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The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Wiley (NYSE:WLY) and the rest of the traditional media & publishing stocks fared in Q4.
The sector faces structural headwinds from declining linear TV viewership, shifts in advertising spend toward digital platforms, and ongoing challenges in monetizing print and broadcast content. However, for companies that invest wisely, tailwinds can include AI, the power of which can result in more personalized content creation and more detailed audience analysis. These can create a flywheel of success where one feeds into the other. Still there are outstanding questions around AI-generated content oversight, and the regulatory framework around this could evolve in unseen ways over the next few years.
The 4 traditional media & publishing stocks we track reported a satisfactory Q4. As a group, revenues missed analysts’ consensus estimates by 2.4% while next quarter’s revenue guidance was 0.7% below.
Thankfully, share prices of the companies have been resilient as they are up 6.5% on average since the latest earnings results.
Wiley (NYSE:WLY)
With roots dating back to 1807 when Charles Wiley opened a small printing shop in Manhattan, John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) is a global academic publisher that provides scientific journals, books, digital courseware, and knowledge solutions for researchers, students, and professionals.
Wiley reported revenues of $404.6 million, down 12.2% year on year. This print exceeded analysts’ expectations by 0.9%. Overall, it was a very strong quarter for the company with a solid beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ full-year EPS guidance estimates.
Wiley delivered the slowest revenue growth of the whole group. Interestingly, the stock is up 17.9% since reporting and currently trades at $44.75.
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Best Q4: EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS)
Following its 2023 acquisition of DISH Network, EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) provides satellite communications, pay-TV services, wireless networks, and broadband solutions across consumer and enterprise markets.
EchoStar reported revenues of $3.97 billion, down 4.7% year on year, outperforming analysts’ expectations by 1.1%. The business had an exceptional quarter with a solid beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
EchoStar pulled off the biggest analyst estimates beat among its peers. Although it had a fine quarter compared its peers, the market seems unhappy with the results as the stock is down 9.8% since reporting. It currently trades at $26.17.