diff --git a/com.unity.formats.alembic/Editor/Importer/AlembicImporter.cs b/com.unity.formats.alembic/Editor/Importer/AlembicImporter.cs
index 032d411f4..260e3231d 100644
--- a/com.unity.formats.alembic/Editor/Importer/AlembicImporter.cs
+++ b/com.unity.formats.alembic/Editor/Importer/AlembicImporter.cs
@@ -543,8 +543,7 @@ void GenerateSubAssets(Subassets subassets, AlembicTreeNode root, AlembicStreamD
         void CollectSubAssets(Subassets subassets, AlembicTreeNode node)
         {
             int submeshCount = 0;
-            var meshFilter = node.gameObject.GetComponent<MeshFilter>();
-            if (meshFilter != null)
+            if (node.gameObject.TryGetComponent<MeshFilter>(out var meshFilter))
             {
                 var m = meshFilter.sharedMesh;
                 submeshCount = m.subMeshCount;
@@ -552,8 +551,7 @@ void CollectSubAssets(Subassets subassets, AlembicTreeNode node)
                 subassets.Add(node.abcObject.abcObject.fullname, m);
             }
 
-            var renderer = node.gameObject.GetComponent<MeshRenderer>();
-            if (renderer != null)
+            if (node.gameObject.TryGetComponent<MeshRenderer>(out var renderer))
             {
                 var mats = new Material[submeshCount];
                 for (int i = 0; i < submeshCount; ++i)
@@ -561,8 +559,7 @@ void CollectSubAssets(Subassets subassets, AlembicTreeNode node)
                 renderer.sharedMaterials = mats;
             }
 
-            var apr = node.gameObject.GetComponent<AlembicPointsRenderer>();
-            if (apr != null)
+            if (node.gameObject.TryGetComponent<AlembicPointsRenderer>(out var apr))
             {
                 var cubeGO = GameObject.CreatePrimitive(PrimitiveType.Cube);
                 apr.InstancedMesh = cubeGO.GetComponent<MeshFilter>().sharedMesh;
diff --git a/com.unity.formats.alembic/Editor/Importer/AlembicImporterEditor.cs b/com.unity.formats.alembic/Editor/Importer/AlembicImporterEditor.cs
index acfd012f4..6efa14ef6 100644
--- a/com.unity.formats.alembic/Editor/Importer/AlembicImporterEditor.cs
+++ b/com.unity.formats.alembic/Editor/Importer/AlembicImporterEditor.cs
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ void DrawMaterialUI(AlembicImporter importer, bool multiEdit)
                                             {
                                                 importer.RemoveRemap(o.ToSourceAssetIdentifier());
                                             }
-                                            else if (AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(assign).ToLower().EndsWith("abc"))
+                                            else if (AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(assign).EndsWith("abc", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                                             {
                                                 Debug.LogError("Materials cannot be remapped to materials bundled with Alembic files.");
                                             }
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static Material LoadMaterial(string assetName, string[] searchPath)
                     string.Equals(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(str), assetName,
                         StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase));
 
-            if (path == null || path.ToLower().EndsWith("abc")) // we don't want to assign materials from other alembics since these gets recreated on every re-import.
+            if (path == null || path.EndsWith("abc", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) // we don't want to assign materials from other alembics since these gets recreated on every re-import.
             {
                 return null;
             }
diff --git a/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Exporter/AlembicExporter_impl.cs b/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Exporter/AlembicExporter_impl.cs
index edc34a3d0..a0bcc3985 100644
--- a/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Exporter/AlembicExporter_impl.cs
+++ b/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Exporter/AlembicExporter_impl.cs
@@ -651,8 +651,7 @@ class MeshCapturer : ComponentCapturer, IDisposable
             public override void Setup(Component c)
             {
                 m_target = c as MeshRenderer;
-                MeshFilter meshFilter = m_target.GetComponent<MeshFilter>();
-                if (meshFilter == null)
+                if (!m_target.TryGetComponent<MeshFilter>(out var meshFilter))
                 {
                     m_target = null;
                     return;
@@ -712,8 +711,7 @@ public override void Setup(Component c)
                     m_mbuf.SetupSubmeshes(abcObject, mesh);
 
                 m_meshSrc = target.sharedMesh;
-                m_cloth = m_target.GetComponent<Cloth>();
-                if (m_cloth != null)
+                if (m_target.TryGetComponent<Cloth>(out m_cloth))
                 {
                     m_cbuf = new ClothBuffer();
                     m_cbuf.rootBone = m_target.rootBone != null ? m_target.rootBone : m_target.GetComponent<Transform>();
diff --git a/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicElement.cs b/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicElement.cs
index a2ddad805..d36895f2c 100644
--- a/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicElement.cs
+++ b/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicElement.cs
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ internal abstract class AlembicElement : IDisposable
 
         public Camera GetOrAddCamera()
         {
-            var c = abcTreeNode.gameObject.GetComponent<Camera>();
-            if (c == null)
+            if (!abcTreeNode.gameObject.TryGetComponent<Camera>(out var c))
             {
                 c = abcTreeNode.gameObject.AddComponent<Camera>();
                 c.usePhysicalProperties = true;
diff --git a/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicMesh.cs b/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicMesh.cs
index a40a4125d..3361c750c 100644
--- a/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicMesh.cs
+++ b/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicMesh.cs
@@ -322,8 +322,7 @@ public override void AbcSyncDataEnd()
                 if (split.host == null)
                     continue;
 
-                var mf = split.host.GetComponent<MeshFilter>();
-                if (mf != null)
+                if (split.host.TryGetComponent<MeshFilter>(out var mf))
                     mf.sharedMesh = split.mesh;
             }
 #endif
diff --git a/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicPoints.cs b/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicPoints.cs
index 68e5ed0a5..651601534 100644
--- a/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicPoints.cs
+++ b/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicPoints.cs
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ public override void AbcPrepareSample()
                 return;
             }
 
-            var cloud = abcTreeNode.gameObject.GetComponent<AlembicPointsCloud>();
-            if (cloud != null)
+            if (abcTreeNode.gameObject.TryGetComponent<AlembicPointsCloud>(out var cloud))
             {
                 m_abcSchema.sort = cloud.m_sort;
                 if (cloud.m_sort && cloud.m_sortFrom != null)
@@ -49,8 +48,7 @@ public override void AbcSyncDataBegin()
             sample.GetSummary(ref m_sampleSummary);
 
             // get points cloud component
-            var cloud = abcTreeNode.gameObject.GetComponent<AlembicPointsCloud>();
-            if (cloud == null)
+            if (!abcTreeNode.gameObject.TryGetComponent<AlembicPointsCloud>(out var cloud))
             {
                 cloud = abcTreeNode.gameObject.AddComponent<AlembicPointsCloud>();
                 abcTreeNode.gameObject.AddComponent<AlembicPointsRenderer>();
diff --git a/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicXForm.cs b/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicXForm.cs
index 5c822d47e..3819cfca2 100644
--- a/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicXForm.cs
+++ b/com.unity.formats.alembic/Runtime/Scripts/Importer/AlembicXForm.cs
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ public override void AbcSyncDataEnd()
             }
             else
             {
-                trans.position = m_abcData.translation;
-                trans.rotation = m_abcData.rotation;
+                trans.SetPositionAndRotation(m_abcData.translation, m_abcData.rotation);
                 trans.localScale = m_abcData.scale;
             }
         }