Business Fundamentals

Tesla sees 60% surge in influencer conversations on Twitter post bitcoin investment, reveals GlobalData

Tesla Inc. (Tesla) witnessed a dramatic 60% jump in influencer conversations on Twitter during the second week of February 2021 over the previous week, following the electric vehicle manufacturer’s announcement to invest US$1.5bn to incorporate bitcoin into its payment infrastructure, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. In a recent update to its […]

GlobalData reveals top 10 spirits influencers on Twitter during Q4 2020

An analysis of GlobalData’s Spirits Influencer Platform, which tracks more than 700 leading industry experts and their discussions pertaining to the emerging trends, pain areas, new fields of innovation and other popular areas on Twitter, has revealed Steve Rush, a spirits writer with specialization in whiskey, as the top spirits influencer during the fourth quarter […]

Business Fundamentals

AI and cloud help Baidu beat Q4 2020 earnings estimates and bring closer to EV ambitions, says GlobalData

Following the release of Baidu Inc’s financial results for the fourth quarter (Q4) and fiscal year ended 31 December 2020, Alisha Bajpai Singh, Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “Baidu reported a revenue of CNY30,263m in Q4 2020, an increase of 7.2% over CNY28,232m in Q3 2020, which was […]

Business Fundamentals

VC investors continue to repose faith in Chinese companies in 2020, reveals GlobalData

Despite a wave of antitrust moves against tech giants such as Alibaba and Tencent, venture capital (VC) investors seem to be reposing their faith in China-based companies. Edtech, aerospace, memory chips and ride-hailing found the most favor with VC investors in 2020. China, which has several companies working in these areas, dominated the list of […]

Business Fundamentals

US continues to top cross-border M&A activity

The US secured the top spots in terms of outbound and inbound mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deal volume and value in 2020, despite witnessing a decline in activity during the COVID-hit 2020. Meanwhile, China continued to remain attractive to foreign investors and emerged as a notable exception to witness growth in inbound M&A activity, according […]

Business Fundamentals

Apple and Alphabet only FAANG companies to see sentiment decline in Q1 2021

Apple and Alphabet were the only FAANG companies to see earnings transcript sentiment decline in Q1 2021, according to the Filing Analytics database by leading data and analytics company GlobalData. Both tech giants saw around 2% decline in Q1 2021*, compared to the previous quarter while Facebook, Amazon and Netflix saw 3.8%, 8.4% and 15% […]

Business Fundamentals

ASEAN economies poised for robust recovery with 6% real GDP growth in 2021, says GlobalData

Receding daily COVID-19 cases, rollout of vaccines, increased spending by the governments along with easing of monetary restrictions will help revive the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN*) economies in 2021 with their real GDP forecasted to rise by 6%, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Despite the contraction in real GDP in […]

Business Fundamentals

GameStop unlikely to showcase largescale gains in 2021 despite sentiment growth in Q4 2020

GlobalData’s Filing Analytics platform found that GameStop’s earning transcript sentiment score rose by around 9.7% in Q4 2020 compared to Q3 2020. Starting mid-January 2021, the company’s stock grew almost 100x until 27 January 2021. However, most of its stock gains were lost by the end of the first week of February 2021. Notwithstanding sentiment […]

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Japan cities to be deprived of economic gains from Tokyo Olympics amid COVID-19 resurgence, says GlobalData

The resurgence of COVID-19 cases across Japan in winter season and the delay in mass inoculation process are likely to reduce the gains expected for the local economies during Tokyo Olympics, thereby delay the economic recovery of Japanese cities in 2021, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Since the beginning of January […]

Business Fundamentals

Deal activity in Asia-Pacific likely to remain muted for some more time in 2021, says GlobalData

A total of 818 deals were announced in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region in January 2021, which is a decline of 42.3% over the 1,417 deals announced during the previous month, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. An analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database reveals that the deal volume during the month more […]

Business Fundamentals

GlobalData reveals top 10 cybersecurity influencers on Twitter during Q4 2020

An analysis of GlobalData’s Cybersecurity Influencer Platform, which tracks more than 200 leading industry experts and their discussions pertaining to the emerging trends, pain areas, new fields of innovation and other popular areas on Twitter, has revealed Bob Carver, Principal – Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence and Analytics at Verizon, as the top cybersecurity influencer during the […]

Business Fundamentals

Deal activity registered a 24.8% decline in January 2021

A total of 4,064 deals were announced globally during January 2021, which is a decrease of 24.8% over 5,401 deals announced during the previous month, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. An analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database revealed that the deal volume during the month remained below the monthly average of […]

Business Fundamentals, Travel & Tourism

Travel & tourism sector witnessed 29.6% decline in deal activity during January 2021

A total of 57 deals were announced in the global travel and tourism sector during January 2021, which is a decrease of 29.6% over 81 deals announced in December 2020, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “The travel and tourism sector has been one of […]

Banking, Business Fundamentals

Global top 25 banks posted substantial market recovery in Q4 2020, says GlobalData

Top global banks ended 2020 on a high, with aggregate market cap growing by 25.4% from $2,597.1bn, as of 30 September 2020 (Q3 2020), to $3,258bn, as of 31 December 2020 (Q4 2020), says GlobalData, a leading data analytics and research company. Apart from the top four Chinese banks, which registered single-digit growth, all other […]

Business Fundamentals, Travel & Tourism

Live Nation continues to reduce hiring activity while rebalancing with jobs for virtual events

Live Nation Entertainment has been consistently reducing its hiring activity throughout 2020, with new job postings dipping from 437 in January to just 17 in December 2020. The job closures have also been significantly higher than new postings since Q2 2020, potentially in response to the effects of lockdowns on in-person live events. However, hiring continues with focus on virtual events, upcoming big-ticket concerts and sporting events, finds GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. […]

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Hyundai speeds up hiring for alternative powertrain and smart mobility in Europe, reveals GlobalData

Hyundai Motor Company is bolstering manpower to build teams for alternative powertrains and eco-mobility domains. The company’s hiring was predominantly in the US in 2020. However, there has been a shift in recent months with job postings across Europe being significantly more in January 2021 when compared to the same period last year, finds GlobalData, […]

Business Fundamentals

AI most mentioned trend among top 10 fintech influencers on Twitter during Q4 2020, reveals GlobalData

Artificial intelligence (AI), banking and insurtech emerged as the most mentioned trends among fintech influencer discussions on Twitter during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Smitarani Tripathy, Influencer Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “The discussions around AI were related to how banks can meet the rising customer […]

Business Fundamentals

US, China remain preferred destinations for high-value VC investments in 2020, reveals GlobalData

With the COVID-19 pandemic dominating the headlines, the fear of uncertainty gripped the financial markets and investors remained cautious in 2020. However, the US and China managed to attract the highest number of high-value venture capital (VC) investments (>=US$100m), collectively accounting for more than 75% of the volume and value of such deals, according to […]

Business Fundamentals, Technology

AR/VR mentions doubled in tech company filings in 2020 driven by work-from-home policies

Lockdowns and work-from-home policies have driven multifold growth in discussions around augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in 2020 among tech companies. GlobalData’s Filing Analytics platform identified that the number of tech companies with mentions of AR/VR in all filings nearly doubled in the technology sector in 2020 compared to 2019. AR and VR […]

Business Fundamentals

Online retailers accounted for 77% of the cumulative MCap gain recorded by top 25 global retailers in 2020, says GlobalData

Online retailers had a remarkable year in 2020, seeing a 65% gain in cumulative market capitalization (MCap) in 2020 over 2019, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Keshav Kumar Jha, Business Fundamentals Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Major online retailers such as Amazon, Alibaba, Pinduoduo, JD.com and eBay benefited from the increase in […]

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