Discovery Communications (DISCA) Beats Q2 Earnings, Lags Revs – Tale of the Tape

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Discovery Communications Inc. (DISCA) offers original and purchased programming in the U.S. and more than 200 other countries with over 100 television networks. The company owns and operates nine national television networks in the U.S.

Currently, Discovery has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), but that could definitely change following Discovery’s earnings report which was just released. We have highlighted some of the key stats from this just-revealed announcement below:

Earnings: Discovery beats earnings. Our consensus earnings estimate called for EPS of 47 cents per share, and the company reported EPS of 49 cents per share instead. Investors should note that these figures take out stock option expenses.

Revenue: Discovery reported revenues of $1,654 million. This missed our consensus estimate of $1,692 million.

Key Stats to Note: Quarterly adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) decreased 2% year over year. Advertising revenues fell 3.6% year over year mainly muted by International advertising revenues. Moreover, the company provided guidance for fiscal 2015 where revenue to expand in the high single to low double digit band while adjusted earnings to increase in low double digits.

Check back later for our full write up on this Discovery earnings report later!

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