The Wall Street Journal is a few days late in reporting that Carl Icahn has upped his stake in Time Warner. When this news first broke on Monday, I wrote the following brief comment for StreetInsight.com: The facts that Time Warner (TWX) is giving back most of its post-earnings pop and the lack of positive […]
Disney (DIS) reported much better than expected 3Q06 EPS. EPS of 53 cents easily beat consensus of 44 cents (3Q EPS were aided by 1-2 cent accounting benefit). Revenues were only slightly better than expected so it was operating profit performance that provided the upside. In particular, the Studio, Theme Parks, and Consumer Products provided […]
Yesterday saw earnings releases from Cablevision (CVC), Charter Communications (CHTR), and DirecTV (DTV) allowing investors to take a snapshot of the current competitive environment in multichannel TV. I think these results along with earlier reports from Comcast and Time Warner support eh bull case for cable over the short-term. CVC continued its strong double digit […]
By recent standards, Lionsgate (LGF) reported a very routine quarter. There was little excitement in the numbers, full year guidance for March 07 was affirmed, and analyst questions on the conference call were not hostile. The lack of excitement was not just due to a generally inline quarter. LGF also made progress by releasing its […]
A new study by McKinsey & Co., highlighted at AdAge.com, does a good job of explaining why television advertising is facing such strong growth headwinds. The key pull quote from the AdAge article is that the study claims that “by 2010, traditional TV advertising will be one-third as effective as it was in 1990.” The […]
The real excitement surrounding 3Q06 earnings from Disney (DIS) will concern how it impacts the outlook for FY07. Despite strong fundamentals and consistent double-digit growth, DIS shares have stalled over concerns about 2007. Recently, estimates have been falling and now reflect just over 10% EPS growth. Concerns surround tough comps for the theme parks, slowing […]
I’d classify the 2Q06 earnings and conference call from NTL Incorporated as mixed. Mixed is not quite good enough for the short-term as that means there some issues. For NTLI shares to jump over the low expectations built into the stock, a clean quarter is required. I don’t think we will get that until 4Q06 […]
I didn’t get a chance to do a formal review of 2Q06 earnings from Regal Entertainment (RGC) due to my PC crash. The shares had a well deserved sell-off following slightly disappointing earnings despite a strong fundamental backdrop formed by 8% growth in the domestic box office during the third quarter. Fortunately, this past weekend’s […]
NTL Incorporated (NTLI) reports tomorrow morning. This stock has been my personal Waterloo but I think that investors are overly pessimistic especially in light of the significant free cash flow the company can generate in a no growth environment. The bar is set quite low for the quarter given the lousy action in the stock […]
Lionsgate (LGF) reports its 1Q07 on Wednesday after the close. With the key theatrical releases coming this fall and winter, LGF is looking at a backend loaded year so investors shouldn’t expect much out the quarter. The company had no box office success in the quarter but results weren’t bad enough to warrant any write-offs. […]
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