Our recent coverage of Maersk for theloadstar.co.uk will soon hit the wire, and it comes after a poor trading update last week. Here we investigate the web performance of the Danish shipping company. Our SEO analysis has focussed on a limited number of landing pages and sub-categories, which have been identified through… Read More
FedEx SEO Audit: The Best Performer In The Transport Industry
Our SEO analysis of the website of US transport and logistics company FedEx targets a limited number of landing pages and sub-categories, which have been identified through a top-level navigation approach. This provides a good proxy for the performance of fedex.com, which is by far one of the best websites we have found in… Read More
UPS SEO Audit: It Could Be Worse, It Doesn’t Look Great
We have investigated the performance of US transport and logistics company UPS, which is finding it more difficult to deliver value to its shareholders. Our analysis will be published by The Loadstar later today. Elsewhere, our SEO analysis shows some critical areas concerning the company’s online strategy. We have targeted a limited… Read More
Just How Bad Were Twitter’s Q3 Results?
(This story first appeared on Seeking Alpha (SA) today, and was written by Alessandro Pasetti, the founder of Hedging Beta.) Summary Slowing user growth is a big problem for Twitter. Its income statement is mildly better than last year. Pay attention to its capital structure and to the composition of adjusted EBITDA going… Read More
Stock-Based Compensation Up Or Down? Why It Matters For IBM
(This story first appeared on Seeking Alpha (SA) today, and was written by Alessandro Pasetti, the founder of Hedging Beta.) Summary The debate rages on over the valuation of IBM. I don’t know who is right, but my attention has been caught by trends for one non-cash item: stock-based compensation costs. On the… Read More
Panalpina SEO Audit: Thumbs Down!
We have investigated the financial position of Swiss freight forwarder Panalpina today, and our findings will be soon released on theloadstar.co.uk We have also performed a SEO audit of its website, which doesn’t include actionable leads at this stage. SEO Audit Criteria Score: Critical areas where intervention is needed on a scale from… Read More
DSV SEO Audit: A Mixed Bag
We have performed a SEO audit of DSV’s website and its subdomains today, which should be read alongside our SEO analysis of UTi Worldwide. Our analysis has focussed on a limited number of landing pages and sub-categories through a top-level navigation approach that is a good proxy for the online performances of… Read More
UTi Worldwide SEO Audit: A Poor Web Performance
We have investigated the $1.35bn takeover of UTi by DSV for the loadstar.co.uk this week, and we have also performed here a SEO audit of the website and the subdomains of the former. Our SEO analysis has focussed on a limited number of landing pages and sub-categories, which have been identified through a top-level navigation… Read More
K Line SEO Audit — How About A Domain Consolidation Analysis?
We have investigated the prospects of Japan’s K Line this week for the loadstar.co.uk, and our findings will be released on 13 October. As usual, we have also performed a SEO audit of its Japanese website, kline.co.jp — well, the outcome was not great, really. Our comprehensive SEO analysis doesn’t include actionable leads at this… Read More
Why Pure Storage’s Debut Failed To Impress
(This story first appeared on Seeking Alpha (SA) earlier today, and was written by Alessandro Pasetti, the founder of Hedging Beta.) Summary The tech sector needs a confidence boost, but those in the bear camp have been proved right so far. Stretched valuations and risk-off trades suggest it won’t be a… Read More