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RPM International
RPM International Inc. is an American multinational company with subsidiaries that manufacture and market specialty coatings, sealants and building materials. Industrial brands include Tremco, Carboline, Universal Sealants, Stonhard, RPM/Belgium, Euco, Day-Glo and Dryvit. RPM's consumer products are used by professionals and DIY-ers for home maintenance and improvement and by hobbyists. Consumer brands include Zinsser, Rust-Oleum, DAP, Varathane, Mean Green, Krud Kutter, Concrobium, Moldex and Testors.
The company is headquartered in Medina, Ohio, and has approximately 17,300 employees and operates 121 manufacturing facilities around the world. Its products are sold in 170 countries and territories. It is the fifth largest paint and coating company in the world.
RPM is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RPM. Its shares are owned by 824 institutions and 194,030 individual investors. It ranks among the top 200 in total shares held by BetterInvesting investment clubs. RPM has increased its cash dividend paid to stockholders for 48 consecutive years. Only 41 other companies, besides RPM, have consecutively paid an increasing annual dividend for this period of time or longer, according to the fall 2020 edition of the Mergent Handbook of Dividend Achievers.
Over the ten-year period from May 31, 2011, to 2021, RPM outperformed the S&P 500 by 33 percent in total return generated for its shareholders, which includes both capital appreciation and reinvestment of dividends.
RPM operates through four segments:
In May 1947, Frank C. Sullivan founded Republic Powdered Metals, the forerunner to RPM International Inc. The company manufactured and sold a heavy-duty aluminum roof coating called Alumanation, which is still sold today. Sales in the first year reached $90,000.
In August 1971, Frank Sullivan died suddenly. Later that same year, RPM, Inc. was formed to become a holding company to develop a more aggressive acquisition program in a rapidly consolidating paint and coatings industry. Frank's son, Thomas C. Sullivan, who was previously president of Republic Powdered Metals, became chairman and chief executive officer of the holding company. He and James A. Karman, who was elected president and chief operating officer in 1978, led RPM for more than three decades.
After more than 30 years at the company's helm, Sullivan and Karman retired as executive officers of the company in 2002. During their tenure, net sales increased to $2 billion from $11 million, net income increased to $101.6 million from $0.6 million, cash dividends per share increased to $0.50 from $0.0035 (split-adjusted), and a $1,000 investment in RPM shares in 1971 would have been worth more than $100,000. Tom Sullivan died in 2020 at the age of 83.
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RPM International
RPM International Inc. is an American multinational company with subsidiaries that manufacture and market specialty coatings, sealants and building materials. Industrial brands include Tremco, Carboline, Universal Sealants, Stonhard, RPM/Belgium, Euco, Day-Glo and Dryvit. RPM's consumer products are used by professionals and DIY-ers for home maintenance and improvement and by hobbyists. Consumer brands include Zinsser, Rust-Oleum, DAP, Varathane, Mean Green, Krud Kutter, Concrobium, Moldex and Testors.
The company is headquartered in Medina, Ohio, and has approximately 17,300 employees and operates 121 manufacturing facilities around the world. Its products are sold in 170 countries and territories. It is the fifth largest paint and coating company in the world.
RPM is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RPM. Its shares are owned by 824 institutions and 194,030 individual investors. It ranks among the top 200 in total shares held by BetterInvesting investment clubs. RPM has increased its cash dividend paid to stockholders for 48 consecutive years. Only 41 other companies, besides RPM, have consecutively paid an increasing annual dividend for this period of time or longer, according to the fall 2020 edition of the Mergent Handbook of Dividend Achievers.
Over the ten-year period from May 31, 2011, to 2021, RPM outperformed the S&P 500 by 33 percent in total return generated for its shareholders, which includes both capital appreciation and reinvestment of dividends.
RPM operates through four segments:
In May 1947, Frank C. Sullivan founded Republic Powdered Metals, the forerunner to RPM International Inc. The company manufactured and sold a heavy-duty aluminum roof coating called Alumanation, which is still sold today. Sales in the first year reached $90,000.
In August 1971, Frank Sullivan died suddenly. Later that same year, RPM, Inc. was formed to become a holding company to develop a more aggressive acquisition program in a rapidly consolidating paint and coatings industry. Frank's son, Thomas C. Sullivan, who was previously president of Republic Powdered Metals, became chairman and chief executive officer of the holding company. He and James A. Karman, who was elected president and chief operating officer in 1978, led RPM for more than three decades.
After more than 30 years at the company's helm, Sullivan and Karman retired as executive officers of the company in 2002. During their tenure, net sales increased to $2 billion from $11 million, net income increased to $101.6 million from $0.6 million, cash dividends per share increased to $0.50 from $0.0035 (split-adjusted), and a $1,000 investment in RPM shares in 1971 would have been worth more than $100,000. Tom Sullivan died in 2020 at the age of 83.