The General Chemical Group Inc. Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis
- The report contains detailed information about The General Chemical Group Inc. that gives an unrivalled in-depth knowledge about internal business-environment of the company: data about the owners, senior executives, locations, subsidiaries, markets, products, and company history.
- Another part of the report is a SWOT-analysis carried out for The General Chemical Group Inc.. It involves specifying the objective of the company's business and identifies the different factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieving that objective. SWOT-analysis helps to understand company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and possible threats against it.
- The The General Chemical Group Inc. financial analysis covers the income statement and ratio trend-charts with balance sheets and cash flows presented on an annual and quarterly basis. The report outlines the main financial ratios pertaining to profitability, margin analysis, asset turnover, credit ratios, and company’s long-term solvency. This sort of company's information will assist and strengthen your company’s decision-making processes.
- In the part that describes The General Chemical Group Inc. competitors and the industry in whole, the information about company's financial ratios is compared to those of its competitors and to the industry. The unique analysis of the market and company’s competitors along with detailed information about the internal and external factors affecting the relevant industry will help to manage your business environment. Your company’s business and sales activities will be boosted by gaining an insight into your competitors’ businesses.
- Also 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. Such information creates your awareness about principal trends of The General Chemical Group Inc. business.
About The General Chemical Group Inc.
The General Chemical Group, Inc. operates as a producer of soda ash and calcium chloride in North America. The Company's soda ash is used in the manufacture of glass, sodium-based chemicals (such as baking soda), detergents, paper, textiles, food and many other familiar consumer products. The Company's calcium chloride is used primarily by highway and road maintenance organizations for dust control and roadbed stabilization during the summer and for de-icing roads and sidewalks during the winter.
The Company produces natural soda ash from trona ore, the raw material precursor of soda ash, at its Green River, Wyoming facility, where it has access to the largest and most economically recoverable trona ore deposits in the world. The Company operates its Green River facility through General Chemical (Soda Ash) Partners (GCSAP), a partnership with subsidiaries of ACI International Limited and TOSOH Corporation.
The Soda Ash and Calcium Chloride Businesses
Soda Ash
Soda ash is used in the manufacture of glass, sodium-based chemicals, detergents, paper and other consumer products. It is also used in water treatment, pulp and paper and other industrial end-use applications. Approximately one-half of global soda ash demand is attributable to glass production. The glass production market is comprised of manufacturers of bottles and other containers, commercial, residential and automobile windows, mirrors, fiberglass, television tubes, lighting ware, tableware, glassware and laboratory ware.
The Company, along with the other five U.S. producers of natural soda ash, is a member of ANSAC, a soda ash export cooperative organized in 1984 under an exemption from U.S. antitrust laws provided under the Webb-Pommerene Act. Through this cooperative, all six U.S. producers export soda ash to all parts of the world except Canada and the members of the European Union, where U.S. producers export soda ash directly. The primary export markets served by ANSAC are Asia and Latin America and, to a lesser extent, the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe.
Calcium Chloride
The primary uses for the Company's calcium chloride--road maintenance and ice removal--are seasonal and weather dependent. During the summer, the Company's calcium chloride is used in liquid form on unpaved roads for dust control and roadbed stabilization. During the winter, the Company's calcium chloride is used in flake and liquid form for ice removal. The Company primarily markets its calcium chloride to highway and road maintenance organizations, as well as other industrial and governmental users. The Company also markets a range of calcium chloride-based products for sidewalk and driveway de-icing applications through retail home improvement centers.
Competition
Soda Ash
The Company competes with both international and North American soda ash producers. The international soda ash producers include Brunner Mond plc, Penrice Soda Ash Products Pty Ltd., Solvay S.A. and various Eastern European and Asian producers.
Calcium Chloride
The Company is the largest producer of calcium chloride in Canada. The Company's major competitors are The Dow Chemical Company (Dow Chemical), TETRA Technologies, Inc. (TETRA), and various local producers in Canada and the United States.
History
The General Chemical Group, Inc. was founded in 1899.
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
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1. THE GENERAL CHEMICAL GROUP INC. 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 GENERAL CHEMICAL GROUP INC. 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 GENERAL CHEMICAL GROUP INC. SWOT ANALYSIS
3.1. Overview
3.2. Strengths
3.3. Weaknesses
3.4. Opportunities
3.5. Threats
4. THE GENERAL CHEMICAL GROUP INC. 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 GENERAL CHEMICAL GROUP INC. COMPETITORS AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
5.1. The General Chemical Group Inc. Direct Competitors
5.2. Comparison of The General Chemical Group Inc. and Direct Competitors Financial Ratios
5.3. Comparison of The General Chemical Group Inc. and Direct Competitors Stock Charts
5.4. The General Chemical Group Inc. Industry Analysis
5.4.1. Industry Snapshot
5.4.2. The General Chemical Group Inc. Industry Position Analysis
6. THE GENERAL CHEMICAL GROUP INC. NEWS & EVENTS
6.1. News & PR Activity Analysis
6.2. IR Corporate News
6.3. Marketing News
6.4. Corporate Events
7. THE GENERAL CHEMICAL GROUP INC. EXPERTS REVIEW1
7.1. Experts Consensus
7.2. Experts Revisions
8. THE GENERAL CHEMICAL GROUP INC. ENHANCED SWOT ANALYSIS2
9. UNITED STATES PESTEL ANALYSIS2
9.1. Political Factors
9.2. Economic Factors
9.3. Social Factors
9.4. Technological Factors
9.5. Environmental Factors
9.6. Legal Factors
10. THE GENERAL CHEMICAL GROUP INC. IFE, EFE, IE MATRICES2
10.1. Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.2. External Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.3. Internal External Matrix
11. THE GENERAL CHEMICAL GROUP INC. PORTER FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS2
12. THE GENERAL CHEMICAL GROUP INC. VRIO ANALYSIS2
APPENDIX: RATIO DEFINITIONS
LIST OF FIGURES
The General Chemical Group Inc. Annual Revenues in Comparison with Cost of Goods Sold and Gross Profit
Profit Margin Chart
Operating Margin Chart
Return on Equity (ROE) Chart
Return on Assets (ROA) Chart
Debt to Equity Chart
Current Ratio Chart
The General Chemical Group Inc. 1-year Stock Charts
The General Chemical Group Inc. 5-year Stock Charts
The General Chemical Group Inc. vs. Main Indexes 1-year Stock Chart
The General Chemical Group Inc. vs. Direct Competitors 1-year Stock Charts
The General Chemical Group Inc. Article Density Chart
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The General Chemical Group Inc. Key Facts
Profitability
Management Effectiveness
Income Statement Key Figures
Balance Sheet Key Figures
Cash Flow Statement Key Figures
Financial Performance Abbreviation Guide
The General Chemical Group Inc. Key Executives
The General Chemical Group Inc. Major Shareholders
The General Chemical Group Inc. History
The General Chemical Group Inc. Products
Revenues by Segment
Revenues by Region
The General Chemical Group Inc. Offices and Representations
The General Chemical Group Inc. SWOT Analysis
Yearly Income Statement Including Trends
Income Statement Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Balance Sheet Including Trends
Balance Sheet Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Cash Flow Including Trends
Cash Flow Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
The General Chemical Group Inc. Profitability Ratios
Margin Analysis Ratios
Asset Turnover Ratios
Credit Ratios
Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Financial Ratios Growth Over Prior Year
The General Chemical Group Inc. Capital Market Snapshot
The General Chemical Group Inc. Direct Competitors Key Facts
Direct Competitors Profitability Ratios
Direct Competitors Margin Analysis Ratios
Direct Competitors Asset Turnover Ratios
Direct Competitors Credit Ratios
Direct Competitors Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Industry Statistics
The General Chemical Group Inc. Industry Position
Company vs. Industry Income Statement Analysis
Company vs. Industry Balance Sheet Analysis
Company vs. Industry Cash Flow Analysis
Company vs. Industry Ratios Comparison
The General Chemical Group Inc. Consensus Recommendations1
Analyst Recommendation Summary1
Price Target Summary1
Experts Recommendation Trends1
Revenue Estimates Analysis1
Earnings Estimates Analysis1
Historical Surprises1
Revenue Estimates Trend1
Earnings Estimates Trend1
Revenue Revisions1
SWOT Analysis
SWOT, which stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, is an analytical framework that identifies the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable for a company.
Enhanced SWOT Analysis
Enhanced SWOT is a 3×3 grid that arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats into one scheme:
- How to use the strengths to take advantage of the opportunities?
- How to use the strengths to reduce likelihood and impact of the threats?
- How to overcome the weaknesses that obstruct taking advantage of the opportunities?
- How to overcome the weaknesses that can make the threats a reality?
Upon answering these questions a company can develop a project plan to improve its business performance.
PESTEL Analysis
PESTEL (also termed as PESTLE) is an ideal tool to strategically analyze what influence different outside factors – political, economic, sociocultural, technological, environmental and legal – exert on a business to later chart its long term targets.
Being part of the external analysis when carrying out a strategic assessment or performing a market study, PESTEL gives an overview of diverse macro-environmental factors that any company should thoughtfully consider. By perceiving these outside environments, businesses can maximally benefit from the opportunities while minimizing the threats to the organization.
Key Factors Examined by PESTEL Analysis:
- Political – What opportunities and pressures are brought by political bodies and what is the degree of public regulations’ impact on the business?
- Economic – What economic policies, trends and structures are expected to affect the organization, what is this influence’s degree?
- Sociological – What cultural and societal aspects will work upon the demand for the business’s products and operations?
- Technological – What impact do the technological aspects, innovations, incentives and barriers have on the organization?
- Environmental – What environmental and ecological facets, both locally and farther afield, are likely to predetermine the business?
- Legal – What laws and legislation will exert influence on the style the business is carried out?
IFE, EFE, IE Matrices
The Internal Factor Evaluation matrix (IFE matrix) is a strategic management tool helping audit or evaluate major weaknesses and strengths in a business’s functional areas. In addition, IFE matrix serves as a basis for identifying and assessing relationships amongst those areas. The IFE matrix is utilised in strategy formulation.
The External Factor Evaluation matrix (EFE matrix) is a tool of strategic management that is typically utilised to assess current market conditions. It is an ideal instrument for visualising and prioritising the threats and opportunities a firm is facing.
The essential difference between the above mentioned matrices lies in the type of factors incorporated in the model; whilst the latter is engaged in internal factors, the former deals exceptionally with external factors – those exposed to social, political, economic, legal, etc. external forces.
Being a continuation of the EFE matrix and IFE matrix models, the Internal External matrix (IE matrix) rests upon an investigation of external and internal business factors integrated into one suggestive model.
Porter Five Forces Analysis
The Porter’s five forces analysis studies the industry of operation and helps the company find new sources of competitive advantage. The analysis surveys an industry through five major questions:
- What composes a threat of substitute products and services?
- Is there a threat of new competitors entering the market?
- What is the intensity of competitive rivalry?
- How big is the bargaining power of buyers?
- How significant is the bargaining power of suppliers?
VRIO Analysis
VRIO stands for Value, Rarity, Imitability, Organization. This analysis helps to evaluate all company’s resources and capabilities and bring them together into one aggregate table that includes:
- Tangible resources
- Financial
- Physical
- Technological
- Organizational
- Intangible resources
- Human
- Innovation and Creativity
- Reputation
- Organizational capabilities
The result of the analysis gives a clear picture of company’s competitive and economic implications, answering the questions if the resources mentioned above are:
- Valuable?
- Rare?
- Costly to imitate?
- Organized properly?
