World Wrestling (WWE) Beats On Q2 Earnings & Revenues
Zacks Investment Research | Jul 27, 2017 09:53PM ET
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (NYSE:WWE) reported robust results for second-quarter 2017. The company reported adjusted earnings of 7 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by penny and also improved sharply from the year-ago quarter figure of 1 cent.
Notably, the company’s earnings have surpassed the estimate for the first time in five quarters. Following the results, its shares witnessed a marginal gain of 1% during the trading session yesterday. In fact in the past six months, the company’s shares have jumped 11.8%, outperforming the industry ‘s decline of 3.7%.
Moreover, WWE’s revenues of $214.6 million came above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $205 million and jumped 8% year over year primarily on the back of 6% increase in revenues in North America. Further, revenues from outside North America gained 12% owing to surge in television distribution agreement rights fees and higher consumer product sales in the Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific (APAC) region.
The number of average paid subscribers increased 8% year-over-year in second-quarter 2017 to 1.63 million. Further, WWE Network is available in the Indian Subcontinent, Germany, Malaysia, Austria, Switzerland and Japan.
Revenues from North America jumped 6% to $159.4 million, while revenues from Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) inched up 1.1% to $36.6 million. The Asia Pacific (APAC) and Latin America generated revenues of $15.5 million and $3.1 million, which represent a gain of 38.4% and 72.2%, respectively.
Management is strengthening and expanding WWE Network through the creation of new content along with implementation of programs which will have higher customer attraction and retention power. Further the introduction of new features, expansion of distribution platforms and foraying into new regions will aid the drive.
Segmental details:
Media Division: Revenues from the company’s Media division increased 13% to $132.2 million, mainly owing to increase in contractual television right fees and growth registered in WWE Network Subscribers. Network revenues were up 6% to $54.9 million and Digital Media revenues climbed 24.6% to $8.1 million. Moreover, Television and Home Entertainment revenues came in at $66.2 million and $2.4 million, up 18% and down 3.2%, respectively.
Live Events: Revenues from Live Events advanced 1.7% to $52.8 million on the back 11 additional events, which were held during the reported quarter. However, the company witnessed decrease in WrestleMania ticket revenue. A total of 92 events took place in the second quarter, which includes 66 events in North America and 26 internationally. In the prior-year quarter, there were 81 events in total, including 62 in North America and 19 globally. North-American live event revenues came in at $40.9 million, down 2.2% year over year. While International live event revenues were up 16% year over year to $12.8 million.
Consumer Product Division: This segment’s revenues came in at $24.6 million, flat year-over-year. Revenues from WWE Shop jumped 12% to $8.4 million and 4% to $9.4 million from Licensing. However, these increases were overshadowed by $1.9 million decline in branded merchandise sales.
WWE Studios: This segment reported revenues of 0.4 million, flat year over year.
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