You are a newly hired business analyst with an engineering background. You’ve be
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You are a newly hired business analyst with an engineering background. You’ve been told to look at a company called Heritage Crystal Clean. To do so, please look at their 2012 Annual Report at the site:
https://www.last10k.com/sec-filings/hcci/0001403431-13-000007.htm
3) From a Porter’s Five Forces perspective, identify each of the following with the appropriate “Force” (Competition/Rivalry, Bargaining Power of Suppliers, Bargaining Power of Customers, Threat of New Entrants, Threat of Substitutes):
A competitor has announced a new synthetic lubricating oil based on an improved process that makes it from natural gas rather than re-refined lube oil or crude oil
Two competitors announced they are expanding the capacity of their plants
Buyers of re-refined lube oil are want to negotiate the price they purchase lube oil from you downward because they have many alternative sellers to buy from
Used motor oil providers to the re-refinery want to negotiate a higher price
Chevron has announced a new lube oil facility that is starting up this year in Mississippi
(4) What was Crystal Clean’s reported revenue for the full year of 2012 (see the Earnings Release tab)?
$152.9 million
$252.5 million
$550,000
$80 million
(5) Was there a significant addition to revenues from full year 2011 to full year 2012?
This information is not available in the report
Yes, a jump to $252.5 million from $152.9 million
No, revenue growth was close to flat at 13 %
The report only shows net income information
(6) Did cash provided by operating activities increase from 2011 to 2012 (look at pg 52 in the 10-K Annual Report tab)?
Yes
No
This cannot be determined
(7) Did total share holder equity increase from 2011 to 2012 (look at pg 49 in the 10-K Annual Report tab)?
Yes
No
This cannot be determined
(8) Did Crystal Clean get cash in 2012 from issuing stock (look at pg 52 in the 10-K Annual Report tab)?
Yes, but it is not shown in the table
Yes
It can’t be determined
(9) What did Crystal Clean do to promote growth (See the Earnings Release tab)?
Expanded their Indianapolis re-refinery to 75 million gallons
Shutdown the Indianapolis re-refinery
Bought Mirachem
Sold Mirachem since it was losing money
Explanation / Answer
3.
4) $252.5 Million
5) Yes, a jump to $252.5 million from $152.9 million
6) No
7) Yes.
8) Yes.
9) Expanded their Indianapolis re-refinery to 75 million gallons
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