Belo Corp. (BLC) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

Summary

Belo Corp. (BLC) is one of the US's leading pure-play, publicly-traded television companies. It has a diversified group of television broadcasting operations, including interactive media and cable news operations. It owns and operates 20 television stations, including ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW, and MyNetwork TV affiliates, which reaches 14% of the US television households, and their associated Web sites, in 15 markets throughout the US. Its stations ranks first or second in nearly all of their local markets. Belo also manages one television station through a local marketing agreement. Further, the company owns two local and two regional cable news channels and holds ownership interests in two other cable news channels. It is headquartered at the US.

This comprehensive SWOT profile of Belo Corp. provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

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- Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
- Corporate strategy – Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
- SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
- Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
- Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
- Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
- Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
- Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
- Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
- Important locations and subsidiaries – A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
- Detailed financial ratios for the past five years – The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
- Interim ratios for the last five interim periods – The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.

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List of Tables 4
List of Figures 4
Section 1 - About the Company 5
Belo Corp. - Key Facts 5
Belo Corp. - Key Employees 6
Belo Corp. - Key Employee Biographies 7
Belo Corp. - Major Products and Services 8
Belo Corp. - History 9
Belo Corp. - Company Statement 11
Belo Corp. - Locations And Subsidiaries 12
Head Office 12
Other Locations & Subsidiaries 12
Section 2 – Company Analysis 14
Belo Corp. - Business Description 14
Belo Corp. - SWOT Analysis 15
SWOT Analysis - Overview 15
Belo Corp. - Strengths 15
Strength - Good Financial Performance 15
Strength - Strong Market Position 15
Strength - Strong Geographic Presence in the US 15
Strength - Strong Media Conglomerate 15
Strength - Strong Liquidity Position 16
Belo Corp. - Weaknesses 16
Weakness - Declining Market Share in Sector 16
Weakness - Low Return on Equity 16
Weakness - Limited Operating Margin 16
Weakness - Limited Investor Confidence 16
Belo Corp. - Opportunities 16
Opportunity - Increase in Broadband Usage 16
Opportunity - Growing Advertising Industry 16
Opportunity - Spun off of Newspaper Businesses 17
Belo Corp. - Threats 17
Threat - Technological Changes 17
Threat - Government Regulations 17
Threat - Economic Slowdown 17
Belo Corp. - Key Competitors 18
Section 3 – Company Financial Ratios 19
Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios 19
Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios 19
Performance Chart 21
Financial Performance 21
Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios 22
Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts 23
Belo Corp., Recent Deals Summary 24
Section 4 – Appendix 25
Methodology 25
Ratio Definitions 25
About GlobalData 29
Contact Us 29
Disclaimer 29

List of Tables

Belo Corp., Key Facts 5
Belo Corp., Key Employees 6
Belo Corp., Key Employee Biographies 7
Belo Corp., Major Products and Services 8
Belo Corp., History 9
Belo Corp., Other Locations 12
Belo Corp., Subsidiaries 13
Belo Corp., Key Competitors 18
Belo Corp., Ratios based on current share price 19
Belo Corp., Annual Ratios 19
Belo Corp., Interim Ratios 22
Belo Corp., Recent Deals Summary 24
Currency Codes 25
Capital Market Ratios 25
Equity Ratios 26
Profitability Ratios 26
Cost Ratios 27
Liquidity Ratios 27
Leverage Ratios 28
Efficiency Ratios 28

List of Figures

Belo Corp., Performance Chart (2006 - 2010) 21
Belo Corp., Ratio Charts 23