NY Times (NYT) Q1 Earnings Beat, Digital Subscribers Rise
Zacks Investment Research | May 02, 2018 10:59PM ET
The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) posted seventh straight quarter of positive earnings surprise, when it reported first-quarter 2018 results. The company delivered adjusted earnings from continuing operations of 17 cents a share that beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a couple of cents and jumped 70% from the year-ago quarter. The newspaper publisher's total revenue of $413.9 million rose 3.8% year over year, and came ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $408.5 million.
The company’s positive earnings surprise streak and increase in digital subscribers have helped propelled the stock. In a year, the stock has surged 37.4% and has comfortably outperformed the industry that gained 29.3%.
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Subscription revenue grew 7.5% to $260.6 million, primarily due to increase in the number of subscriptions to the digital-only products. Revenue from digital-only subscriptions products surged 25.8% to $95.4 million. Management now projects total subscription revenue in the second quarter of 2018 to increase in the mid-single digits.
Total advertising revenue came in at $125.6 million in the reported quarter, down 3.4% year over year. In the preceding quarter, total advertising revenue had declined 1.3%. Total advertising revenue in the second quarter is projected to decline in the low-teens.
Print advertising revenue fell 1.8% to $78.9 million in the quarter under review, following a decline of 8.4% in the preceding quarter. Notably, the rate of decline has decelerated sharply and is the best performance since third-quarter 2015.
Digital advertising revenue declined 6% to $46.7 million, after witnessing an increase of 8.5% in the preceding quarter. This reflects fall in traditional website display advertising, partially offset higher smartphone advertising revenue. Management expects digital advertising revenue to remain soft during the second quarter as well but expects the same to improve considerably in the third quarter.
Adjusted operating costs came in at $358.5 million during the quarter, up 2.8% year over year. Management now anticipates adjusted operating costs to rise in the mid-single digits in the second quarter. Total adjusted operating profit grew 10.4% to $55.5 million.
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