Linamar Corporation operates in the Motor vehicle parts and accessories sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Linamar with three other automobile manufacturers in North America: Meritor Inc of the United States (2017 sales of $3.35 billion of which 76% was Commercial Truck & Industrial), Cooper-Standard Holdings Incorporation of the United States ($3.62 billion of which 52% was North America), and American Axle & manufacturing Holdings, Inc which is also based in the United States ($6.27 billion of which 100% was Driveline Systems).

Sales Analysis. Linamar reported sales of C$6.55 billion (US$5.18 billion) for the year ending December of 2017. This represents an increase of 9.0% versus 2016, when the company's sales were C$6.01 billion. Sales at Linamar have increased during each of the previous five years (and since 2012, sales have increased a total of 103%). Sales of Industrial saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 28.9% in 2017, from C$866.45 million to C$1.12 billion.