The report provides a peer group benchmarking analysis of leading convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations in North America. The peer group is selected from Canadean’s Retailer Company Benchmark Database which covers the leading 1,000 global retailers. The peer group covered includes leading public convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations based in North America.

Summary
Canadean’s ‘North American Convenience Stores, Neighborhood Stores and Gas Stations – Company Benchmarking Analysis Report’ compares the strength of the leading convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations in North America relative to each other and international averages for retailers in the convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations 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.

Scope
The retailers covered in the report are:

• Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.
• The Pantry, Inc.
• TravelCenters of America LLC
• Casey’s General Stores, Inc.
• Susser Holdings Corporation

Reasons To Buy

• 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.

North American Convenience Stores, Neighborhood Stores and Gas Stations Market

Published: January 2012
No.OF Pages: 74
Price: Single User License – US$ 1950      Corporate User License US$3900

1 Introduction
1.1 What is this Report About?
1.2 Peer Group
1.3 Retail Channel Definitions
1.4 Financial and Operational Metric Definitions
1.5 Summary Methodology
1.5.1 Overall research methodology
1.5.2 Scorecard and Heat Chart Methodology

2 Peer Group Summary Analysis
2.1 Leading North American Convenience Stores, Neighbourhood Stores and Gas stations – Heat Chart
2.2 Leading North American Convenience Stores, Neighbourhood Stores and Gas stations – Insights from Competitive Benchmarking Analysis
2.2.1 Scale and growth competitive benchmarks
2.2.2 Operational efficiency competitive benchmarks
2.2.3 Financial performance competitive benchmarks
2.3 Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.4 Casey’s General Stores, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.5 Susser Holdings Corporation – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.6 TravelCenters of America LLC – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.7 The Pantry, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard

3 Leading North American Convenience Stores, Neighborhood Stores and Gas stations – Company Benchmarking
3.1 Scale and Growth Competitive Benchmarks
3.1.1 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by revenue, 2006–2010
3.1.2 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by revenue growth, 2007–2010
3.1.3 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by retail floor space, 2006–2010
3.1.4 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by retail floor space growth, 2007–2010
3.1.5 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by store count, 2006–2010
3.1.6 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by store count growth, 2007–2010
3.1.7 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by employee count, 2006–2010
3.1.8 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by employee count growth, 2007–2010
3.1.9 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by market capitalization, 2006–2010
3.2 Operational Efficiency Competitive Benchmarks
3.2.1 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by EBITDA margin, 2006–2010
3.2.2 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by net profit margin, 2006–2010
3.2.3 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by inventory turnover, 2006–2010
3.2.4 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by sales per square meter, 2006–2010
3.2.5 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by operating profit per square meter, 2006–2010
3.2.6 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by sales per employee, 2006–2010
3.2.7 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by operating profit per employee, 2006–2010
3.2.8 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by fixed asset turnover, 2006–2010
3.3 Financial Performance Competitive Benchmarks
3.3.1 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by ROCE, 2006–2010
3.3.2 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by return on assets, 2006–2010
3.3.3 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by earnings per share (basic), 2006–2010
3.3.4 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by P/E ratio, 2006–2010
3.3.5 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by quick ratio, 2006–2010
3.3.6 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by debt to equity, 2006–2010
3.3.7 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by debt ratio, 2006–2010
3.3.8 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by capital expenditure, 2006–2010
3.3.9 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by EV/sales, 2006–2010
3.3.10 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by EV/EBITDA, 2006–2010
3.3.11 Leading North American convenience stores, neighborhood stores and gas stations by interest coverage, 2006–2010

4 Appendix
4.1 About Canadean
4.2 Disclaimer

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