TRMB vs SNA Comparison

Trimble Inc provides a technology solutions provider that enables office and mobile professionals to connect their workflows and asset lifecycles to drive a more productive, sustainable future. The company has four reportable segments: Buildings and Infrastructure, Geospatial, Resources and Utilities, and Transportation. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Buildings and Infrastructure segment, which primarily serves customers working in architecture, engineering, construction, design, asset management, operations, and maintenance.

Snap-on manufactures premium tools and software for repair professionals. Hand tools are sold through a franchisee-operated mobile van network that serve auto technicians who purchase tools at their own expense. A unique element of its business model is that franchisees bear significant risk, as they must invest in the mobile van, inventory, and software. At the same time, franchisees extend personal credit directly to technicians on an individual tool basis. Snap-on currently operates three segments: repair systems and information, commercial and industrial, and tools. Its finance arm provides financing to franchisees to run their operations, which includes offering loans and leases for mobile vans.