Summary
- Twenty-First Century Fox's pursuit of Time Warner probably isn't over.
- Valuations in the group are becoming stretched.
- Time Warner solidly beat Q2 '14 earnings estimates, increasing the value of the company to a bidder.
A few weeks ago, the revelation that
Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ:
FOXA) (NASDAQ:
FOX) offered to purchase
Time Warner (NYSE:
TWX)
sent the latter's stock surging roughly 17% for the day. The stock sat
around the offer price of $85 for a few weeks providing the opportunity
to sell it at a solid price before the 12% drop today. The offer for the
content giant is another step in the cable wars though it may not
materialize into a merger now. The initial moves to consolidate the
cable networks in the case of
Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) (NASDAQ:CMCSK) buying
Time Warner Cable (NYSE:
TWC) is leading the content providers to look into ways of bulking up.
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