From the Publisher
For over 20,000 companies, Icon Group International uses a proprietary methodology to generate international benchmarks and measure gaps that might be revealed from such an exercise. First, for a given company Icon Group searches across over 26,000 firms for others producing similar products, offering similar services, or are in the same stage of the value chain for a particular industrial classification. We then collect the financials for each of these firms and standardize these into comparable categories (assets, liabilities, income and ratios). From there, we eliminate all currency effects by standardizing within each category and country. All benchmarks are updated quarterly. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1
INTRODUCTION & METHODOLOGY
1.1 What does this report cover? 2
ASSET STRUCTURE: 2000
2.1 Asset Structure: Benchmarks
2.2 Large Gaps to Competitors: Assets 3
LIABILITY STRUCTURE: 2000
3.1 Liability Structure: Benchmarks
3.2 Large Gaps to Competitors: Liabilities 4
INCOME STRUCTURE: 2000
4.1 Income Structure: Benchmarks
4.2 Large Gaps to Competitors: Income 5
RATIO STRUCTURE: 2000
5.1 Ratio Structure: Benchmarks
5.2 Large Gaps to Competitors: Ratio
From the Author
Icon Group publishes a number of other benchmarks for firms in related product areas, including: -- ADVOCAT INC. -- AMERICA SERVICE GROUP INC. -- ASSOCIATED NURSING SERVICES PLC -- CARE FIRST PLC -- CARE UK PLC -- HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORP. -- HCR MANOR CARE INC -- HORIZON/CMS HEALTHCARE CORP. -- INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC. -- KUALA HEALTHCARE, INC. -- LIVING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC. -- MARINER POST-ACUTE NETWORK, INC. -- MARSEILLE KLINIKEN AG -- MEDIDEP -- NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP. -- NCS HEALTHCARE, INC. -- REGENCY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. -- RES-CARE, INC. -- RETIREMENT CARE ASSOCIATES, INC. -- SUMMIT CARE CORP. -- SUN HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC. -- TAMARIS PLC -- TRINITY CARE PLC -- UNIVENT PLC -- VENCOR, INC. (NEW) -- VENTAS, INC. -- WESTMINSTER HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS PLC