What is the company's size? (Annual sales and employees)
What industry is the company in?
Trademark Applications
Trademark applications show the products and services that BPM is developing and marketing.
BPM doesn't have any recent trademark applications, indicating BPM is focusing on
its existing business rather than expanding into new products and markets.
Trademarks may include brand names, product names, logos and slogans.
Trademark
Date
TA-NON-KA Bond paper; Copy paper
11/30/2011
ENVIROGRAPHIC copy paper, bond paper, duplicator paper, typing paper, printing paper, mimeograph paper, dual purpose paper and multi-purpose paper
04/10/1990
COPYRITE Paper Products-Namely, Second Sheets, Bond, Mimeo, and Duplicator Paper
05/31/1961
See all trademarks and details in the Full Report.
Recession Risk
Determine whether BPM grew or shrank during the last recession. This is useful in estimating the
financial strength and credit risk of the company.
Compare how recession-proof BPM is relative to the industry overall.
While a new recession may strike a particular industry, measuring the
industry and company's robustness during the last recession estimates its ability to weather future recessions.
A competitive analysis shows these companies are in the same general field as BPM, even though they may not compete head-to-head.
These are the largest companies by revenue. However, they may not have the largest market share in this industry if they have diversified into other business lines.
The "Competition" section of a business plan or investment memorandum would start by analyzing the information about these companies.
Competitive advantage comes from offering better pricing or superior products/service.
These companies are similar in business line and location to BPM.
While some companies compete with neighboring businesses for customers, other companies may compete to attract skilled employees.
These companies are in the same general field as BPM and are rapidly expanding. Companies may grow organically or through acquisition. In some cases apparently high growth rates may be caused by data that weren't available in previous years.