Lafarge (XSWX:LG) Quality Rank

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What is Lafarge Quality Rank?

The Quality Rank measures the business quality of a company relative to other companies. It is ranked based on the strength of the balance sheet, as well as the profitability and growth of the business. The ranked companies are split in equal numbers and then ranked from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest.

The rank of balance sheet (30%)

The rank of balance sheet is done through the ranking of:

Interest coverage
Zscore
Debt to revenue
Equity to asset
Cash to debt

The rank of Profitability (70%)

The ranking of Profitability is done by ranking:

Operating margin mean rank (10-year mean average profit margine)
Operating margin growth rank
Fscore
Predictability rank
Revenue growth rank (5 year), when the growth is higher than 25%, set it as 25%
Num of year profit (number of years that is profitable within the last 10 years)
ROIC median (10-year median of ROIC)

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Lafarge (XSWX:LG) Business Description

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Website

http://www.lafarge.com

Lafarge SA is a French limited liability company governed by French law and was founded in France in 1833 and was incorporated in 1884 under the name "J. et A. Pavin de Lafarge". The Company provides building materials. It is engaged in producing & selling cement, aggregates and ready-mix concrete, mostly under the "Lafarge" brand name. Its building products and solutions are used to construct and renovate homes, buildings and infrastructures. At year-end 2013, Company cement production operated, in 56 countries, 113 cement plants and 42 grinding plants, with an annual production capacity of 221 million tons. It also manages cement trading activities. The Company aggregates and concrete are used as raw materials for concrete, masonry, asphalt, and other industrial processes, and as base materials for roads, landï¬lls, and building. As of December 31, 2013, Company had approximately 437 production facilities for aggregates in 23 countries. The Company's Ready-mix concrete had 1,026 concrete plants in 33 countries as of December 31, 2014. The Company also produces asphalt in North America and the United Kingdom, and sells either as a stand-alone product, or in conjunction with contracted paving. The Company operates in Western Europe, North America, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Asia.