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02-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Traditional Media & Publishing Stocks Q1 In Review: EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) Vs Peers
As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here's a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q1. Today, we are looking at traditional media & publishing stocks, starting with EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS). The sector faces structural headwinds from declining linear TV viewership, shifts in advertising spend toward digital platforms, and ongoing challenges in monetizing print and broadcast content. However, for companies that invest wisely, tailwinds can include AI, the power of which can result in more personalized content creation and more detailed audience analysis. These can create a flywheel of success where one feeds into the other. Still there are outstanding questions around AI-generated content oversight, and the regulatory framework around this could evolve in unseen ways over the next few years. The 4 traditional media & publishing stocks we track reported a very strong Q1. As a group, revenues beat analysts' consensus estimates by 1.3% while next quarter's revenue guidance was in line. Thankfully, share prices of the companies have been resilient as they are up 7.1% on average since the latest earnings results. Following its 2023 acquisition of DISH Network, EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) provides satellite communications, pay-TV services, wireless networks, and broadband solutions across consumer and enterprise markets. EchoStar reported revenues of $3.87 billion, down 3.6% year on year. This print was in line with analysts' expectations, and overall, it was a very strong quarter for the company with an impressive beat of analysts' EPS estimates. "The EchoStar team performed well against our plan in the first quarter," said Hamid Akhavan, president and CEO, EchoStar Corporation. EchoStar delivered the weakest performance against analyst estimates of the whole group. Interestingly, the stock is up 19.5% since reporting and currently trades at $28.50. Is now the time to buy EchoStar? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free. Originally developed for World Expo '67 in Montreal as an innovative projection system, IMAX (NYSE:IMAX) provides proprietary large-format cinema technology and systems that deliver immersive movie experiences with enhanced image quality and sound. IMAX reported revenues of $86.67 million, up 9.5% year on year, outperforming analysts' expectations by 2.9%. The business had a stunning quarter with an impressive beat of analysts' EPS estimates. IMAX delivered the biggest analyst estimates beat and fastest revenue growth among its peers. The market seems happy with the results as the stock is up 13.6% since reporting. It currently trades at $27.33. Is now the time to buy IMAX? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free. With over 2,400 hours of local news produced weekly and 640 broadcast channels reaching millions of American homes, Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI) operates a network of 185 local television stations across 86 U.S. markets, producing news programming and distributing content from major networks. Sinclair reported revenues of $776 million, down 2.8% year on year, in line with analysts' expectations. It was a mixed quarter as it posted full-year revenue guidance exceeding analysts' expectations but a significant miss of analysts' EPS estimates. As expected, the stock is down 11.3% since the results and currently trades at $13.93. Read our full analysis of Sinclair's results here. With roots dating back to 1807 when Charles Wiley opened a small printing shop in Manhattan, John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) is a global academic publisher that provides scientific journals, books, digital courseware, and knowledge solutions for researchers, students, and professionals. Wiley reported revenues of $442.6 million, down 5.5% year on year. This result beat analysts' expectations by 1.7%. Overall, it was an exceptional quarter as it also put up a solid beat of analysts' EPS estimates. Wiley had the slowest revenue growth among its peers. The stock is up 6.8% since reporting and currently trades at $43.51. Read our full, actionable report on Wiley here, it's free. As a result of the Fed's rate hikes in 2022 and 2023, inflation has come down from frothy levels post-pandemic. The general rise in the price of goods and services is trending towards the Fed's 2% goal as of late, which is good news. The higher rates that fought inflation also didn't slow economic activity enough to catalyze a recession. So far, soft landing. This, combined with recent rate cuts (half a percent in September 2024 and a quarter percent in November 2024) have led to strong stock market performance in 2024. The icing on the cake for 2024 returns was Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. Presidential Election in early November, sending major indices to all-time highs in the week following the election. Still, debates around the health of the economy and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts remain, leaving much uncertainty around 2025. Want to invest in winners with rock-solid fundamentals? Check out our 9 Best Market-Beating Stocks and add them to your watchlist. These companies are poised for growth regardless of the political or macroeconomic climate.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Reflecting On Traditional Media & Publishing Stocks' Q4 Earnings: Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI)
Looking back on traditional media & publishing stocks' Q4 earnings, we examine this quarter's best and worst performers, including Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI) and its peers. The sector faces structural headwinds from declining linear TV viewership, shifts in advertising spend toward digital platforms, and ongoing challenges in monetizing print and broadcast content. However, for companies that invest wisely, tailwinds can include AI, the power of which can result in more personalized content creation and more detailed audience analysis. These can create a flywheel of success where one feeds into the other. Still there are outstanding questions around AI-generated content oversight, and the regulatory framework around this could evolve in unseen ways over the next few years. The 4 traditional media & publishing stocks we track reported a satisfactory Q4. As a group, revenues missed analysts' consensus estimates by 2.4% while next quarter's revenue guidance was 0.7% below. Amidst this news, share prices of the companies have had a rough stretch. On average, they are down 8% since the latest earnings results. With over 2,400 hours of local news produced weekly and 640 broadcast channels reaching millions of American homes, Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI) operates a network of 185 local television stations across 86 U.S. markets, producing news programming and distributing content from major networks. Sinclair reported revenues of $1.00 billion, up 21.5% year on year. This print was in line with analysts' expectations, and overall, it was a strong quarter for the company with an impressive beat of analysts' EPS estimates. 'We are pleased to close out a strong 2024 and we have entered 2025 on a high note. Our consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter exceeded our guidance range, along with various other key financial metrics. This performance underscores the continued dominance of broadcast TV as the leading platform for advertisers to reach broad audiences,' said Chris Ripley, Sinclair's President and Chief Executive Officer. Sinclair achieved the fastest revenue growth of the whole group. Investor expectations, however, were likely higher than Wall Street's published projections, leaving some wishing for even better results (analysts' consensus estimates are those published by big banks and advisory firms, not the investors who make buy and sell decisions). The stock is down 2.3% since reporting and currently trades at $14.14. Is now the time to buy Sinclair? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free. Following its 2023 acquisition of DISH Network, EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) provides satellite communications, pay-TV services, wireless networks, and broadband solutions across consumer and enterprise markets. EchoStar reported revenues of $3.97 billion, down 4.7% year on year, outperforming analysts' expectations by 1.1%. The business had an exceptional quarter with a solid beat of analysts' EPS estimates. EchoStar pulled off the biggest analyst estimates beat among its peers. Although it had a fine quarter compared its peers, the market seems unhappy with the results as the stock is down 25% since reporting. It currently trades at $21.75. Is now the time to buy EchoStar? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free. Originally developed for World Expo '67 in Montreal as an innovative projection system, IMAX (NYSE:IMAX) provides proprietary large-format cinema technology and systems that deliver immersive movie experiences with enhanced image quality and sound. IMAX reported revenues of $92.67 million, up 7.7% year on year, falling short of analysts' expectations by 11.1%. It was a disappointing quarter as it posted a significant miss of analysts' EPS estimates. IMAX delivered the weakest performance against analyst estimates in the group. As expected, the stock is down 17.6% since the results and currently trades at $22.45. Read our full analysis of IMAX's results here. With roots dating back to 1807 when Charles Wiley opened a small printing shop in Manhattan, John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) is a global academic publisher that provides scientific journals, books, digital courseware, and knowledge solutions for researchers, students, and professionals. Wiley reported revenues of $404.6 million, down 12.2% year on year. This print topped analysts' expectations by 0.9%. Overall, it was a very strong quarter as it also put up an impressive beat of analysts' EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts' full-year EPS guidance estimates. Wiley had the slowest revenue growth among its peers. The stock is up 12.9% since reporting and currently trades at $42.85. Read our full, actionable report on Wiley here, it's free. Thanks to the Fed's rate hikes in 2022 and 2023, inflation has been on a steady path downward, easing back toward that 2% sweet spot. Fortunately (miraculously to some), all this tightening didn't send the economy tumbling into a recession, so here we are, cautiously celebrating a soft landing. The cherry on top? Recent rate cuts (half a point in September 2024, a quarter in November) have propped up markets, especially after Trump's November win lit a fire under major indices and sent them to all-time highs. However, there's still plenty to ponder — tariffs, corporate tax cuts, and what 2025 might hold for the economy. Want to invest in winners with rock-solid fundamentals? Check out our Top 5 Quality Compounder Stocks and add them to your watchlist. These companies are poised for growth regardless of the political or macroeconomic climate. Join Paid Stock Investor Research Help us make StockStory more helpful to investors like yourself. 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15-04-2025
- Business
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3 Reasons SATS is Risky and 1 Stock to Buy Instead
Over the last six months, EchoStar shares have sunk to $22.63, producing a disappointing 12.3% loss - worse than the S&P 500's 6.9% drop. This might have investors contemplating their next move. Is now the time to buy EchoStar, or should you be careful about including it in your portfolio? Dive into our full research report to see our analyst team's opinion, it's free. Even though the stock has become cheaper, we're sitting this one out for now. Here are three reasons why SATS doesn't excite us and a stock we'd rather own. Following its 2023 acquisition of DISH Network, EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) provides satellite communications, pay-TV services, wireless networks, and broadband solutions across consumer and enterprise markets. Although long-term earnings trends give us the big picture, we like to analyze EPS over a shorter period to see if we are missing a change in the business. Sadly for EchoStar, its EPS declined by 50.9% annually over the last two years while its revenue grew by 62%. This tells us the company became less profitable on a per-share basis as it expanded. If you've followed StockStory for a while, you know we emphasize free cash flow. Why, you ask? We believe that in the end, cash is king, and you can't use accounting profits to pay the bills. As you can see below, EchoStar's margin dropped by 8.5 percentage points over the last five years. It may have ticked higher more recently, but shareholders are likely hoping for its margin to at least revert to its historical level. If the longer-term trend returns, it could signal it is in the middle of an investment cycle. EchoStar's free cash flow margin for the trailing 12 months was negative 1.8%. As long-term investors, the risk we care about most is the permanent loss of capital, which can happen when a company goes bankrupt or raises money from a disadvantaged position. This is separate from short-term stock price volatility, something we are much less bothered by. EchoStar burned through $292.2 million of cash over the last year, and its $29.81 billion of debt exceeds the $5.70 billion of cash on its balance sheet. This is a deal breaker for us because indebted loss-making companies spell trouble. Unless the EchoStar's fundamentals change quickly, it might find itself in a position where it must raise capital from investors to continue operating. Whether that would be favorable is unclear because dilution is a headwind for shareholder returns. We remain cautious of EchoStar until it generates consistent free cash flow or any of its announced financing plans materialize on its balance sheet. EchoStar's business quality ultimately falls short of our standards. After the recent drawdown, the stock trades at 7.4× forward EV-to-EBITDA (or $22.63 per share). While this valuation is optically cheap, the potential downside is big given its shaky fundamentals. We're pretty confident there are superior stocks to buy right now. We'd recommend looking at a fast-growing restaurant franchise with an A+ ranch dressing sauce. Market indices reached historic highs following Donald Trump's presidential victory in November 2024, but the outlook for 2025 is clouded by new trade policies that could impact business confidence and growth. While this has caused many investors to adopt a "fearful" wait-and-see approach, we're leaning into our best ideas that can grow regardless of the political or macroeconomic climate. Take advantage of Mr. Market by checking out our Top 6 Stocks for this week. This is a curated list of our High Quality stocks that have generated a market-beating return of 175% over the last five years. Stocks that made our list in 2019 include now familiar names such as Nvidia (+2,183% between December 2019 and December 2024) as well as under-the-radar businesses like Comfort Systems (+751% five-year return). Find your next big winner with StockStory today for free. Sign in to access your portfolio
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14-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Firing on All Cylinders: EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) Q4 Earnings Lead the Way
As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here's a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q4. Today, we are looking at traditional media & publishing stocks, starting with EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS). The sector faces structural headwinds from declining linear TV viewership, shifts in advertising spend toward digital platforms, and ongoing challenges in monetizing print and broadcast content. However, for companies that invest wisely, tailwinds can include AI, the power of which can result in more personalized content creation and more detailed audience analysis. These can create a flywheel of success where one feeds into the other. Still there are outstanding questions around AI-generated content oversight, and the regulatory framework around this could evolve in unseen ways over the next few years. The 4 traditional media & publishing stocks we track reported a satisfactory Q4. As a group, revenues missed analysts' consensus estimates by 2.4% while next quarter's revenue guidance was 0.7% below. Amidst this news, share prices of the companies have had a rough stretch. On average, they are down 8.2% since the latest earnings results. Following its 2023 acquisition of DISH Network, EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) provides satellite communications, pay-TV services, wireless networks, and broadband solutions across consumer and enterprise markets. EchoStar reported revenues of $3.97 billion, down 4.7% year on year. This print exceeded analysts' expectations by 1.1%. Overall, it was an exceptional quarter for the company with a solid beat of analysts' EPS estimates. "Overall, we made improvements in all of our lines of business and achieved our plan of ending the year delivering positive free cashflow," said Hamid Akhavan, CEO and president, EchoStar Corporation. EchoStar achieved the biggest analyst estimates beat of the whole group. Investor expectations, however, were likely higher than Wall Street's published projections, leaving some wishing for even better results (analysts' consensus estimates are those published by big banks and advisory firms, not the investors who make buy and sell decisions). The stock is down 21.1% since reporting and currently trades at $22.90. Is now the time to buy EchoStar? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free. With roots dating back to 1807 when Charles Wiley opened a small printing shop in Manhattan, John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) is a global academic publisher that provides scientific journals, books, digital courseware, and knowledge solutions for researchers, students, and professionals. Wiley reported revenues of $404.6 million, down 12.2% year on year, outperforming analysts' expectations by 0.9%. The business had a very strong quarter with an impressive beat of analysts' EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts' full-year EPS guidance estimates. The market seems happy with the results as the stock is up 14.1% since reporting. It currently trades at $43.29. Is now the time to buy Wiley? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free. Originally developed for World Expo '67 in Montreal as an innovative projection system, IMAX (NYSE:IMAX) provides proprietary large-format cinema technology and systems that deliver immersive movie experiences with enhanced image quality and sound. IMAX reported revenues of $92.67 million, up 7.7% year on year, falling short of analysts' expectations by 11.1%. It was a disappointing quarter as it posted a significant miss of analysts' EPS estimates. IMAX delivered the weakest performance against analyst estimates in the group. As expected, the stock is down 22.4% since the results and currently trades at $21.15. Read our full analysis of IMAX's results here. With over 2,400 hours of local news produced weekly and 640 broadcast channels reaching millions of American homes, Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI) operates a network of 185 local television stations across 86 U.S. markets, producing news programming and distributing content from major networks. Sinclair reported revenues of $1.00 billion, up 21.5% year on year. This number met analysts' expectations. Overall, it was a strong quarter as it also recorded an impressive beat of analysts' EPS estimates. Sinclair achieved the fastest revenue growth among its peers. The stock is down 3.4% since reporting and currently trades at $13.99. Read our full, actionable report on Sinclair here, it's free. The Fed's interest rate hikes throughout 2022 and 2023 have successfully cooled post-pandemic inflation, bringing it closer to the 2% target. Inflationary pressures have eased without tipping the economy into a recession, suggesting a soft landing. This stability, paired with recent rate cuts (0.5% in September 2024 and 0.25% in November 2024), fueled a strong year for the stock market in 2024. The markets surged further after Donald Trump's presidential victory in November, with major indices reaching record highs in the days following the election. Still, questions remain about the direction of economic policy, as potential tariffs and corporate tax changes add uncertainty for 2025. Want to invest in winners with rock-solid fundamentals? Check out our 9 Best Market-Beating Stocks and add them to your watchlist. These companies are poised for growth regardless of the political or macroeconomic climate. Join Paid Stock Investor Research Help us make StockStory more helpful to investors like yourself. Join our paid user research session and receive a $50 Amazon gift card for your opinions. Sign up here. Sign in to access your portfolio
