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Report Date : |
11.10.2012 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC. |
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Registered Office : |
12500 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA 23602 |
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Country : |
United States |
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Year of Establishment : |
1953 |
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Legal Form : |
Corporation – Profit |
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Line of Business : |
Engages in the wholesale distribution of residential and commercial plumbing supplies, pipes, valves, fittings, and heating and cooling equipment. |
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No. of Employees : |
16,794 |
RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
Ba |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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41-55 |
Ba |
Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal
commitments. |
Satisfactory |
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Status : |
Good |
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Payment Behaviour : |
No Complaints |
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Litigation : |
Clear |
NOTES :
Any query related to this report can be made
on e-mail: infodept@mirainform.com
while quoting report number, name and date.
ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 30th, 2012
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Country Name |
Previous Rating (31.03.2011) |
Current Rating (30.06.2012) |
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United States |
A1 |
A1 |
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Risk Category |
ECGC
Classification |
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Insignificant |
A1 |
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Low |
A2 |
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Moderate |
B1 |
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High |
B2 |
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Very High |
C1 |
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Restricted |
C2 |
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Off-credit |
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UNITED STATES - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
The US has the largest and most
technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of
$48,100. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business
firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy
needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US business
firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and
Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to
develop new products. At the same time, they face higher barriers to enter
their rivals' home markets than foreign firms face entering US markets. US
firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in
computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment; their advantage has
narrowed since the end of World War II. The onrush of technology largely
explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in
which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical
skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay
raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits. Since 1975, practically
all the gains in household income have gone to the top 20% of households. Since
1996, dividends and capital gains have grown faster than wages or any other
category of after-tax income. Imported oil accounts for nearly 55% of US
consumption. Oil prices doubled between 2001 and 2006, the year home prices
peaked; higher gasoline prices ate into consumers' budgets and many individuals
fell behind in their mortgage payments. Oil prices increased another 50%
between 2006 and 2008. In 2008, soaring oil prices threatened inflation and
caused a deterioration in the US merchandise trade deficit, which peaked at
$840 billion. In 2009, with the global recession deepening, oil prices dropped
40% and the US trade deficit shrank, as US domestic demand declined, but in
2011 the trade deficit ramped back up to $803 billion, as oil prices climbed
once more. The global economic downturn, the sub-prime mortgage crisis,
investment bank failures, falling home prices, and tight credit pushed the
United States into a recession by mid-2008. GDP contracted until the third
quarter of 2009, making this the deepest and longest downturn since the Great
Depression. To help stabilize financial markets, in October 2008 the US
Congress established a $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The
government used some of these funds to purchase equity in US banks and
industrial corporations, much of which had been returned to the government by
early 2011. In January 2009 the US Congress passed and President Barack OBAMA
signed a bill providing an additional $787 billion fiscal stimulus to be used
over 10 years - two-thirds on additional spending and one-third on tax cuts - to
create jobs and to help the economy recover. In 2010 and 2011, the federal
budget deficit reached nearly 9% of GDP; total government revenues from taxes
and other sources are lower, as a percentage of GDP, than that of most other
developed countries. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan required major shifts in
national resources from civilian to military purposes and contributed to the
growth of the US budget deficit and public debt - through 2011, the direct
costs of the wars totaled nearly $900 billion, according to US government
figures. In March 2010, President OBAMA signed into law the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act, a health insurance reform bill that will extend
coverage to an additional 32 million American citizens by 2016, through private
health insurance for the general population and Medicaid for the impoverished.
Total spending on health care - public plus private - rose from 9.0% of GDP in
1980 to 17.9% in 2010. In July 2010, the president signed the DODD-FRANK Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a law designed to promote financial
stability by protecting consumers from financial abuses, ending taxpayer
bailouts of financial firms, dealing with troubled banks that are "too big
to fail," and improving accountability and transparency in the financial
system - in particular, by requiring certain financial derivatives to be traded
in markets that are subject to government regulation and oversight. Long-term
problems include inadequate investment in deteriorating infrastructure, rapidly
rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, sizable current
account and budget deficits - including significant budget shortages for state
governments - energy shortages, and stagnation of wages for lower-income
families.
Source : CIA
Company name: FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC.
Address: 12500 Jefferson Avenue,
Newport News, VA 23602 - USA
Telephone: +1
757-874-7795
Fax: +1 757-989-2501
Website: www.ferguson.com
Corporate ID#: 0228845-4
State: Virginia
Judicial form: Corporation – Profit
Date incorporated: 04-15-1982
Date founded: 1953
Stock: 15,000
shares common
Value: No
par value
Name of manager: Frank
W. ROACH
Business:
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. engages in the wholesale distribution of
residential and commercial plumbing supplies, pipes, valves, fittings, and
heating and cooling equipment.
The company also offers fireplaces and appliances; tools and safety
equipment; and waterworks, mechanical and industrial, kitchen, bathroom,
lighting, and fire protection products.
It serves plumbers, contractors, builders, remodelers, designers,
architects, and other trade professionals in the United States, Puerto Rico,
the Caribbean, and Mexico through a distribution network, including
distribution centers and showrooms in the United States.
The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Newport News,
Virginia.
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Wolseley plc.
Ferguson Proprietary Brands include:
- PROFLO®
- RAPTOR®
- PROSELECT®
EIN: 54-1211771
Staff: 16,794
Operations & branches:
At the headquarters, we
find the corporate headquarters, warehouse and office, owned.
The Company maintains about
1,300 branches.
Shareholders:
WOLSELEY PLC
Grafenauweg
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Zug,
6301
Switzerland
Wolseley plc engages in the distribution of plumbing and heating
products, and building materials to the professional contractors primarily in
the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Nordic region, and central
Europe. The company supplies plumbing, heating, and air conditioning products
comprising baths, showers and accessories, sanitaryware, brassware, bathroom
furniture, boilers and burners, radiators and valves, hot water cylinders and
flues, control equipment, ventilation and air conditioning equipment, heat
pumps and solar equipment, plastic pipes and fittings, and copper tubing and
fittings. It also distributes building materials, such as insulation, plaster
and plasterboard, roofing materials, bricks, blocks and aggregates, tiles and
flooring, timber products, doors and frames, glass, beams, trusses and frames,
hardware and tools, and cement. In addition, the company supplies
civils/waterworks products, such as drainage pipes, and associated supplies and
covers; underground pressure pipes; small bore pressure pipes and fittings;
carbon and stainless steel pipes, and valves and fittings; and other pipes,
valves, and fittings. Further, it distributes electrical cables and cabling
accessories, controls and switchgears, wiring accessories, lighting, data
networking supplies, and cable management products, as well as engages in the
installation, maintenance, and management of customer inventory.
As of July 31, 2011, the company operated 3,837 branches in 23
countries. Wolseley plc was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Zug,
Switzerland.
The Company is listed with the London Stock Exchange under symbol WOS.
Management:
Frank W. ROACH is the President, Director and CEO.
Mr. Frank W. Roach has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. since August 2009.
Mr. Roach has been Chief Executive Officer of North American Operations
at Wolseley Plc since December 16, 2005. Mr. Roach served as Senior Vice
President of Residential Business Group at Ferguson Enterprises Inc.
Mr. Roach served as Senior Vice President of Business Groups of Wolseley
North America at Wolseley PLC since 2005. He has played a key part in further
developing and expanding its North American businesses including plumbing,
waterworks and HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning).
He joined Ferguson, Wolseley's US plumbing and heating business, in
1976. During his time with Ferguson, he undertook a number of operational
roles, including branch manager in Richmond, Virginia and vice president of the
US mid-Atlantic region. Mr. Roach has been an Executive Director of Wolseley
Plc since December 16, 2005.
Kevin MURPHY is the COO.
Mr. Kevin Murphy has been Chief Operating Officer of Ferguson Enterprises,
Inc. since 2007. Mr. Murphy is responsible for profit and loss and working
capital initiatives at all levels of the Ferguson organization.
He joined Ferguson in 1999 as an Operations Manager through the
acquisition of his family's business, Midwest Pipe and Supply. He served as
General Manager of Ferguson's Columbus, Ohio Waterworks location and as Area
Manager for the Northeast Waterworks region. In 2005, he served as Business
Group Manager of Waterworks and as Vice President of Ferguson's Waterworks
operation since 2006. Mr. Murphy is graduate of Miami University in 1992.
Dave KELTNER is the CFO
Vice Presidents include Lonnie A. BYRD, James K. CROSS, James A.
FELTMAN,
Steven F. GROSSLIGHT, Steven D. PETOCK, John A. POSEY, Steven M.
ROZNOWSKI.
Subsidiaries
And partnership: None
In United States, privately
held corporations are not required to publish any financials.
On a direct call, a
financial assistant controlled the present report.
Sales declared for year
2011 is USD 8,123,160,000=
The business is profitable.
Banks: Bank of America
Wells Fargo Bank
Legal filings & complaints:
As of today date, there are numerous legal filings pending with
various Courts.
Secured debts summary (UCC): 2
UCC files listed in Virginia
File number:
08-01-02-7146-7
Date filed: 01-02-2008
Lapse date: 01-02-2013
Secured Party: GFC Leasing,
a division of Gordon Flesch Co., Inc.
2102
W. Beltline Highway, Madison, WI 53713
File number:
11-01-18-3852-0
Date filed: 01-18-2011
Lapse date: 01-18-2013
Secured Party: GFC Leasing,
a division of Gordon Flesch Co., Inc.
2102
W. Beltline Highway, Madison, WI 53713
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
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Currency |
Unit
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Indian Rupees |
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US Dollar |
1 |
Rs.53.04 |
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1 |
Rs.84.83 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.68.21 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Report
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RATING EXPLANATIONS
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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>86 |
Aaa |
Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability
for timely payment of interest and principal sums |
Unlimited |
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71-85 |
Aa |
Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit
transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest
and principal sums |
Large |
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56-70 |
A |
Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General
unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for
payment of interest and principal sums |
Fairly Large |
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41-55 |
Ba |
Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal
commitments. |
Satisfactory |
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26-40 |
B |
Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively
below average. |
Small |
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11-25 |
Ca |
Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums
in default or expected to be in default upon maturity |
Limited with
full security |
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<10 |
C |
Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised |
Credit not
recommended |
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NB |
New Business |
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This score serves as a reference to assess
SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is
calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections
of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated
through %) are as follows:
Financial
condition (40%) Ownership
background (20%) Payment
record (10%)
Credit history
(10%) Market trend (10%) Operational size
(10%)
This report is issued at your request without any
risk and responsibility on the part of MIRA INFORM PRIVATE LIMITED (MIPL)
or its officials.