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Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) is reportedly preparing an all-cash bid for Twenty-First Century Fox Inc Class A (NASDAQ:FOXA)’s entertainment assets, forcing Fox to choose between two powerful distributors.
Whether it wants Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) or Comcast remains irrelevant until the AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T)-Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX) ruling is issued, according to Jefferies.
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The Rating
Analyst Scott Goldman maintained a Buy on Comcast with a $50 price target.
The Thesis
By Jefferies assessment, Fox’s fate depends on a favorable ruling for the AT&T-Time Warner deal, which similarly involves a hegemonic content distributor and prolific content creator. (See Goldman's track record here.)
The Street expects a judgment by June, which gives Fox’s bidders more time to adjust their proposals.
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“It is reasonable to expect Disney to counter any potential offer while also changing the composition of its current all-stock offer,” Goldman said in a note. “In our view, Comcast and Disney are likely to view this as the last remaining transformational deal in media.”
Disney originally agreed to buy Fox for $52 billion with Comcast seeking Sky for $30 billion. By Jefferies' estimates, Comcast’s proposed all-cash, $60-billion purchase of Fox is seen to boost Comcast’s pro forma leverage to about 4.5 times.
“The acquisitions of both FOX and Sky for nearly $100 billion in all-cash would dramatically change the company's leverage profile,” the analyst said.
Price Action
Comcast was set to open down 1.5 percent at $31.89 at the time of publication Tuesday.
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