Given the increased importance of macro issues on the stock market and record high correlations among individual stocks, I am expanding media company earnings analysis this quarter to touch on all companies and major trends, not just Northlake positions. Several important media companies reported earnings since yesterday’s close, kicking off about a dozen reports from […]
Discovery Communications (DISCK) reported another good quarter, matching or exceeding most Street estimates. Revenues grew 11% and EBITDA rose 12%. EPS of 62 cents was a penny ahead of consensus. The company slightly raised guidance to reflect the better than expected second quarter performance. In addition to the solid financial report, the company announced accelerating […]
Discovery Communications reported a strong 1Q11 and increased its full year guidance. Advertising growth picked up from the fourth quarter, aided by improved ratings performance in the US. The guidance increase indicates that there is no slowdown in sight for domestic advertising with the caveat that ratings at key networks (Discovery, TLC, Animal Planet) need […]
Discovery Communications (DISCK/DISCA) reported 4Q10 results largely inline with expectations. Revenue and EBITDA grew 7% and 16%, respectively. There were a few warts in the report. Domestic advertising came in 100-200 basis points below reduced expectations as ratings weakness in 4Q took a toll. Domestic growth of 13% is still nothing to sneeze at although […]
Discovery Communications (DISCK) reported good 3Q10 results. EBITDA beat estimates indicating fundamental health of the business but EPS missed due to incentive compensation costs related to the steadily rising stock price. Also disappointing was an almost complete lack of share repurchases. DISCK reported after the close on Tuesday, a week ago. The stock had closed […]
Yesterday all client positions in Discovery Communications (DISCK) were cut back by about 40%. Discovery has been an extremely successful investment with original purchases of the DISCA voting shares made near $16 in the fall of 2008 when the company first started trading as a separate asset-backed stock following a spin-off from Liberty Media. The […]
A few months ago I swapped all Northlake client holdings in Discovery Communications voting shares (DISCA) into Discovery Communications non-voting shares. At the time the voting shares were trading at a $4.23 premium to the non-voting shares. Last week, the spread ballooned to almost $7 when it was announced that DISCA would enter the Russell […]
On March 1st, all Northlake client positions in Discovery Communications voting shares (DISCA) were swapped to Discovery Communications non-voting shares (DISCK) on a dollar for dollar basis. DISCA shares were added to the S&P 500 as of the close of trading on February 26th. The non-voting DISCK shares are not being added to the S&P. […]
Discovery Communications (DISCA) reported another good quarter, making it five in a row since the company went public in September 2009. The upside was not as big this quarter than prior quarters but that is due to factors beyond management control: higher expectations and analyst estimates and a still tough environment for advertising sales. What […]
Discovery Communications reported another positive surprise, making it three straight quarters. Revenue matched expectations but superb performance on costs allowed EBITDA to come at $381 million vs. analyst estimates ranging from $341 million to $356 million. EPS were in line after adjusting for one-time but would have been higher if not for a high tax […]
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