial products and office furniture. It markets products under the brands of Universal, Windsoft, Innovera, Alera, Boardwalk and Anchor. The company also offers value-added training and marketing programs. It offers products to independent office products dealers; computer products resellers; contract stationers; oil field, welding supply and industrial/MRO distributors; sanitary supply, paper and foodservice distributors; drug and grocery store chains; healthcare distributors; e-commerce merchants; and other independent distributors. Essendant is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, the US.

Essendant Inc. Key Recent Developments

Apr 26,2018: Essendant releases Q1 2018 financial results
Feb 22,2018: Essendant posts Q4 and full year 2017 financial results
Oct 26,2017: Essendant names Richard D. Phillips as president and chief executive officer
Oct 26,2017: Essendant reports Q3 2017 results
Jun 13,2017: Essendant names Richard D. Phillips interim president and chief executive officer

Key benefits of buying this profile include:

You get detailed information about the company and its operations to identify potential customers and suppliers.

• The profile analyzes the company’s business structure, operations, major products and services, prospects, locations and subsidiaries, key executives and their biographies and key competitors.

Understand and respond to your competitors’ business structure and strategies, and capitalize on their weaknesses. Stay up to date on the major developments affecting the company.

• The company’s core strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed and presented in the profile objectively. Recent developments in the company covered in the profile help you track important events.

Equip yourself with information that enables you to sharpen your strategies and transform your operations profitably.

• Opportunities that the company can explore and exploit are sized up and its growth potential assessed in the profile. Competitive and/or technological threats are highlighted.

Scout for potential investments and acquisition targets, with detailed insight into the companies’ strategic, financial and operational performance.

• Financial ratio presented for major public companies in the profile include the revenue trends, profitability, growth, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios.

Gain key insights into the company for academic or business research.

• Key elements such as SWOT analysis, corporate strategy and financial ratios and charts are incorporated in the profile to assist your academic or business research needs.

Note: Some sections may be missing if data is unavailable for the company

Contents

SECTION 1 - ABOUT THE COMPANY

Essendant Inc. - Key Facts
Essendant Inc. - Key Employees
Essendant Inc. - Key Employee Biographies
Essendant Inc. - Major Products and Services
Essendant Inc. - History
Essendant Inc. - Company Statement
Essendant Inc. - Locations And Subsidiaries
Head Office
Other Locations & Subsidiaries

SECTION 2 – COMPANY ANALYSIS

Essendant Inc. - Business Description
Business Segment: Automotive Products
Overview
Performance
Business Segment: Cut Sheet Paper
Overview
Performance
Business Segment: Freight and Other
Performance
Business Segment: Industrial Supplies
Overview
Performance
Business Segment: Janitorial and BreakRoom Supplies
Overview
Performance
Business Segment: Office Furniture
Overview
Performance
Business Segment: Technology Product
Overview
Performance
Business Segment: Traditional Office
Overview
Performance
Essendant Inc. - SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis - Overview
Essendant Inc. - Strengths
Essendant Inc. - Weaknesses
Essendant Inc. - Opportunities
Essendant Inc. - Threats
Essendant Inc. - Key Competitors

SECTION 3 – COMPANY FINANCIAL RATIOS

Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
Performance Chart
Financial Performance
Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts

SECTION 4 – COMPANY’S RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Oct 26, 2017: Essendant names Richard D. Phillips as president and chief executive officer
Oct 26, 2017: Essendant reports Q3 2017 results
Jun 13, 2017: Essendant names Richard D. Phillips interim president and chief executive officer
Jun 13, 2017: Essendant names Richard D. Phillips interim president and chief executive officer
Apr 27, 2017: Essendant reports Q1 2017 results
Feb 27, 2017: Essendant reports Q4 and full year 2016 results

SECTION 5 – APPENDIX

Methodology
Ratio Definitions
About GlobalData
Contact Us
Disclaimer

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Essendant Inc., Key Facts
Essendant Inc., Key Employees
Essendant Inc., Key Employee Biographies
Essendant Inc., Major Products and Services
Essendant Inc., History
Essendant Inc., Subsidiaries
Essendant Inc., Key Competitors
Essendant Inc., Ratios based on current share price
Essendant Inc., Annual Ratios
Essendant Inc., Annual Ratios (Cont.1)
Essendant Inc., Annual Ratios (Cont.2)
Essendant Inc., Interim Ratios
Currency Codes
Capital Market Ratios
Equity Ratios
Profitability Ratios
Cost Ratios
Liquidity Ratios
Leverage Ratios
Efficiency Ratios

List Of Figures

LIST OF FIGURES

Essendant Inc., Performance Chart (2013 - 2017)
Essendant Inc., Ratio Charts

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