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Opinion on  News Corp (NWS)     Sector: Services  >  Industry: Printing & Publishing
NWS A Buy

Feb 06, 2008 07:35 AM GMT
Charliemunger
Return Risk
-34.04% MID
Sr. Analyst

Fundamental Analysis  

Revenues: $8.59 Billion, up 9.5% y/y. Up 21% from last quarter. Beat conensus by 4%
Operating Income: $1.42 billion, up 24% y/y, driven by movies, cable. Up 35% from last quarter.
Earnings: $832 million, up 1.2% from last year. Up 13.6% from last quarter.
EPS of 27 cents misses consensus by a penny.
Guidance: Up. Raising operating income growth projection for FY 2008 to from "low teens" to "mid teens".

No major aquisitiions planned - Yahoo, Time-Warner, etc.


NWS:  This call was made on 02/06/08 @ $20.07
Rating:   Positive   $20.07 (02/06/08)
Closed:   02/22/2008 @ $19.73 (-1.69% in 16 days)
Target:   $22.00 (+9.62%) in One month


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