Clark Holdings Inc. Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis

April 2024 | 50 pages | ID: C3677419956BEN
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Clark Holdings Inc. Fundamental Company Report provides a complete overview of the company’s affairs. All available data is presented in a comprehensive and easily accessed format. The report includes financial and SWOT information, industry analysis, opinions, estimates, plus annual and quarterly forecasts made by stock market experts. The report also enables direct comparison to be made between Clark Holdings Inc. and its competitors. This provides our Clients with a clear understanding of Clark Holdings Inc. position in the Air Freight Industry.

• The report contains detailed information about Clark Holdings Inc. that gives an unrivalled in-depth knowledge about internal business-environment of the company: data about the owners, senior executives, locations, subsidiaries, markets, products, and company history.
• Another part of the report is a SWOT-analysis carried out for Clark Holdings Inc.. It involves specifying the objective of the company's business and identifies the different factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieving that objective. SWOT-analysis helps to understand company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and possible threats against it.
• The Clark Holdings Inc. financial analysis covers the income statement and ratio trend-charts with balance sheets and cash flows presented on an annual and quarterly basis. The report outlines the main financial ratios pertaining to profitability, margin analysis, asset turnover, credit ratios, and company’s long-term solvency. This sort of company's information will assist and strengthen your company’s decision-making processes.
• In the part that describes Clark Holdings Inc. competitors and the industry in whole, the information about company's financial ratios is compared to those of its competitors and to the industry. The unique analysis of the market and company’s competitors along with detailed information about the internal and external factors affecting the relevant industry will help to manage your business environment. Your company’s business and sales activities will be boosted by gaining an insight into your competitors’ businesses.
• Also the report provides relevant news, an analysis of PR-activity, and stock price movements. The latter are correlated with pertinent news and press releases, and annual and quarterly forecasts are given by a variety of experts and market research firms. Such information creates your awareness about principal trends of Clark Holdings Inc. business.

About Clark Holdings Inc.

Clark Holdings, Inc. provides non-asset based transportation and logistics services primarily to the print media industry throughout the United States and between the United States and other countries.

The company conducts its domestic operations through its subsidiaries, Clark Distribution Systems, Inc. (CDS) and Highway Distribution Systems, Inc. (HDS), and its international operations through its subsidiary, Clark Worldwide Transportation, Inc. (CWT).

Operations

Domestic Nationwide Distribution Services

Through CDS, the company provides domestic newsstand magazine distribution services throughout North America. CDS operates a ‘hub-and-spoke’ network of operating centers and professional traffic management services, which provide publishers and printers with the benefits of scheduled delivery by shipping in a consolidated weekly pool managed by CDS. Services provided include pick-up at printing plants; break-bulk and sorting of individual wholesaler orders by title; consolidation of multiple titles to common wholesaler delivery points; and preparation of manifests, advance shipping notices, and completion of shipment notifications to national distributors. On average, CDS delivers approximately 35 million magazines and books per week from approximately 90 print locations to wholesalers across North America.

CDS serves as a link between magazine printers/publishers and wholesalers, whose responsibilities include distributing magazines to retailers for public consumption. In this role, CDS is responsible for various aspects of distribution, including shipment pickup, consolidation and final delivery to wholesalers.

Domestic Regional Distribution Services

Through HDS, the company provides time-critical ground-based transportation services to the print media industry. The company’s services include the transportation of specialized media products, such as magazines, mass market books, newspaper inserts, drop ship mail, and motion picture film. HDS’ network includes the management of 6 distribution centers and relationships with approximately 600 third-party transportation providers through CDS. In addition, HDS has an agreement with a third party carrier to provide motor carrier services to HDS for the transportation of goods. Under the agreement, the third party carrier manages the fleet of 40 company-leased tractors and 76 company-leased and 18 company-owned trailers and uses this fleet in providing the motor carrier services.

HDS’ core business is providing traditional ‘break-up’ services for printers and publishers in regions surrounding the six distribution centers. The break-up service is similar to a regional LTL (less-than-truckload) service, where freight is picked up from a customer, transported to one of the HDS distribution centers, pooled with other shipments headed in similar proximities and sent to final destinations. Through the six distribution centers that it manages, HDS provides break-up services in selected lanes throughout New England, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Rocky Mountain, southwest, and southeast regions of the United States.

International Freight Forwarding

Through CWT, the company offers consolidation and import/export transportation management and logistics services to print media publishers, distributors and to their respective import partners worldwide. CWT utilizes four distribution centers to consolidate shipments and arrange for international transportation utilizing third-party carriers (air, ocean, or ground). CWT’s geographic footprint encompasses the majority of the economically developed and English-speaking overseas markets.

CWT’s primary functions are break-bulk and sortation of various individual titles and then consolidation into single consignee specific shipments, with the company providing commercial invoices and detailed packing list as an agent for the export distributors. Once the sortation and assembly process is completed, CWT then takes on the role of an international freight forwarder – scheduling and booking freight with air and ocean carriers to ship to the import wholesalers who then effect retail distribution in the local marketplace they serve. Consolidation activities take place at one of its three distribution centers located near international freight gateways (Wayne, New Jersey; Wilmington, California; Atlanta, Georgia; and Laredo, Texas).

CWT is responsible for providing break-bulk of various magazine titles per data supplied electronically in advance and uploaded into CWT’s information technology system and then CWT consolidates the multiple individual titles into one bulk order packed by consignee for shipment (usually weekly) via air and or ocean. At the distribution center, CWT employees pool the customer’s shipments with other shipments headed to similar locations. Once load space has been maximized, CWT arranges for the international movement of the consolidated load.

Customers

The company is organized along three divisions that address the individual needs of its customers. The customers of CDS consist primarily of publishers and printers that have smaller quantities and require national distribution. HDS focuses primarily on publishers and printers with regional distribution needs. CWT focuses entirely on publishers and printers that require international distribution (and international import distributors of this product that need a U.S. consolidation and forwarding company).

Competition

CDS’ primary competition is the ‘in-house’ distribution arms of the major printers, such as R.R. Donnelley and Quad Graphics (which acquired World Color).

History

Clark Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1957.

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Contents

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

DISCLAIMER

1. CLARK HOLDINGS INC. COMPANY PROFILE

1.1. Key facts
1.2. Financial Performance
1.3. Key Executives
1.4. Ownership and Major Holders
1.5. Company History

2. CLARK HOLDINGS INC. BUSINESS OVERVIEW

2.1. Business Description
2.2. Major Products and Services
2.3. Markets and Sales Activities
2.4. Locations, Subsidiaries, Operating Units

3. CLARK HOLDINGS INC. SWOT ANALYSIS

3.1. Overview
3.2. Strengths
3.3. Weaknesses
3.4. Opportunities
3.5. Threats

4. CLARK HOLDINGS INC. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

4.1. Financial Statements
4.1.1. Income Statement
4.1.2. Balance Sheet
4.1.3. Cash Flow
4.2. Financial Ratios
4.2.1. Profitability
4.2.2. Margin Analysis
4.2.3. Asset Turnover
4.2.4. Credit Ratios
4.2.5. Long-Term Solvency
4.2.6. Growth Over Prior Year
4.2.7. Financial Ratios Charts
4.3. Stock Market Snapshot

5. CLARK HOLDINGS INC. COMPETITORS AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

5.1. Clark Holdings Inc. Direct Competitors
5.2. Comparison of Clark Holdings Inc. and Direct Competitors Financial Ratios
5.3. Comparison of Clark Holdings Inc. and Direct Competitors Stock Charts
5.4. Clark Holdings Inc. Industry Analysis
5.4.1. Air Freight Industry Snapshot
  5.4.2. Clark Holdings Inc. Industry Position Analysis

6. CLARK HOLDINGS INC. NEWS & EVENTS

6.1. News & PR Activity Analysis
6.2. IR Corporate News
6.3. Marketing News
6.4. Corporate Events

7. CLARK HOLDINGS INC. EXPERTS REVIEW¹

7.1. Experts Consensus
7.2. Experts Revisions

8. CLARK HOLDINGS INC. ENHANCED SWOT ANALYSIS²

9. UNITED STATES PESTEL ANALYSIS²

9.1. Political Factors
9.2. Economic Factors
9.3. Social Factors
9.4. Technological Factors
9.5. Environmental Factors
9.6. Legal Factors

10. CLARK HOLDINGS INC. IFE, EFE, IE MATRICES²

10.1. Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.2. External Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.3. Internal External Matrix

11. CLARK HOLDINGS INC. PORTER FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS²

12. CLARK HOLDINGS INC. VRIO ANALYSIS²

APPENDIX: RATIO DEFINITIONS

LIST OF FIGURES

Clark Holdings Inc. Annual Revenues in Comparison with Cost of Goods Sold and Gross Profit
Profit Margin Chart
Operating Margin Chart
Return on Equity (ROE) Chart
Return on Assets (ROA) Chart
Debt to Equity Chart
Current Ratio Chart
Clark Holdings Inc. 1-year Stock Charts
Clark Holdings Inc. 5-year Stock Charts
Clark Holdings Inc. vs. Main Indexes 1-year Stock Chart
Clark Holdings Inc. vs. Direct Competitors 1-year Stock Charts
Clark Holdings Inc. Article Density Chart

1 – Data availability depends on company’s security policy.
2 – These sections are available only when you purchase a report with appropriate additional types of analyses.
The complete financial data is available for publicly traded companies.

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Clark Holdings Inc. Key Facts
Profitability
Management Effectiveness
Income Statement Key Figures
Balance Sheet Key Figures
Cash Flow Statement Key Figures
Financial Performance Abbreviation Guide
Clark Holdings Inc. Key Executives
Clark Holdings Inc. Major Shareholders
Clark Holdings Inc. History
Clark Holdings Inc. Products
Revenues by Segment
Revenues by Region
Clark Holdings Inc. Offices and Representations
Clark Holdings Inc. SWOT Analysis
Yearly Income Statement Including Trends
Income Statement Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Balance Sheet Including Trends
Balance Sheet Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Cash Flow Including Trends
Cash Flow Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Clark Holdings Inc. Profitability Ratios
Margin Analysis Ratios
Asset Turnover Ratios
Credit Ratios
Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Financial Ratios Growth Over Prior Year
Clark Holdings Inc. Capital Market Snapshot
Clark Holdings Inc. Direct Competitors Key Facts
Direct Competitors Profitability Ratios
Direct Competitors Margin Analysis Ratios
Direct Competitors Asset Turnover Ratios
Direct Competitors Credit Ratios
Direct Competitors Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Air Freight Industry Statistics
Clark Holdings Inc. Industry Position
Company vs. Industry Income Statement Analysis
Company vs. Industry Balance Sheet Analysis
Company vs. Industry Cash Flow Analysis
Company vs. Industry Ratios Comparison
Clark Holdings Inc. Consensus Recommendations¹
Analyst Recommendation Summary¹
Price Target Summary¹
Experts Recommendation Trends¹
Revenue Estimates Analysis¹
Earnings Estimates Analysis¹
Historical Surprises¹
Revenue Estimates Trend¹
Earnings Estimates Trend¹
Revenue Revisions¹

ANALYSIS FEATURES

SWOT Analysis

SWOT, which stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, is an analytical framework that identifies the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable for a company.

Enhanced SWOT Analysis

Enhanced SWOT is a 3×3 grid that arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats into one scheme:

• How to use the strengths to take advantage of the opportunities?
• How to use the strengths to reduce likelihood and impact of the threats?
• How to overcome the weaknesses that obstruct taking advantage of the opportunities?
• How to overcome the weaknesses that can make the threats a reality?

Upon answering these questions a company can develop a project plan to improve its business performance.

PESTEL Analysis

PESTEL (also termed as PESTLE) is an ideal tool to strategically analyze what influence different outside factors – political, economic, sociocultural, technological, environmental and legal – exert on a business to later chart its long term targets.

Being part of the external analysis when carrying out a strategic assessment or performing a market study, PESTEL gives an overview of diverse macro-environmental factors that any company should thoughtfully consider. By perceiving these outside environments, businesses can maximally benefit from the opportunities while minimizing the threats to the organization.

Key Factors Examined by PESTEL Analysis:

• Political – What opportunities and pressures are brought by political bodies and what is the degree of public regulations’ impact on the business?
• Economic – What economic policies, trends and structures are expected to affect the organization, what is this influence’s degree?
• Sociological – What cultural and societal aspects will work upon the demand for the business’s products and operations?
• Technological – What impact do the technological aspects, innovations, incentives and barriers have on the organization?
• Environmental – What environmental and ecological facets, both locally and farther afield, are likely to predetermine the business?
• Legal – What laws and legislation will exert influence on the style the business is carried out?

IFE, EFE, IE Matrices

The Internal Factor Evaluation matrix (IFE matrix) is a strategic management tool helping audit or evaluate major weaknesses and strengths in a business’s functional areas. In addition, IFE matrix serves as a basis for identifying and assessing relationships amongst those areas. The IFE matrix is utilised in strategy formulation.

The External Factor Evaluation matrix (EFE matrix) is a tool of strategic management that is typically utilised to assess current market conditions. It is an ideal instrument for visualising and prioritising the threats and opportunities a firm is facing.

The essential difference between the above mentioned matrices lies in the type of factors incorporated in the model; whilst the latter is engaged in internal factors, the former deals exceptionally with external factors – those exposed to social, political, economic, legal, etc. external forces.

Being a continuation of the EFE matrix and IFE matrix models, the Internal External matrix (IE matrix) rests upon an investigation of external and internal business factors integrated into one suggestive model.

Porter Five Forces Analysis

The Porter’s five forces analysis studies the industry of operation and helps the company find new sources of competitive advantage. The analysis surveys an industry through five major questions:

1. What composes a threat of substitute products and services?
2. Is there a threat of new competitors entering the market?
3. What is the intensity of competitive rivalry?
4. How big is the bargaining power of buyers?
5. How significant is the bargaining power of suppliers?

VRIO Analysis

VRIO stands for Value, Rarity, Imitability, Organization. This analysis helps to evaluate all company’s resources and capabilities and bring them together into one aggregate table that includes:

• Tangible resources
  • Financial
  • Physical
  • Technological
  • Organizational
• Intangible resources
  • Human
  • Innovation and Creativity
  • Reputation
• Organizational capabilities

The result of the analysis gives a clear picture of company’s competitive and economic implications, answering the questions if the resources mentioned above are:

• Valuable?
• Rare?
• Costly to imitate?
• Organized properly?