Arriva plc - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review

Arriva plc - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review

Arriva plc - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review

Summary

ARRIVA is engaged in the transport services industry. It is a European-based transport services provider. It offers transportation services through various modes including road and rail. The company had a total fleet of 15,000 buses and around 500 train sets at the end of the fiscal year 2007. It provides services across ten countries in Europe. ARRIVA conducts its business through three segments including U.K. trains, Mainland Europe and U.K. bus. The company’s U.K. train segment operates through two franchises: Cross Country and Arriva Trains, Wales. It serves at 131 stations and has in excess of 1,650 route miles. This franchise comprises 91 train sets and 1,650 human resources.

This report presents an in-depthbusiness, strategic and financial analysis of Arriva plc. The report provides a comprehensive insight into the company, including business structure and operations, executive biographies and key competitors. The hallmark of the report is the detailed strategic analysis and Global Markets Direct’s views on the company.

Scope

• The company’s strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed. Financial, strategic and operational factors are considered.
• The opportunities open to the company are considered and its growth potential assessed. Competitive or technological threats are highlighted.
• The report contains critical company information – business structure and operations, the company history, major products and services, key competitors, key employees and executive biographies, different locations and important subsidiaries.
• It provides detailed financial ratios for the past five years as well as interim ratios for the last four quarters.
• Financial ratios include profitability, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios.

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Table Of Contents
Key Information 1
Key Ratios 1
Share Data 1
Performance Chart 1
Table Of Contents 2
List of Tables 2
List of Figures 2
Key Facts 3
Company Overview 3
Major Products and Services 4
Overview 4
History 5
SWOT Analysis Overview 6
Overview 6
Arriva plc - Strengths 6
Strong Presence in Europe 6
Innovations 6
Strategic Alliance 6
Arriva plc - Weaknesses 6
Declining Profitability 6
Inefficient Resource Management 6
Arriva plc - Opportunities 6
Cross-Country Rail Routes in Europe 6
Sluggish U.K. Economy 7
Arriva plc - Threats 7
Highly Competitive Environment 7
Regulations Associated with Transport Industry 7
Key Competitors 8
Key Employees 8
Key Employee Biographies 8
Company Statement 9
Locations And Subsidiaries 10
Head Office 10
Financial Ratios 11
Capital Market Ratios 11
Annual Ratios 12
Interim Ratios 13
Ratio Charts 14
Appendix 15
Methodology 15
Ratio Definitions 15
About Global Markets Direct 18
Contact Us 18
Disclaimer 18



List of Tables
Arriva plc, Key Facts 1
Arriva plc, Key Ratios 1
Arriva plc, Share Data 1
Arriva plc, Key Facts 3
Major Products and Services 4
Arriva plc, History 5
Arriva plc, Key Employee Biographies 8
Currency Codes 15
Capital Market Ratios 15
Equity Ratios 16
These ratios are based on per share value. 16
Profitability Ratios 16
Cost Ratios 16
Liquidity Ratios 17
Leverage Ratios 17
Efficiency Ratios 18



List of Figures
Arriva plc, Performance Chart (2003 - 2007) 1
Arriva plc, Ratio Charts 14