This paper compares and contrasts these three companies margin percentages, value ratios, and revenues. This seven page paper has seven sources listed in the bibliography.
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Hewlett-Packard Company is the #3 computer company in the world, behind IBM and Compaq. The company produces computers, imaging and printing peripherals, software and computer-related services. More than half the
companys sales are from outside the U.S. The company is also becoming heavily involved in the Internet (Hoover, 2000). Canon Inc. makes computer peripherals, including printers, copiers, fax machines, business
systems, camcorders, and optical products for a variety of industries. Cameras, which was the companys original business now account for only 10 percent of its business while nearly 40 percent
is derived from computer peripherals. Canon is heavily involved in developing products that incorporate digital, multimedia and a variety of next-generation technologies. This is a Japanese company with 70 percent
of its revenue derives from outside of Japan, about half of which is in North and South America (Hoover, 2000). Xerox Corporation caters to the global document processing market. The
company creates copiers, printers, scanners, fax machines, software for PCs and workstations. About 55 percent of its revenue is derived from digital copiers and other digital equipment. The company holds
a 30 percent share of the digital copier market in the U.S. About 55 percent of its revenue is derived from sales in the U.S. This company is also concentrating
on e-commerce technology (Hoover, 2000). The following table offers very selected fiscal data from the three companies as a comparison of size. The data are for 1999 (Hoover, 2000). $
= millions Sales/Growth Net Income/Growth Employees/Growth Hewlett-Packard $42,370/(10.0%) $3,491/18.5% 84,400/(32.3%) Canon $25,708/5.5% $689/(27.1%) 79,800/0.0% Xerox $19,228/(1.1%) $1,424/260.5% 94,600/2.0% These data are interesting because they reflect a decrease in sales or net income while showing an increase in the other. For instance,
Xerox experienced a 1 percent decrease in sales but a 260 percent increase in net income. The company is in the process of restructuring, which seems to be having a