yearbook

new_page_header_w_links.gif

2006 Connector Industry Yearbook
Research Report C-122-06
Yearbook - Print Copy @ $1,250 - With Yearbook CD $2,000.
Yearbook - Print Copy + 1 Year Bishop Report Subscription @ $1,450 - With Yearbook CD $2,200.
1 Year Corporate Subscription for The Bishop Report and Yearbook @ $2,750 (Unlimited Number of Subscribers and 1 Print Copy of the Yearbook) - With Yearbook CD $3,500.
Published August 2007

2007 Connector Industry Yearbook

Each year, Bishop & Associates prepares the Connector Industry Yearbook based on annual reports provided by publicly traded connector companies. Income statements and balance sheets are consolidated for the past ten (10) years, (5) years, and most current year, providing benchmarks on the industry and the overall performance of the public connector companies. Featured in each issue are:

Consolidated history of the public companies including:

Key Financial Measurements (1996-2006)
Balance Sheet $ (1996-2006)
Income Statement $ (1996-2006)
Balance Sheet % (1996-2006)
Income Statement % (1996-2006)

Fifteen-year history of performance by company, with industry averages for the following financial measurements:

Selected Connector Manufacturers
Selling, General, & Administrative % (1992-2006)
Net Income % (1992-2006)
Return on Assets (1992-2006)
Long Term Debt/Equity (1992-2006)
Accounts Receivables Turnover (1992-2006)
Inventory Turns (1992-2006)
Cost of Goods Sold % (1992-2006)
COGS + SG&A % (1992-2006)
Current Ratio (1992-2006)
Return on Equity (1992-2006)
Liabilities to Equity (1992-2006)
Average Collection Period (1992-2006)
Days Inventory (1992-2006)

A chronological description of important 2006 industry events.

Organizational structure of the public companies included in the Yearbook, including profiles and photographs, when available, of the personnel managing these companies.

2007 Yearbook Company Sales increase 7.2 Percent |

The following table provides consolidated fiscal year sales for public companies included in the 2006 Connector Industry Yearbook.

Consolidated Sales - Yearbook Companies

Net Income

Profits for the Electronic Connector Industry increased in 2006 with average net income of 8.8% of sales, compared with 8.5% in 2005.

The lowest net income as a percent of sales occurred in 2002 at 3.2%. Between 1997 and 2001, net income decreased from 8.0% of sales in 1997 to 6.9% of sales in 2001. Between 2002 and 2006, net income increased from 3.2% of sales in 2002 to 8.8% of sales in 2006.

The following chart provides a history of net income for the Connector Industry from 1992-2006.

Yearbook Companies Net Income - Percent of Sales

Cost-of-Goods Sold (COGS)

COGS increased in the five years between 1997 and 2001 from 64.5% of sales to 71.9%. Between 2002 and 2006, COGS decreased from 76.2% to 73.0%.

In the fifteen-year period between 1992 and 2006, COGS was at its lowest in 1997 at 64.5% and reached its highest level in 2002 at 76.2%. Between 1997 and 2006, COGS increased from 64.5% to 73.0%.

Selling, General & Administrative (SG&A)

For the five-year period 2002 to 2006, SG&A decreased from 16.9% to 13.8%. Between 1997 and 2001 SG&A decreased from 20.1% in 1997 to 16.5% in 2001. SG&A dropped between 1992 and 2006 from 21.1% to 13.8%.

Average SG&A for the five-year period 2002 to 2006 was 15.3% and the average for the ten-year period 1997 to 2006 was 16.9%.

Return on Assets

Return on Assets increased for the five-year period between 2002 and 2006 from 2.9% in 2002 to 6.9% in 2006. Between 1997 and 2001, Return on Assets decreased from 7.7% in 1997 to 7.3% in 2001.

Return on Assets was the highest in 1996 at 7.9% and the lowest in 2002 at 2.9%.

The 2007 Connector Industry YEARBOOK is the most definitive bench marking and reference guide available on the connector industry.