Corporate Executive Board, Yahoo!, and Advisory Board Top the Outsell 100 Scorecard for First Quarter.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2003 Traditional giants such as Reed Elsevier, Thomson and Pearson are mired mire n. 1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog. 2. Deep slimy soil or mud. 3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty. v. in the middle of the pack Corporate Executive Board (CEB CEB Chief Executives Board (United Nations) CEB Council of Europe Development Bank CEB Corporate Executive Board CEB Ceylon Electricity Board (Sri Lanka) ), Yahoo!, and Advisory Board are among the top-performing companies in the Information Content Industry, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Outsell out·sell tr.v. out·sold , out·sell·ing, out·sells 1. To surpass (another) in an amount sold: a book that outsold all others of its kind. 2. 100(sm) Performance Scorecard, which ranks the financial performance of 100 companies in the Information Content Industry. Scholastic and Primedia, two of the larger Outsell 100 companies in terms of total revenue, wallowed in the bottom 10 of the Scorecard rankings. These 100 leaders in the "invisible" Information Content (IC) Industry are outperforming the rest of the economy with an aggregate growth rate of 7.9 percent. "Outsell has predicted that the winners in the IC industry will be those companies that have e-DNA, with roots in the overlap between content and technology," said Chuck Richard, Outsell vice president and lead analyst. "Upstarts like Yahoo! and Ask Jeeves Noun 1. Ask Jeeves - a widely used search engine accepting plain English questions or phrases or terms trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product beating out traditional heavyweights such as Reed Elsevier, Thomson, and Pearson shows that the prediction has come true." The top-performing category of companies is the aggregator segment, led by search-based companies Yahoo!, LookSmart, and Ask Jeeves. "This surprising performance shows that these open Web players are a legitimate and formidable part of the IC industry. Traditional publishers, with revenues bound to library and R&D budgets, just don't have the revenue upside Upside The potential dollar amount by which the market or a stock could rise. Notes: This is basically an educated guess on how high a stock could go in the near future. See also: Bull, Downside we see in the newer players," said Richard. Market research companies such as IPSOS, Taylor Nelson Sofres Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) is a global market research group, active in over 70 countries and employing 14,000 people. TNS conducts custom research business in key industry sectors, including Healthcare, Automotive, Technology, Finance, Consumer as well as Polling and Social. , and VNU VNU Volontaires des Nations Unies (French) VNU Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven (Dutch) VNU Virtual Network User showed a 17 percent revenue increase over first quarter 2002, the second-fastest growing segment in the Outsell 100. By contrast, the IT research firms such as Gartner, Forrester, META, and DoubleClick constituted the worst-performing sector, with revenue down 5 percent compared to first quarter 2002. "If you want to understand the success of certain sectors within the Outsell 100, just follow the revenues back to their source. The search players, tied to the booming open Web, or the market research firms, who earn their money by supporting tactical, targeted decision making by individuals and departments with healthy budgets, are winning. The losers are the firms tied to chronically shrinking library and R&D budgets, and the IT research players who serve cost-conscious CIOs and IT departments in a post-Internet boom era." Total revenue of the Outsell 100 companies grew at a 7.9 percent rate compared to first quarter 2002. "The Outsell 100 documents the strength of the invisible Information Content Industry, which is performing better than the overall economy. The quarterly results show that the Outsell 100 is on track to reach our predicted 8.5 percent overall growth rate for 2003. The resurgence re·sur·gence n. 1. A continuing after interruption; a renewal. 2. A restoration to use, acceptance, activity, or vigor; a revival. also confirms our prediction that the IC industry lags economic downturns and leads on recovery," said Richard. About the Outsell 100 The Outsell 100 Company Monitor(sm) tracks the financial performance of 100 publicly held companies in the Information Content Industry. The rankings include companies from eight sectors: Company, Credit & Financial; News & Trade; Market Research, Reports & Services; IT Research; General Aggregators, Distributors & Services; Scientific, Technical & Medical; Education & Training; Content Software Technologies; and Big Diverse publishers. The Outsell Performance Scorecard ranks the Outsell 100 companies based on four criteria: revenue growth, operating income Operating Income The profit realized from a business' own operations. Notes: This would not include income from things such as investments in other firms. Also referred to as operating profit or recurring profit. margin, cash to revenue ratio, and adjusted market cap to revenue ratio. Availability The latest Outsell 100 results are detailed in a Briefing, "Financial Performance Scorecard First Quarter 2003: Information Content Vendors Still Outpace out·pace tr.v. out·paced, out·pac·ing, out·pac·es To surpass or outdo (another), as in speed, growth, or performance. outpace Verb [-pacing, the Economy." The Briefing includes a table ranking all 100 companies, plus analysis of top ten and bottom ten performance for each of the Scorecard criteria such as revenue growth and operating income margin. The report is available as part of the Outsell, Inc. annual subscription services or as a standalone stand·a·lone adj. Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. that can be purchased from www.outsellinc.com. About Outsell Outsell is the only research and advisory firm that focuses exclusively on the Information Content Industry. As an independent adviser, Outsell emphasizes close relationships with clients and delivers high-quality, fact-based research, analysis, and advice about every aspect of content strategy, deployment, and use to a wide range of vendors, buyers, and users of information. Founded in 1994, Outsell helps world-class content vendors, Global 2000 companies, government agencies, and leading educational institutions increase their understanding of users and end-markets, assess content quality and effectiveness, benchmark operations, hire and retain executives, and develop more successful internal and commercial content products and services. Outsell is headquartered at 330 Primrose primrose, common name for the genus Primula of the Primulaceae, a family of low perennial herbs with species found on all continents, most frequently in north temperate regions. Road, Suite 510, Burlingame, CA 94010. Phone 650-342-6060, fax 650-342-7135, and on the Web www.outsellinc.com. |
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