Saint-Gobain Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis

April 2024 | 50 pages | ID: S15B52CC144BEN
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Abstracts

Saint-Gobain 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 Saint-Gobain and its competitors. This provides our Clients with a clear understanding of Saint-Gobain position in the Building Products and Construction Materials Industry.

• The report contains detailed information about Saint-Gobain 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 Saint-Gobain. 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 Saint-Gobain 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 Saint-Gobain 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 Saint-Gobain business.

About Saint-Gobain

Saint Gobain engages in the manufacture and provision of materials, such as glass, ceramics, plastics, and cast iron, abrasives and associated services. The company operates in five segments: Flat Glass, Packaging, Construction Products, Building Distribution, and High-Performance Materials.

FLAT GLASS SECTOR

Flat glass sector manufactures, processes, and sells glass products for various markets, including the car and transports industries, the building trade, the furnishing, the electrical goods and the electronics industries.

The basic product, clear or tinted glass, is made on floats, in industrial units that also produce high-value-added glazing. This Division also has companies specializing in making glass products for the aerospace and transport industries, optics, household electrical appliances, and electronics.

Glazing for the Automobile Sector

For the automobile, SEKURIT SAINT-GOBAIN INTERNATIONAL works in partnership with automakers to develop new glazing and new functions that simplify the work of fitting the glazing on the body and allow for recycling. SEKURIT SAINT-GOBAIN, active in 22 countries, is the glass supplier of reference to the automobile industry.

Glazing for the Building Sector

For Building, the Flat Glass Division offers the line of glass products under its SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS brand name. It is active in Europe and Latin America through companies that make the basic products and subsidiaries specializing in processing and trade.
Glazing for Specialties

The Flat Glass Division meets global demand in specific sectors through its specialized companies. They have developed particular glassmaking techniques for household appliances, fireproof glass optics for industry, nuclear protection glass, and commercial refrigeration.

The company SOVIS specializes in making glass products for the optics industry (technical lighting, spectacles and radiation shielding windows for the nuclear industry) as well as glass processing for household appliances (oven doors, stovetops) and commercial refrigeration (refrigerated food counters).

Other companies in the Flat Glass Division are also active in the household appliance sector: EMMABODA and SCAN GLASS in Scandinavia, THERMAX in Great Britain, COVINA in Portugal and COVISEL in Brazil. EUROKERA and KERAGLASS manufacture and market clear fire-resistant glass ceramics used for cooking tops. EUROKERA NORTH AMERICA produces and markets these burners in America. VETROTECH INTERNATIONAL develops and markets special fireproof glass.

THE PACKAGING SECTOR

The Packaging sector has three activities: the production and sale of bottles and jars for the food industry and bottles for the perfume and pharmaceutical sectors. There is a plastics activity which produces high-performance plastic pumps for packaging liquid hygienic and beauty products as well as household products.

THE CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS SECTOR

The Construction products sector includes Building materials, Insulation and Pipe.

Building materials: The Company’s worldwide materials offering cover solutions for new and renovated buildings. Building Materials helps improve the aesthetic harmony of homes, can adapt to regional traditions, and has an influence on urban and home environments.

CertainTeed spearheads U.S. operations, which include on the one hand PVC products for wall facings and outdoor design of the home (sidings, windows, gutters, railings, patio equipment) and on the other roofing and ventilation products (asphalt-covered shingles, equipment for mechanical ventilation of attics).

Saint-Gobain Weber develops solutions based on ready mixed mortars to build and maintain constructions.

Industrial concrete, a French business run by Saint-Gobain Stradal, covers products for road construction and utilities, for civil engineering (railway sleepers, arch stones, and supports) as well as town fixtures, floor slabs and paving stones, gardening and landscaping items.

Insulation: Drawing on its capacity to process sand and rock, Saint-Gobain offers insulating products in glass wool or rock wool for protection against cold, heat, noise and fire. These insulating

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Contents

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

DISCLAIMER

1. SAINT-GOBAIN 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. SAINT-GOBAIN 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. SAINT-GOBAIN SWOT ANALYSIS

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

4. SAINT-GOBAIN 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. SAINT-GOBAIN COMPETITORS AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

5.1. Saint-Gobain Direct Competitors
5.2. Comparison of Saint-Gobain and Direct Competitors Financial Ratios
5.3. Comparison of Saint-Gobain and Direct Competitors Stock Charts
5.4. Saint-Gobain Industry Analysis
5.4.1. Building Products and Construction Materials Industry Snapshot
  5.4.2. Saint-Gobain Industry Position Analysis

6. SAINT-GOBAIN NEWS & EVENTS

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

7. SAINT-GOBAIN EXPERTS REVIEW¹

7.1. Experts Consensus
7.2. Experts Revisions

8. SAINT-GOBAIN ENHANCED SWOT ANALYSIS²

9. FRANCE 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. SAINT-GOBAIN IFE, EFE, IE MATRICES²

10.1. Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.2. External Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.3. Internal External Matrix

11. SAINT-GOBAIN PORTER FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS²

12. SAINT-GOBAIN VRIO ANALYSIS²

APPENDIX: RATIO DEFINITIONS

LIST OF FIGURES

Saint-Gobain 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
Saint-Gobain 1-year Stock Charts
Saint-Gobain 5-year Stock Charts
Saint-Gobain vs. Main Indexes 1-year Stock Chart
Saint-Gobain vs. Direct Competitors 1-year Stock Charts
Saint-Gobain Article Density Chart

1 – Data availability depends on company’s security policy.
2 – These sections are available only when you purchase a report with appropriate additional types of analyses.
The complete financial data is available for publicly traded companies.

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Saint-Gobain Key Facts
Profitability
Management Effectiveness
Income Statement Key Figures
Balance Sheet Key Figures
Cash Flow Statement Key Figures
Financial Performance Abbreviation Guide
Saint-Gobain Key Executives
Saint-Gobain Major Shareholders
Saint-Gobain History
Saint-Gobain Products
Revenues by Segment
Revenues by Region
Saint-Gobain Offices and Representations
Saint-Gobain 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
Saint-Gobain Profitability Ratios
Margin Analysis Ratios
Asset Turnover Ratios
Credit Ratios
Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Financial Ratios Growth Over Prior Year
Saint-Gobain Capital Market Snapshot
Saint-Gobain 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
Building Products and Construction Materials Industry Statistics
Saint-Gobain 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
Saint-Gobain 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

ANALYSIS FEATURES

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:

1. What composes a threat of substitute products and services?
2. Is there a threat of new competitors entering the market?
3. What is the intensity of competitive rivalry?
4. How big is the bargaining power of buyers?
5. 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?