HSW International, Inc. Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis

November 2024 | 50 pages | ID: H9ED57FB8A1BEN
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Abstracts

HSW International, 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 HSW International, Inc. and its competitors. This provides our Clients with a clear understanding of HSW International, Inc. position in the Software and Technology Services Industry.

• The report contains detailed information about HSW International, 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 HSW International, 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 HSW International, 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 HSW International, 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 HSW International, Inc. business.

About HSW International, Inc.

HSW International, Inc., an online publishing company, develops and operates Internet businesses focused on providing consumers in the world’s digital economies with locally relevant information. The company provides web platform services that support traditional web publishing combined with social media.

The company’s international websites published under the HowStuffWorks brand provide readers in China and Brazil with articles about how the world around them works, serving as destinations for reference information. HSW International is the licensee in China and Brazil for the digital publication of translated content from Discovery Communications, Inc.’s HowStuffWorks.com, and in China for the digital publication of translated content from World Book Inc., publisher of World Book Encyclopedia.

Products and Services

ComoTudoFunciona – HowStuffWorks Brazil

ComoTudoFunciona (http://www.hsw.com.br) is Brazil's online source for unbiased explanations of how the world actually works. The Portuguese-language site is the digital publisher in Brazil of translated and localized content from the Discovery Communications brand HowStuffWorks, and is published from HSWI's São Paulo offices.

ComoTudoFunciona, as of December 31, 2009, had published approximately 6,200 articles that were either originally created content or translated and localized from HowStuffWorks.

BoWenWang – HowStuffWorks China

BoWenWang (http://www.bowenwang.com.cn) is an information and reference website that provides China with encyclopedic knowledge and explanations of how the world works. The website is published from Beijing in the Chinese language.

BoWenWang is the digital publisher in China of translated HowStuffWorks content. In 2009, World Book created original Chinese-language articles providing information on various branches of knowledge, including arts, sciences, technology, mathematics, sports, and recreation, exclusively for Chinese website. As of December 31, 2009, the company had published approximately 11,000 articles in China.

Web Platform Services

In 2009, the company established Web Platform Services as a new line of business and operating segment, to capitalize on the company's web publishing and social media expertise, and core competency of developing and operating web platforms and Internet businesses.

The company entered into an agreement with its client, Sharecare, in 2009, to design, develop, launch and operate Sharecare's Web 3.0 platform, which would combine traditional web publishing with social media. The company developed, launched, and began operating Ask Dr. Oz (http://ask.doctoroz.com) in September 2009 for Sharecare as the website of Web Platform Services business. Ask Dr. Oz is part of The Dr. Oz Show website, the online component to the syndicated television show of the same name.

Competition

The company’s competitors include national Internet portals in China such as Baidu, NetEase.com, Shanda Interactive Entertainment, Sina, sohu.com and tom.com; and national websites in Brazil such as Terra and UOL.

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Contents

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

DISCLAIMER

1. HSW INTERNATIONAL, 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. HSW INTERNATIONAL, 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. HSW INTERNATIONAL, INC. SWOT ANALYSIS

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

4. HSW INTERNATIONAL, 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. HSW INTERNATIONAL, INC. COMPETITORS AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

5.1. HSW International, Inc. Direct Competitors
5.2. Comparison of HSW International, Inc. and Direct Competitors Financial Ratios
5.3. Comparison of HSW International, Inc. and Direct Competitors Stock Charts
5.4. HSW International, Inc. Industry Analysis
5.4.1. Software and Technology Services Industry Snapshot
  5.4.2. HSW International, Inc. Industry Position Analysis

6. HSW INTERNATIONAL, INC. NEWS & EVENTS

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

7. HSW INTERNATIONAL, INC. EXPERTS REVIEW¹

7.1. Experts Consensus
7.2. Experts Revisions

8. HSW INTERNATIONAL, 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. HSW INTERNATIONAL, INC. IFE, EFE, IE MATRICES²

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

11. HSW INTERNATIONAL, INC. PORTER FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS²

12. HSW INTERNATIONAL, INC. VRIO ANALYSIS²

APPENDIX: RATIO DEFINITIONS

LIST OF FIGURES

HSW International, 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
HSW International, Inc. 1-year Stock Charts
HSW International, Inc. 5-year Stock Charts
HSW International, Inc. vs. Main Indexes 1-year Stock Chart
HSW International, Inc. vs. Direct Competitors 1-year Stock Charts
HSW International, 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

HSW International, Inc. Key Facts
Profitability
Management Effectiveness
Income Statement Key Figures
Balance Sheet Key Figures
Cash Flow Statement Key Figures
Financial Performance Abbreviation Guide
HSW International, Inc. Key Executives
HSW International, Inc. Major Shareholders
HSW International, Inc. History
HSW International, Inc. Products
Revenues by Segment
Revenues by Region
HSW International, Inc. Offices and Representations
HSW International, 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
HSW International, Inc. Profitability Ratios
Margin Analysis Ratios
Asset Turnover Ratios
Credit Ratios
Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Financial Ratios Growth Over Prior Year
HSW International, Inc. Capital Market Snapshot
HSW International, 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
Software and Technology Services Industry Statistics
HSW International, 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
HSW International, 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?