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Summary: Valspar Corp. May 11

  • Published: May 2011
  • Standard & Poors

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The ratings on Minneapolis-based paints and coatings producer Valspar Corp. reflect the company's solid business positions in its diversified coatings portfolio (generating annual sales of about $3.5 billion) and relatively stable EBITDA margins. The ratings also reflect value-added technologies, low-cost production, and an expanding international presence--especially its wood coatings in Asia, in addition to its coil and packaging coatings worldwide. International sales accounted for 40% of overall fiscal 2010 sales. The cyclicality of industrial end markets, as well as Valspar's vulnerability to raw material inflation and supply shortages, temper these strengths. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services characterizes Valspar's business risk profile as satisfactory and its financial risk profile as intermediate. Valspar derived about 34% of fiscal 2010 sales from industrial...

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