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This has a highly rated content, probably amongst the best out there. A growing ad stream and retransmission revenue, which they haven’t really mined, that they charge to the cable carriers. That could be a triple in revenue over the next several years. There is now a potential that they could be put together with Viacom. This could be accretive to the tune of around 10%-15%. It is only trading at around 10X 2018. Strong cash flows. Dividend yield of 1.3%.
45% of their revenues are from advertising and they are highly correlated with growth in GDP. They have significant ownership in the content of Showtime (70%). They are levered to right pieces of the market. They are returning capital to shareholders. (Analysts’ target: $74.50).