However, the company expects that inflationary pressure (especially inflation in line pipe prices) will continue to escalate its LIFO related expenses. Further, strong competition from various big and small market players including Tenaris S.A. TS , Valmont Industries, Inc. VMI and Synalloy Corporation SYNL remain a threat to MRC Global's profitability. Let's delve deeper to find out the key factors, which are likely to influence its operational performance moving ahead.