Ratios

		vs industry	vs history
P/E(ttm)	99.80	BGG's P/E(ttm) is ranked higher than 55% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 18.99 vs. BGG: 99.80 )	BGG' s 10-Year P/E(ttm) Range Min: 5.04   Max: 143.88 Current: 99.8 5.04 143.88
P/S	0.59	BGG's P/S is ranked higher than 59% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 0.75 vs. BGG: 0.59 )	BGG' s 10-Year P/S Range Min: 0.26   Max: 1.12 Current: 0.59 0.26 1.12
PFCF	10.29	BGG's PFCF is ranked lower than 59% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 15.61 vs. BGG: 10.29 )	BGG' s 10-Year PFCF Range Min: 4.22   Max: 76.56 Current: 10.29 4.22 76.56
EV-to-EBIT	49.79	BGG's EV-to-EBIT is ranked higher than 59% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 12.70 vs. BGG: 49.79 )	BGG' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range Min: 4.3   Max: 3605.2 Current: 49.79 4.3 3605.2
PEG	30	BGG's PEG is ranked higher than 93% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 1.80 vs. BGG: 30 )	BGG' s 10-Year PEG Range Min: 0.83   Max: 25.3 Current: 30 0.83 25.3
Shiller P/E	36.83	BGG's Shiller P/E is ranked higher than 95% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 16.60 vs. BGG: 36.83 )	BGG' s 10-Year Shiller P/E Range Min: 6.55   Max: 48.62 Current: 36.83 6.55 48.62

Dividend & Buy Back

		vs industry	vs history
Dividend Yield	2.01	BGG's Dividend Yield is ranked higher than 70% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 1.85 vs. BGG: 2.01 )	BGG' s 10-Year Dividend Yield Range Min: 1.5   Max: 7.7 Current: 2.01 1.5 7.7
Dividend Payout	1.7	BGG's Dividend Payout is ranked lower than 67% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 0.66 vs. BGG: 1.7 )	BGG' s 10-Year Dividend Payout Range Min: 0.2   Max: 300.33 Current: 1.7 0.2 300.33
Dividend growth (3y)	1.1	BGG's Dividend growth (3y) is ranked higher than 90% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: -0.20 vs. BGG: 1.1 )	BGG' s 10-Year Dividend growth (3y) Range Min: -15.9   Max: 8.3 Current: 1.1 -15.9 8.3
Yield on cost (5-Year)	1.19	BGG's Yield on cost (5-Year) is ranked lower than 56% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 1.88 vs. BGG: 1.19 )	BGG' s 10-Year Yield on cost (5-Year) Range Min: 0.9   Max: 4.6 Current: 1.19 0.9 4.6
Share Buyback Rate	0.8	BGG's Share Buyback Rate is ranked higher than 92% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: -0.90 vs. BGG: 0.8 )	BGG' s 10-Year Share Buyback Rate Range Min: 1.1   Max: -3.6 Current: 0.8

Valuation & Return

		vs industry	vs history
Price/DCF (Projected)	0.8	BGG's Price/DCF (Projected) is ranked higher than 84% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 1.10 vs. BGG: 0.8 )	BGG' s 10-Year Price/DCF (Projected) Range Min: 0.6   Max: 1.9 Current: 0.8 0.6 1.9
Price/Median PS Value	1	BGG's Price/Median PS Value is ranked higher than 83% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 0.80 vs. BGG: 1 )	BGG' s 10-Year Price/Median PS Value Range Min: 0.5   Max: 1.9 Current: 1 0.5 1.9
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt)	2.00	BGG's Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) is ranked higher than 75% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 7.10 vs. BGG: 2.00 )	BGG' s 10-Year Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) Range Min: 1.1   Max: 23.1 Current: 2 1.1 23.1
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman)	-1.13	BGG's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) is ranked higher than 89% of the 1074 Companies in the Global Diversified Industrials industry. ( Industry Median: 4.32 vs. BGG: -1.13 )	BGG' s 10-Year Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) Range Min: -20.3   Max: 21.3 Current: -1.13 -20.3 21.3

Business Description

Briggs & Stratton Corporation is a Wisconsin Corporation. The Company is a producer of air cooled gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment. It designs, manufactures, markets and services these products for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide. In addition, the Company markets and sells related service parts and accessories for its engines. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Briggs & Stratton Power Products Group, LLC, Briggs & Stratton is also a designer, manufacturer and marketer of generators, pressure washers, snow throwers, lawn and garden powered equipment (primarily riding and walk behind mowers) and related service parts and accessories. Briggs & Stratton conducts its operations in two reportable segments: Engines and Power Products. Further information about Briggs & Stratton's business segments is contained in Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. These engines are aluminum alloy gasoline engines with displacements ranging from 127 to 993 cubic centimeters. The Company's engines are used mainly by the lawn and garden equipment industry, which accounted for 86% of the segment's fiscal 2011 engine sales to OEMs. Major lawn and garden equipment applications include walk-behind lawn mowers, riding lawn mowers, garden tillers and snow throwers. Briggs & Stratton engines are sold primarily by its worldwide sales force through direct calls on customers. Briggs & Stratton's marketing staff and engineers in the United States provide support and technical assistance to its sales force. Briggs & Stratton also manufactures replacement engines and service parts and sells them to sales and service distributors. Briggs & Stratton owns its main international distributors. In the United States the distributors are independently owned and operated. Briggs & Stratton's engine sales are made mainly to OEMs. Briggs & Stratton's major domestic competitors in engine manufacturing are Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda), Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Kawasaki) and Kohler Co. (Kohler). The Company's operations and products are subject to a variety of foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations governing, among other things, emissions to air, discharges to water, noise, the generation, handling, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of waste and other materials and health and safety matters.
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