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  • Inside Ownership: Should You Buy Or Sell?

    By John Timmes - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: DELL, IBM, WWE

    Inside ownership is a measure of the amount of stock owned by directors or senior officers of a company. Inside ownership is generally considered a positive investment criterion because it implies that the decision-makers at a company have skin in the game. Insider buying, a metric that reports recent purchases by insiders, is also a strong market signal because it could indicate that top management believes company stock is currently more »

  • Profitable and High Yielding Media Stocks

    By Anh HOANG - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: CTCM, RGC, WWE

    I love profitable businesses which produce high returns on capital, pay investors high dividends, and are cheaply valued. As a result, I recently ran a screen to find out businesses that possesses the above-mentioned qualities in the media and broadcasting sector.

    The stock screening included four main criteria: (1) the stocks must be in the media and broadcasting sector, (2) dividend yield must be above 4%, (3) return on capital more »

  • 3 Interesting Stocks Under $10

    By Salvatore "Sam" Mattera - March 28, 2013 | Tickers: LOGI, NTRI, WWE

    In his widely hailed book, You Can Be a Stock Market Genius, value investor Joel Greenblatt offers retail investors a number of ways to profit in the stock market. One of the strategies Greenblatt suggests is looking at stocks that trade under $10. Greenblatt argues that, for a variety of reasons, these stocks are likely to be ignored by institutional investors, giving retail traders greater room to find bargains.

    Logitech more »

  • WrestleMania's Grapple with Growth

    By Arturo Cuevas - March 28, 2013 | Tickers: MSG, TTWO, WWE

    The much ballyhooed 29th edition of WrestleMania, World Wrestling Entertainment's (NYSE: WWE) flagship event, reels off April 7, with its progenitor pulling all stops to elevate anew its ranking on Wall Street. The company, which also maintains a movie-making segment, is refocusing on what it does best—developing, producing, and marketing pro-wrestling events.

    WWE indicated its renewed thrust at the end of February, when it reported improved 2012 fourth more »

  • 3 Turnaround Stories at 3 Different Stages

    By Michael Carter - February 27, 2013 | Tickers: COH, SIX, WWE

    In basketball, when a player posts up (back against a defender), in order to shoot and score, he/she has to turn around to face the basket.  This can be achieved by turning in the air and timing the jump shot when the defender it not likely to jump and challenge the shot.  Michael Jordan perfected this to create his nearly unstoppable fade-away jumper.  The turnaround jump shot is somewhat more »

  • Make Money From Sports!

    By Keshav Rajendran - January 9, 2013 | Tickers: MANU, WWE

    The best way to feel super rich is to own a part of a sports team. Only billionaires with their cigars and their fancy cars generally know how this feels, so if you want to feel a bit like a billionaire, investing a sports team might not be such a bad idea. But is it a great investment idea? The honest answer is, no. In fact, the financial performance of more »

  • Hulu Wrestled this One Away from Netflix

    By Chad Henage - October 2, 2012 | Tickers: LYV, NFLX, DIS, WWE

    All I can say is, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) you certainly had your chance. A recent announcement by WWE (NYSE: WWE) confirmed that the entertainment company signed an agreement with Hulu Plus. WWE will provide all of its content in an exclusive multi-year pact to Hulu Plus subscribers. I originally found out about this from an article in The Chicago Tribune, and was honestly shocked that Hulu won this business. Netflix already has licensed multiple character specific series from WWE, and it seemed like licensing their weekly shows would be a natural continuation of their relationship. If Netflix made this happen, it would've solved one of the major knocks on the service which is not having current content. However, Hulu now becomes the destination for the millions of WWE fans that don't either have the time, or the permission from their families to sit through the company's multiple hours of shows each week.

  • Maybe this 6% Yield is Sustainable After All?

    By Chad Henage - August 14, 2012 | Tickers: DWA, LYV, NFLX, DIS, WWE

    I've written before about a long time hobby of mine, and that is watching professional wrestling. The only company worth mentioning in this space is WWE (NYSE: WWE). Since the company took over WCW years ago, while there are are other wrestling promotions no one really is in the same league. The company lost some investors when they had to cut their dividend, and I've even recently questioned whether the lower dividend was sustainable. After looking at the company's most recent earnings report, I'm actually shocked to say this 6% yield could be sustainable after all.

  • WWE Earnings - Behind The Headlines

    By Chad Henage - May 11, 2012 | Tickers: LYV, WWE

    Depending on what you believe, World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE: WWE) is either staged entertainment or staged foolishness. Most people have strong opinions about professional wrestling, I personally have been a fan for years. I've written before that I'm worried about WWE's dividend, that concern still stands. However, I've also followed WWE as both a fan and at times a stockholder. While Wrestlemania 28 is behind us, there have been some developments since that I believe could change how WWE does going forward. Let's look at both this last quarter and also see what WWE's future holds.

  • Sirius: Many Reasons to be Bullish

    By Maxwell Fisher - April 25, 2012 | Tickers: CMLS, SIRI, DIS, WWE

    I have been watching the stock price of Sirius (NASDAQ: SIRI) for years. There were a number of things keeping me from purchasing the stock, from its high volatility, debt, or even low earnings. However, the company has taken some steps to make itself a little more attractive these days. The stock has traded around $0.50 a few years ago, and is now all the way in the low more »

  • WWE's Business Model is an Endangered Species

    By Michael Carter - April 24, 2012 | Tickers: GNC, WWE

    78,000 fans attended live at the stadium and 1.3 million pay-per-views were purchased for Wrestlemania 28 for the great anticipated matchup between John Cena and The Rock on April 1st just a few weeks ago.  It is estimated that it produced sales of over $60 million for the one night event.  However, if you look at the stock price year-to-date, you would have never known Wrestlemania even occurred more »

  • Destined for Another Dividend Cut

    By Chad Henage - March 26, 2012 | Tickers: DIS, WWE

    I'm a wrestling fan, there I've said it. You can now commence the ridicule and laughing. No really, I'm a wrestling fan and I have been since the 1980s. I grew up hanging out with friends, watching Hulk Hogan, Jake the Snake, the Ultimate Warrior, Road Warriors, and the Hart Foundation just to name a few. I only point this out up front, to make sure that no one thinks I'm just writing this because I don't like wrestling. I enjoy the story lines and the characters. Here is the problem, WWE (NYSE: WWE) fans, your dividend which was already drastically reduced, is about to get cut again. Like a Rock Bottom (wrestling move to the uninitiated), this dividend is going down.

  • Smackdown for the WWE

    By Erin McBride - February 24, 2012 | Tickers: WWE

    World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: WWE) took a beating in the final round of fiscal 2011. Can a John Cena attitude adjustment win the fight? Or is this one stock that will be settled in the elimination chamber?

    In a skull-crushing finale, the company climbed out of the ring with only half of what it used to be, after a loss of $8.6 million for a net income of more »

  • WWE "Smackdown" Waiting To Happen or "Raw" Opportunity?

    By Chad Henage - January 12, 2012 | Tickers: WWE

    Why buy now?
    WWE has thousands of hours of prior shows and events that can be further leveraged through partnerships with Netflix and Hulu or even part of Amazon's Prime (NASDAQ: AMZN) offering. WWE has a huge opportunity in not only toys but also video games as the recent WWE '12 release has shown.     The financial power of the upcoming Wrestlemania (the WWE's largest annual moneymaker) is underestimated. Superstars are more entertaining on the mic then in years. WWE superstars are some of the most social media savvy which brings fans closer to the stars themselves increases their investment in watching the shows. So sit back, enjoy the action, collect the 4.95% dividend and wait to see if the stock can "fly with the greatest of ease" (Booker T).