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  • Stick Away From These Four Companies That Are Being Strangled With Debt

    By Rupert Hargreaves - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: LGF, STNG, SPWR

    Personally, I am not a fan of company debt. I like to invest in companies that have solid balance sheets with little or net debt, a strong cash position and good current liquidity. That said, there is actually nothing wrong with a company using debt to improve shareholder returns, such as buybacks, takeovers and CAPEX spending if the company controls its level of debt and more importantly, maintains its creditworthiness more »

  • Undervalued Proxy For China Box Office Boom

    By Mark Lin - April 30, 2013 | Tickers: BONA, DWA, LGF

    The PEG ratio, popularized by Peter Lynch, represents in essence what investing is all about: buying cheap growth stocks. Bona Film Group (NASDAQ: BONA), a Chinese film studio, is cheaper than its peers, but has stronger growth prospects. This is evidenced in both PEG valuations and film industry data. Bona Film represents the cheapest and most direct proxy for Chinese box office growth.

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  • Undervalued Proxy For China Box Office Boom

    By Mark Lin - April 13, 2013 | Tickers: BONA, DWA, LGF

    According to the Motion Picture Association of America, U.S./Canada admissions fell from $1.52 billion in 2003 to $1.36 billion in 2012. In contrast, China grew by 36% in 2012 to $$2.7 billion become the largest international market. Given this disparity in growth, U.S. film studios are unjustified trading at a premium to Bona Film Group (NASDAQ: BONA), a Chinese film studio.

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  • Can This Company Pull off Another Pixar?

    By Callum Turcan - April 7, 2013 | Tickers: DWA, LGF, DIS

    Can Disney (NYSE: DIS) pull off another Pixar and continue its amazing performance?

    Since Disney bought Pixar back on May 5, 2006, its stock has gone up by 100% while the S&P 500 has gone up by 22%. Disney spent $7.4 billion to buy out Pixar, offering 2.3 Disney shares for each Pixar share. This is what led the late Steve Jobs to become Disney's largest more »

  • Are Mad Men, Moonshiners, and Zombies Making You Money?

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: AMCX, DISCA, LGF

    Hollywood has always made money off of angst and horror. Just look at how much the American public loves to be scared by werewolves, Mad Men, zombies, vampires, and most frightening of all, reality star Honey Boo-Boo.

    Two companies are finally taking off after a few spectacularly successful hits: Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE: LGF) and AMC Networks (NASDAQ: AMCX)which finally made their bones with 1960's period drama Mad more »

  • Uncertainty Weighs Heavily On Streaming Investors

    By Bill Edson - March 4, 2013 | Tickers: CSTR, DISH, LGF, NFLX

    There are some really amazing developments unfolding in television and movie distribution. Streaming services are becoming more relevant and are starting to be used for first-run content.

    Though this is very exciting for consumers and employees in the entertainment industry, this is not good news for investors. This is a source of uncertainty and not assurance that investments will earn returns in the future. Investors should demand cheap valuations on more »

  • Feeling The Movie Frenzy? Invest in the Movie Makers

    By Ash Anderson - March 1, 2013 | Tickers: DWA, LGF, DIS

    With the Oscars having just wrapped up I can safely assume that many of you are feeling the movie spirit, and you probably want to check out some of the winners, head to the theater to see what else is out, or find a Redbox to pick something random up to watch. Well, the companies that make the movies you and I watch are, for the most part, publicly traded more »

  • Lions Gate Earnings: Boffo With Blockbusters

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - February 12, 2013 | Tickers: CMCSA, LGF, DIS

    Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE: LGF) reported Q3 earnings after the bell on February 11 and earnings were once again boffo. Revenues soared in every division, four or six fold in most of them, with net income coming in at $0.27 a share compared to a year ago loss and beating expectations of $0.17 a share. The company also earned $125.2 million in free cash flow in the more »

  • Will 2013 Box Office Receipts Propel Entertainment Stocks?

    By Alfonso Durazo - February 4, 2013 | Tickers: LGF, TWX, DIS

    2012 proved to be a remarkable year at the box office with record setters and major smash hits, which contributed in driving shares of entertainment stocks to outperform the S&P 500.  Several highly anticipated films, including: sequels, offshoots & reboots, are slated for release this year.  As a result, expect 2013 to see robust ticket sales, but will this propel select entertainment stocks in providing solid returns for investors? The more »

  • Horizon Kinetics Adds Shares of DreamWorks

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - January 25, 2013 | Tickers: CMCSA, DWA, LGF, NWSA, DIS

    A filing with the SEC has disclosed that Horizon Kinetics, an asset manager run by Murray Stahl and his team, now own 9.1 million shares of DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA). At the end of September, the fund had owned 4.2 million shares of the stock and so it has more than doubled the size of its position over the last four months. Read more about Horizon Kinetics and more »

  • The Ticket Master: The Friends of Guillermo (Box Office for 21 January 2013)

    By D.K. Holm - January 22, 2013 | Tickers: CMCSA, LGF, SNE, TWX

     

    If you are a young beginning filmmaker with an interest in horror, it's good to have Guillermo del Toro in your corner.

    According to what is already lore, Mr. del Toro caught Andrés Muschietti's short film Mamá on line, and had both the shit scared out of him and the hell impressed into him. Through the prestidigitation of the movie biz, the next thing Mr. Muschietti knew he more »

  • 3 Media Stocks to Watch

    By David Gould - January 9, 2013 | Tickers: LGF, NFLX, DIS

    While many have argued that the shift towards online streaming is an inevitability (count Netflix CEO Reed Hastings among them), I believe that the best media businesses are those that are diversified. Media is dynamic and changes quickly, so the best way to hedge against the downside while generating above industry-average returns is to spread out through several mediums, cross-promote, and add synergistic value through growth into new mediums. Below more »

  • It’s Show Time For These Entertainment Stocks

    By Shweta Dubey - January 9, 2013 | Tickers: LGF, TWX, DIS

    While looking at the entertainment industry stocks, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) still remains an interesting pick at this moment. Though the recent multi-year agreement between the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and Tyler Perry has created few doubts, I don't feel this will have any significant negative impact on TBS (channel owned by Time Warner). As part of this deal, Tyler Perry will bring a new television series to OWN more »

  • A Look At Diversified Media Stocks

    By David Gould - December 28, 2012 | Tickers: LGF, NWSA, VIAB

    Media can be highly uncertain, but there's one trend that has nearly everyone optimistic: digital. Content producers are looking to find more and more inroads into media that can be streamed or viewed through tablets and smartphones. Roughly half or more of US mobile phone owners have smartphones, and I believe that within the next 5 years that number will be closer to 90%. It is thus never too more »

  • Clash of the Titans

    By D.K. Holm - December 13, 2012 | Tickers: DWA, LGF, NWSA, SNE, DIS

    Great juggernauts vied for supremacy over the weekend. The cinematic playing field was like a chaotic sweat-hewed WWE ring, with the pale undead, an ice guardian, and a larger-than-life president thrashing each other to the cheers of the masses … and surprisingly a human being, James Bond, came out on top. The guy in a gray suit beat off the glittery vampires and the late President to retake the number one more »

  • 2 Factors To Consider In These 3 Media Stocks

    By David Gould - December 11, 2012 | Tickers: DWA, LGF, NFLX

    If you are looking to buy stock in businesses targeting the film industry, I recommend looking at several variables. First, consider the competition. Media can be very unsustainable, which is complicated by the unpredictability of consumer interests. Second, look at the corporate track record. At least in the short-term, I believe in picking momentum winners in media. Below, I review 3 stocks with this consideration in mind.

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  • Netflix Offers Dramatic Content for Investors

    By Kyle Metivier - December 10, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, LGF, NFLX, STRZA, DIS

    I have been a little tough on Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), publicly and personally, well before I started wreaking havoc on this blogging site. I’ve listened to countless analysts, frustrated customers, and questionable conference calls, watching the stock cough up millions of dollars in market share along the way. After learning of the deal inked with Disney (NYSE: DIS) yesterday and hearing the terms, I wondered if the knee-jerk stock more »

  • The Roar of the Lion

    By Robert Hanley - December 7, 2012 | Tickers: LGF, SNE, TWX, DIS

    Hollywood loves a good story and Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE: LGF), the only major independent movie studio, has been delivering one for investors in 2012.  It was only two years ago that legendary investor Carl Icahn was bidding to acquire the company at a price that peaked at $7.50 per share in cash.  Instead, management saved their jobs by selling debt to another investor, a former protégé of Mr more »

  • Disney is the Movie-Making Powerhouse for the Next Five Years

    By Nihar Patel - December 1, 2012 | Tickers: LGF, TWX, DIS

    The Marvel cinematic universe really hit it out of the park. The quality of movies and the integration managed to work out really well. Obviously, some movies were better than others, but overall I think the whole brand has tremendous potential. So many movies are in the works, and the revenue potential for Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) is enormous. At least in the sense that hit movies tend to more »

  • This Company's Ambition Could Mean Big Returns

    By Nihar Patel - November 20, 2012 | Tickers: LGF, DIS

    Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE: LGF) is one of my favorite movie production and distribution companies. I know that makes me sound like an absolute movie nerd, but there you have it. In fact, I was a huge fan of Lions Gate before it really started making headlines with Hunger Games and its acquisition of the Twilight studio. When I say Lions Gate focuses on entertainment, I mean it gives the more »

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