Flex Revenues And Revenue Growth From 2012 To 2016

Here are the revenues and the revenue growth details of Flex during the last five years:

• Flex generated a total of $29.3 billion revenues during 2012. Flex reported a revenue growth of 3.2% year-over-year during 2012.
• Flex generated a total of $23.6 billion revenues during 2013. Flex reported a revenue growth of -19.7% year-over-year during 2013.
• Flex generated a total of $26.1 billion revenues during 2014. Flex reported a revenue growth of 10.8% year-over-year during 2014.
• Flex generated a total of $26.1 billion revenues during 2015. Flex reported a revenue growth of 0.2% year-over-year during 2015.
• Flex generated a total of $24.4 billion revenues during 2016. Flex reported a revenue growth of -6.6% year-over-year during 2016.

With $24.4 billion revenues, Flex ranked number 112 in the R&P; Research list of top-3000 public companies in the US by revenues during 2016. Each one of the top-3000 companies generated more than $50 million of annual revenues during 2016.

The top-20 companies in the US by revenues during 2016 were:

1. Walmart ($482.1 billion)
2. ExxonMobil ($226.1 billion)
3. Berkshire Hathaway ($223.6 billion)
4. Apple ($215.6 billion)
5. McKesson ($190.9 billion)
6. UnitedHealth Group ($184.8 billion)
7. CVS Health ($177.5 billion)
8. General Motors ($166.4 billion)
9. AT&T; ($163.8 billion)
10. Ford Motor ($151.8 billion)
11. AmerisourceBergen ($146.8 billion)
12. Amazon ($136 billion)
13. Verizon ($126 billion)
14. General Electric ($123.7 billion)
15. Cardinal Health ($121.5 billion)
16. Costco ($118.7 billion)
17. Walgreens Boots Alliance ($117.4 billion)
18. Chevron ($114.5 billion)
19. Kroger ($109.8 billion)
20. Express Scripts Holding ($100.3 billion)

For the purpose of performance benchmarking of a company with a sector or industry average, R&P; Research associates every company with one sector and one industry. An industry consists of companies with related/similar business models. A sector comprises of a group of related/similar industries. For example, Life Sciences sector is comprised of following industries: Pharmaceuticals; Medical Devices; Biotechnology; Diagnostics & Scientific Instruments.

Flex is associated with Technology Sector and Technology-Other Industry.

With $24.4 billion revenues, Flex ranked number 15 of all the companies in the US Technology sector. There were a total of 406 public companies in the US Technology sector that had revenues greater than $50 million during 2016.

The top-10 companies in the US Technology sector by revenues during 2016 were:

1. Apple ($215.6 billion)
2. Amazon ($136 billion)
3. Alphabet ($90.3 billion)
4. Microsoft ($85.3 billion)
5. IBM ($79.9 billion)
6. Intel ($59.4 billion)
7. Hewlett Packard Enterprise ($50.1 billion)
8. Cisco Systems ($49.2 billion)
9. HP ($48.2 billion)
10. Oracle ($37 billion)

Technology sector is comprised of the following industries: Computers Systems and Peripherals; Software; Semiconductor; IT Consulting and Outsourcing Services; Networking Equipment and Services; Internet; Other. The definitions for each of the industries is as follows:

• Computers Systems and Peripherals industry includes companies primarily engaged in manufacturing of personal computers, servers, mainframes, workstations, and other computer accessories and peripherals such as storage drives, mice, keyboards and printers. It also includes manufacturers of mobile phones and tablets.
• Software industry includes businesses providing software products such as operating systems, productivity suites, enterprise software, data and analysis software, advertising and marketing software, engineering and manufacturing software, networking software, and IT management software. It also includes companies providing industry-specific software focused on different sectors such as Financials, Automotive, Telecom, Utilities, Travel, Real Estate, Media, and Publishing.
• Semiconductor industry includes companies primarily engaged in manufacturing and distribution of semiconductor products such as microprocessors, chipsets, motherboards, flash memory, and wired and wireless connectivity products. It also includes companies that provide semiconductor equipment and services to the semiconductor industry.
• IT Consulting and Outsourcing Services industry includes companies primarily engaged in providing information technology consulting and outsourcing services to other businesses. The services include IT consulting, systems integration, application development and management, IT infrastructure management, and network operations management.
• Networking Equipment and Services industry includes companies primarily engaged in manufacturing and distribution of networking and communications equipment for transporting data, voice, and video traffic across intranets, extranets, and the Internet. The key products include routers and switches for local and wide-area networks, cable modems, teleconferencing equipment, and wireless access points.
• Internet industry includes Internet-based businesses providing products and services such as search engines, social networking, web hosting, email, domain name registration, and eCommerce. It also includes industry information/services portals focused on different sectors such as Financials, Automotive, Travel, Health, Real Estate, Media, and Publishing.
• Other industry includes companies providing products such as photocopiers, fax machines, point of sale machines, audio/video technologies, and video games. It also includes technology companies that are not part of other six technology industries.

With $24.4 billion revenues, Flex ranked number 3 of all the companies in the US Technology-Other industry. There were a total of 44 public companies in the US Technology-Other industry that had revenues greater than $50 million during 2016.

The top-10 companies in the US Technology-Other industry by revenues during 2016 were:

1. Tech Data ($26.4 billion)
2. Avnet ($26.2 billion)
3. Flex ($24.4 billion)
4. Arrow Electronics ($23.8 billion)
5. Jabil Circuit ($18.4 billion)
6. SYNNEX ($14.1 billion)
7. CDW ($14 billion)
8. TE Connectivity ($12.2 billion)
9. Xerox ($10.8 billion)
10. Corning ($9.4 billion)

COMPANIES SEGMENTATION

To identify and analyze high/low growth or most/least profitable similar-size companies in different sectors or industries, R&P; research classifies all companies into different segments based upon their revenues, revenue growth, and net profit margins.

Based upon their annual revenues, the companies are classified into one of the following four segments:

1. Mega companies, having revenues greater than $50 billion.
2. Very Large companies, having revenues between $10 billion and $50 billion.
3. Large companies, having revenues between $1 billion and $10 billion.
4. Mid-size companies, having revenues between $50 million and $1 billion.

With $24.4 billion revenues, Flex was in the Very Large companies revenue segment during 2016. There were a total of 239 companies in the Very Large companies revenue segment during 2016.

Based upon their annual revenue growth, the companies are classified into one of the following eight segments:

1. Very High positive growth companies, having annual revenue growth greater than 50%.
2. High positive growth companies, having annual revenue growth between 20% and 50%.
3. Medium positive growth companies, having annual revenue growth between 5% and 20%.
4. Low positive growth companies, having annual revenue growth between 0% and 5%.
5. Low negative growth companies, having annual revenue growth between -5% and 0%.
6. Medium negative growth companies, having annual revenue growth between -20% and -5%.
7. High negative growth companies, having annual revenue growth between -50% and -20%.
8. Very High negative growth companies, having annual revenue growth less than -50%.

With -6.6% revenue growth year-over-year, Flex was in the Medium negative revenue growth segment during 2016. There were a total of 448 companies in the Medium negative revenue growth segment during 2016. Of the US top-3000 companies, 1985 (nearly two-third of the total) had positive revenue growth and 1015 (nearly one-third of the total) had negative revenue growth during 2016.

Based upon their annual net profit margin, the companies are classified into one of the following eight segments:

1. Very High positive margin companies, having net profit margin greater than 50%.
2. High positive margin companies, having net profit margin between 20% and 50%.
3. Medium positive margin companies, having net profit margin between 5% and 20%.
4. Low positive margin companies, having net profit margin between 0% and 5%.
5. Low negative margin companies, having net profit margin between -5% and 0%.
6. Medium negative margin companies, having net profit margin between -20% and -5%.
7. High negative margin companies, having net profit margin between -50% and -20%.
8. Very High negative margin companies, having net profit margin less than -50%.

With a net margin of 1.8%, Flex was in the Low positive net profit margin segment during 2016. There were a total of 707 companies in the Low positive net profit margin segment during 2016. Of the US top-3000 companies, 2244 (nearly three-fourth of the total) had positive net profit margin and 756 (nearly one-fourth of the total) had negative net profit margin during 2016.

COMPANY BUSINESS SUMMARY

Flex Ltd. provides design, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services and solutions to original equipment manufacturers worldwide. It offers innovation services, such as innovations labs for supporting customer design and product development services from early concept stages; collective innovation platform, an ecosystem of technology solutions; Lab IX, a startup accelerator program; centers of excellence solutions in critical areas; interconnect technology center for printed circuits; and CloudLabs that enables customers to accelerate a spectrum of cloud, converged infrastructure, and datacenter strategies. The company also provides design and engineering services, including contract design and joint development manufacturing services, which cover various technical competencies, such as system architecture, user interface and industrial design, mechanical engineering, technology, enclosure systems, thermal and tooling design, electronic system design, reliability and failure analysis, and component level development engineering; and systems assembly and manufacturing services. In addition, it provides component product solutions, including rigid and flexible printed circuit board fabrication, and power supplies; after-market supply chain logistics services; and reverse logistics and repair services, such as returns management, exchange programs, complex repair, asset recovery, recycling and e-waste management for consumer and midrange products, printers, smart phones, consumer medical devices, notebooks, PC’s, set-top boxes, game consoles, and infrastructure products. The company was formerly known as Flextronics International Ltd. and changed its name to Flex Ltd. in September 2016. Flex Ltd. was founded in 1990 and is based in Singapore.

DATA SOURCE

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