Synopsis

Company's’s ‘Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers – Company Benchmarking Analysis Report’ compares the strength of the leading electrical and electronics retailers in North America relative to each other and international averages for retailers in the electrical and electronics retailers channel.

The benchmark analysis is based on key parameters and ratios that explain the performance of a particular company against that of its immediate peers and its overall channel of operation. As such, it provides an easy-to-use analysis which highlights the companies that are setting the benchmark performance in their channel of operation.


Summary

The report provides a peer group benchmarking analysis of leading electrical and electronics retailers in North America. The peer group is selected from our Retailer Company Benchmark Database which covers the leading 1,000 global retailers. The peer groups covered includes leading public electrical and electronics retailers based in North America.

The retailers covered in the report are:
• Best Buy Co, Inc.
• RadioShack Corporation
• Rent-A-Center, Inc.
• Aaron's, Inc.
• hhgregg, Inc.
• CONN'S, INC.



Scope

• Understand the relative competitive strengths and weaknesses of the players covered, both compared to each other, as well as for the average performance of retailers in this channel around the world.

• Detailed scorecards and summary heat charts provide clear, concise at a glance analysis of the relative performance of the companies covered across a range of metrics. While more detailed data provides the granular detail behind these concise analyses.

• Gain a detailed knowledge of the best in class performance levels amongst the retailers covered in order to benchmark both competitor performance as well as that of your own company.

Reasons To Buy

As might be expected, Best Buy was the strongest performer of the leading electrical and electronics retailers in North America. Its strong performance was driven by the comparatively high scores it received for scale and growth pillar.

RadioShack was the top performer under the financial performance pillar. However, its performance in other pillars was comparable to or weaker than the channel average.

Conn's was the weakest performer of the leading electrical and electronics retailers in North America. Its poor performance was driven by the weak scores it received for metrics across all the pillars.

The North American electrical and electronics retail market is moderately concentrated. In 2010, the top three electrical and electronics retailers in the region accounted for 31.1% of the market, while the six public retailers that make up the peer group comprise a market share of 33.7%.



Key Highlights

North America Electrical and Electronics Retailers Company Benchmarking, North America Electrical and Electronics Retailers Performance Metrics, North America Electrical and Electronics Retailers Operational Parameters, Best Buy, RadioShack, Rent-A-Center, Aaron's, hhgregg, Conn's

List of Tables

Table 1: List of Leading Electrical and Electronics Retailers in North America, 2010
Table 2: Retail Channel Definitions
Table 3: Financial and Operational Metric Definitions
Table 4: List of Company Benchmarking Metrics by Pillar
Table 5: Sample Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 6: Best Buy Co, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 7: RadioShack Corporation– Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 8: hhgregg, Inc.– Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 9: Aaron's, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 10: Rent-A-Center, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 11: CONN'S, INC. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 12: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Revenue (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Table 13: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Revenue Growth (%), 2007–2010
Table 14: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Retail Floor Space (Thousand Square Meters), 2006–2010
Table 15: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Retail Floor Space Growth (%), 2007–2010
Table 16: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Store Count, 2006–2010
Table 17: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Store Count Growth (%), 2007–2010
Table 18: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Employee Count, 2006–2010
Table 19: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Employee Count Growth (%), 2007–2010
Table 20: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Market Capitalization (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Table 21: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by EBITDA Margin (%), 2006–2010
Table 22: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Net Profit Margin (%), 2006–2010
Table 23: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Inventory Turnover, 2006–2010
Table 24: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Sales per Square Meter (US$), 2006–2010
Table 25: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Operating Profit per Square Meter (US$), 2006–2010
Table 26: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Sales per Employee (US$), 2006–2010
Table 27: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Operating Profit per Employee (US$), 2006–2010
Table 28: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Fixed Asset Turnover, 2006–2010
Table 29: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by ROCE (%), 2006–2010
Table 30: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Return on Assets (%), 2006–2010
Table 31: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Earnings per Share (Basic) (US$), 2006–2010
Table 32: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by P/E Ratio, 2006–2010
Table 33: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Quick Ratio, 2006–2010
Table 34: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Debt to Equity, 2006–2010
Table 35: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Debt Ratio, 2006–2010
Table 36: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Capital Expenditure (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Table 37: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by EV/Sales, 2006–2010
Table 38: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by EV/EBITDA, 2006–2010
Table 39: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Interest Coverage, 2006–2010

List of Figures

Figure 1: Sample Heat Chart
Figure 2: Leading North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers – Heat Chart
Figure 3: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Revenue (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Figure 4: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Revenue Growth (%), 2007–2010
Figure 5: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Retail Floor Space (Thousand Square Meters), 2006–2010
Figure 6: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Retail Floor Space Growth (%), 2007–2010
Figure 7: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Store Count, 2006–2010
Figure 8: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Store Count Growth (%), 2007–2010
Figure 9: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Employee Count, 2006–2010
Figure 10: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Employee Count Growth (%), 2007–2010
Figure 11: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Market Capitalization (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Figure 12: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by EBITDA Margin (%), 2006–2010
Figure 13: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Net Profit Margin (%), 2006–2010
Figure 14: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Inventory Turnover, 2006–2010
Figure 15: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Sales per Square Meter (US$), 2006–2010
Figure 16: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Operating Profit per Square Meter(US$), 2006–2010
Figure 17: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Sales per Employee (US$), 2006–2010
Figure 18: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Operating Profit per Employee (US$), 2006–2010
Figure 19: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Fixed Asset Turnover, 2006–2010
Figure 20: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by ROCE (%), 2006–2010
Figure 21: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Return on Assets (%), 2006–2010
Figure 22: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Earnings per share (basic) (US$), 2006–2010
Figure 23: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by P/E Ratio, 2006–2010
Figure 24: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Quick Ratio, 2006–2010
Figure 25: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Debt to Equity, 2006–2010
Figure 26: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Debt Ratio, 2006–2010
Figure 27: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Capital Expenditure (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Figure 28: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by EV/Sales, 2006–2010
Figure 29: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by EV/EBITDA, 2006–2010
Figure 30: Top Five North American Electrical and Electronics Retailers by Interest Coverage, 2006–2010

Companies Mentioned

Best Buy Co, Inc., RadioShack Corporation, Rent-A-Center, Inc., Aaron's, Inc., hhgregg, Inc., CONN'S, INC.