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Consumer cyclical companies and projects

Explore consumer-facing companies across retail, media, travel, leisure, clothing, automotive products and household goods. Use Orbitrum's industry groups to narrow your research and discover the evaluations available for each project.

Projects in Consumer Cyclicals

656 projects

EtexEtex N.V. manufactures and sells building materials in the United Kingdom, France, other European countries, Poland, Italy, Spain, Germany, Benelux, Latin America, Australia, Africa, Asia, and internationally. It operates through five divisions: Building Performance, Exteriors, Insulation, Industry, and New Ways. The company provides interior solutions and systems, such as fibre cement boards, gypsum ceilings and partitions and wall linings, internal thermal and acoustic insulation, shaft walls, finishing, plasters, metal profiles, and passive fire protection; exterior, including agricultural sheeting, architectural ventilated facades, water tanks, and fibre cement slates and sidings; and industrial solutions comprising thermal processing industry, energy, oil and gas, and transport solutions, as well as fire resistant glass and glazing solutions. It also offers insulation solutions, such as glass mineral wool, XPS, White blowing wool, ducting/HVAC, high-performance/vacuum-packed panels, and external thermal insulation; non-loadbearing steel framing systems, and low and mid-rise light steel frame structural solutions; and passive fire protection, including fire doors, fire dampers and storage heaters, compartmentation, fire stopping, structural protection, and transport and tunnel solutions. In addition, the company provides high-tech, lightweight, and factory assembled panelised building solutions; and glass mineral wool and extruded polystyrene (XPS) to insulate residential and non-residential buildings. It offers its products under Acuaviva, Cedral, Durlock, EQUITONE, Eter, Eternit, Euronit, Eternit Tanques, FSi Promat, Gyplac, Gypsum, Kalsi, Permanit, Pladur, Promat, Proteja, Remagin, Romeral, Siniat, Skamol, Superboard, Superglass, and Ursa brand name. The company was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Zaventem, Belgium.Web2

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About this sector

Consumer Cyclicals includes specialty and diversified retail, media and publishing, hotels and entertainment, apparel, leisure products, automobiles, household goods and homebuilding-related supplies. These categories describe different parts of the consumer economy; they do not imply identical customers or business models.

How to compare projects

Begin with what the company sells and how it reaches customers. A retailer, a manufacturer and a leisure operator can appear in the same sector while offering very different research contexts. Compare the specific activity and the author's reasoning, not just the sector label.

Projects follow the categories assigned in the Orbitrum application. This collection supports research and discovery; it is not an investment ranking.

Industry definitions

Media & Publishing (1,053)

Media and publishing businesses.

Specialty Retailers (890)

Retailers classified around specialized product categories.

Hotels & Entertainment Services (1,234)

Hotel operators and entertainment-service businesses.

Textiles & Apparel (1,469)

Companies involved in textiles or apparel.

Leisure Products (237)

Companies supplying leisure products.

Automobiles & Auto Parts (1,236)

Automobile and automotive-parts businesses.

Household Goods (452)

Companies supplying household goods.

Homebuilding & Construction Supplies (656)

Homebuilding businesses and suppliers of construction-related products.

Diversified Retail (256)

Retail businesses classified as diversified retailers.

Questions to guide your research

  • What product or experience does the company sell?
  • How does it reach customers, according to its profile and published research?
  • Which demand or operating assumptions are discussed in the evaluation?

Questions about this sector

Which retail companies belong in this collection?

The application includes Specialty Retailers and Diversified Retail under Consumer Cyclicals. Food & Drug Retailing is represented separately under Consumer Non-Cyclicals.

Where can I see an expert's view of a consumer company?

Open the project profile and its available evaluations or analysis. The linked author profile provides access to that author's other published work.

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