If you are considering buying Sika stock or starting to trade on its online price, we suggest that you discover, through this article, how it will be possible for you to perform good analysis of its price. We are going to provide you with the information that will be most useful to you in this context, including the precise activities of this company as well as its sources of profit, its main competitors on the market or even some recent partnerships or its main strengths and weaknesses. We will also take a closer look at the fundamental analysis of this stock and the elements to follow in order to achieve it.
In particular, the operations that the Sika Group will implement in order to position itself more effectively in the emerging markets, including Eastern Europe, South America, the Middle East and South Asia, will be monitored with a view to improving its growth prospects in the more or less long term.
Strategic operations aimed at improving the Group's market share and positioning in certain segments, including acquisitions and equity investments, will also have an influence on its growth and should be closely monitored.
The foreign exchange market and fluctuations in the value of the Swiss franc against other major currencies should also be closely monitored as these movements can have a strong influence on the company's international sales.
Of course, the competition to the Sika Group has been very strong in this sector over the last few years, and in particular the competitors who offer innovative and more effective products than those of Sika.
Finally, as Sika's business is closely linked to global economic growth, indicators of crisis or recovery that could influence demand, particularly in the euro zone, should be monitored.
We will now try to deepen your knowledge about Sika by giving you a complete overview of the company and its various businesses and revenue streams. This will give you a better understanding of its future challenges and threats and how it can accelerate its growth.
The Sika Group is a Swiss company specializing in the chemical industry. More specifically, the company is currently the world's leading manufacturer and seller of construction chemicals.
In order to better understand the activities of the Sika Group, they can be divided into different divisions according to the share of sales they generate and in this way:
It is also interesting to know the geographical distribution of the Sika Group's revenues, which only generate 4.6% of its sales in Switzerland and 9.1% in Germany, 29.6% in Europe Middle East Africa, 18.2% in the United States, 7.1% in the Americas, 21.5% in Asia Pacific and 9.9% in the rest of the world.
Let us now take a closer look at the main competitors that the Sika Group faces in its development and in its business sector with a presentation of the main players in this sector.
First of all, the German chemical group BASF is currently the largest chemical group in the world. It was founded by Frederic Eneglhorn and its name is the abbreviation of Fabrique d'aniline et de soude de Bade in French. Its headquarters are located in Ludwigshafen on the Rhine in Germany. It covers a total area of more than 10 km2 and employs more than 34,000 people in the development, testing, manufacture and sale of several thousand products, many of which are used in the construction industry.
This American multinational company is located in Houston, Texas. It is a petrochemicals company that also offers specialty chemicals for the construction industry, among other sectors.
Finally, the third largest competitor to Sika is the French company Saint-Gobain, which specialises in the production, processing and distribution of materials. The company was founded in 1665 and today has 171,000 employees in more than 68 countries around the world.
While Sika has a few major enemies in the market, it also regularly enters into strategic partnerships with other companies. To better understand the value of these operations, we propose to discover here two concrete examples of this type of partnership.
First and foremost, the group recently expanded its partnership with CiDRA Concrete Systems Inc., located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, as part of a final investment to complete its global relationship. This company specializes in digital information technology-based systems for monitoring concrete properties during transport. Sika and CiDRA already offer this service in the US and Canada and are now targeting other countries. The partnership between the two companies will see the launch of this data service in 2019 and will then be extended to other countries so that concrete producers outside these two territories can also have access to it.
Finally, another partnership has been established by Sika's subsidiary Sika Sarnafil with Sunova, a specialist in photovoltaic roofing systems. The two companies will collaborate on the launch of Sunova MCG 1.1 photovoltaic roofing systems in France. This system allows the installation of high efficiency solar panels on roofs waterproofed with Silka-Sarnafil membranes by qualified and trained companies. It is designed for low slopes up to 17% and allows for quick and easy installation of semi-integrated photovoltaic panels and renovation of industrial buildings.
To conclude this article, we propose you to discover what are the advantages and disadvantages of the Silka share, in other words, the main strengths and weaknesses of this company compared to the competition.
Firstly, here is a summary of the advantages that the Silka Group has at its disposal at the moment:
It goes without saying that the Sika Group also has its weak points, which we would like to explore in more detail:
Currently, a significant part of Sika's capital is owned by large shareholders. These include the competitor Saint-Gobain with 10.7% of the shares, Cascade Investment with 5.70% of the shares, Capital Research & Management with 3.37% of the shares, Norges Bank Investment management with 3.20%, BlackRock Investment management with 3.11%, Massachusetts Financial Services with 2.72%, The vanguard Group with 2.60%, Fidelity Management & Research with 1.59% and OppenheimerFunds with 1.59%.
You can consult all the news and the annual and quarterly financial reports directly from the official website of this company in the section reserved for shareholders and investors. You will also find important communications from the group about its strategic operations or details of its strategic growth plans. Of course, you can also find important news about the company on your broker's newsfeed or on specialized websites.
If you want to know how the Sika share is likely to perform in the coming months or years, or even in the shorter term, you need to carry out relevant analyses of this stock using several methods. Amongst the most frequently used analyses by investors are technical analysis, which is based on the study of charts and their indicators, and fundamental analysis, which focuses on the most impactful events and news.
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