Commercial Metals Company

Industry: Iron Steel Materials Manufacturing

Fortune Rank: 327

Commercial Metals Company (CMC) engages in the manufacture, recycle, marketing, and distribution of steel and metal products, and related materials and services in the United States and internationally. It operates in five segments: Domestic Mills, CMCZ, Domestic Fabrication, Recycling, and Marketing and Distribution. Domestic Mills segment operates through a network of 4 steel mills, which produce reinforcing bar, angles, flats, small beams, rounds, and fence post sections; scrap processing facilities that directly support these minimills; and a copper tube minimill. CMCZ segment sells rebar to fabricators, distributors, and construction companies. Domestic Fabrication segment offers fabricating joists and special beams for floor and ceiling support, and steel fence posts. Recycling segment processes secondary metals or scrap metals as a raw material, which is used by manufacturers of new metal products; and sells recycled metals to steel mills and foundries, aluminum sheet and ingot manufacturers, brass and bronze ingot makers, copper refineries and mills, secondary lead smelters, specialty steel mills, and high temperature alloy manufacturers. Marketing and Distribution segment buys and sells primary and secondary metals, fabricated metals, and other industrial products through a network of offices, processing facilities, and joint venture offices world wide. The company was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

Commercial Metals Company

Commercial Metals Company is a Fortune 500 company. In 2010 Commercial Metals Company was ranked number 327 on the Fortune 500 list, making it the 327th largest company in the United States when judged by revenue.

Commercial Metals Company achieved revenue of $6,883.40 million in 2010 and earned a profit of $20.80 million.

Commercial Metals Company's rank changes

The company's ranking in 2010 was a decline from 2009 when it was ranked 251st on the Fortune 500. The Previous ranking was based on its 2009 revenue of $10,765 million (a change of -4 million compared to 2010) and profits of $232 million (a change of -211 million compared to 2010).

Another point of view

To many investors, profits are more important than the revenue a company earns. If the Fortune 500 was ranked by profits instead of revenue then Commercial Metals Company would be ranked 392nd rather than 327th due to its profits of $21 in 2010.

Commercial Metals Company Revenue* Profit* Fortune Ranking
20106,88321327
200910,765232251
20088,751355303
20077,556356316
20066,593286329

* US$ Million

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