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HotTopics: Financial Performance Scorecard, First Quarter 2005: Google, Yahoo! Double Revenue Lead As Outsell 100 Slows

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Author: Chuck Richard, Vice President & Lead Analyst

This latest quarterly update of our Outsell 100SM Financial Performance Scorecard finds a strong but decelerating information industry coming in for a soft landing. In the first quarter of 2005, the companies in the Outsell 100 continued the trend of four consecutive quarters of decline, but at 11.4 percent growth it was still a strong quarter, better than any in 2001-2003. Growth was solid in all sectors except IT research, which declined. Besides the growth rate, other benchmarks such as profitability, market capitalization, and cash reserves all held steady. This HotTopics takes a close look at the Top 10 and Bottom 10 companies in the rankings, as well as three rising stars — A.D.A.M., Equifax, and ChoicePoint — which are distinguishing themselves in hot fields (risk management and healthcare). It includes comparative data on growth, operating income, Top 10 and Bottom 10 performers, and segment information.


Pub Date: August 19, 2005
Type: HotTopic
Segments: B2B ITTRRS MRRS NEWS STM SAS CF E & T HR LTR T & C
Keywords: Business Models, Market Analysis, Market Statistics, Publishing Technology, Strategy
Pages: 28
Format: PDF Application_pdf

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Table of Contents

  • Why This Topic?
  • Strong but Decelerating Industry Growth at 11.4 Percent Points to Soft Landing
    1. Google and Yahoo! Expand Domination of the Growth Picture
  • Three of Four Key Benchmarks Mark Time
    1. Outsell 100 Top 10 and Bottom 10 Companies
    2. Rising Stars Surge, Industry Lions Slouch on the Savannah
    3. The Outsell 100 Portfolio Slightly Ahead of Major Indices
    4. 2005 Outsell 100 Financial Scorecard Features 12 New Companies
    5. Methodology
  • Outsell's List of Essential Actions
  • Companies Mentioned in This HotTopics
  • Top 10:
  • - Corporate Executive
  • Board
  • - Greenfield Online
  • - Moody's
  • - Google
  • - Yahoo!
  • - Jupitermedia Corporation
  • - InfoSpace
  • - Health Grades
  • - Autonomy
  • - WebSideStory
  • Bottom 10:
  • - GP Strategies
  • - Reuters
  • - Scholastic
  • - Opinion Research
  • - MediaLink Worldwide
  • - Cadmus
  • - Dawson Holdings
  • - Ingenta
  • - Comtex
  • - FIND/SVP