http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bar...ses-2014-06-25
Quote:
Barnes & Noble Inc. shares BKS +7.30% surged almost 10% in premarket trade Wednesday after the company reported earnings and announced a separation of its retail and Nook businesses.
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The company said its board has agreed to separate its retail and Nook media businesses into separate public companies
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Not sure how well the Nook media business will do on its own as a separate publicly traded company.
Here's the result from the last 4 years
Year ending April 30 2010 NOOK EBITDA: ?
Year ending April 30 2011 NOOK EBITDA:
(209 million USD)
Year ending April 30 2012 NOOK EBITDA:
(261 million USD)
Year ending April 30 2013 NOOK EBITDA:
(475 million USD)
Year ending May 3 2014 NOOK EBITDA:
(218 million USD)
That's a negative EBITDA of $1.163 billion USD, not counting the year ending on April 30 2010.
And the NOOK Revenue indicators are on a downward slope.
Quote:
The NOOK segment (including digital content, devices and accessories) had revenues of $87 million for the quarter and $506 million for the full year, decreasing 22.3% for the quarter and 35.2% for the year.
Device and accessories sales were $25 million for the quarter and $260 million for the full year, declining 30.1% and 44.8%, respectively, due to lower selling volume and lower average selling prices.
Digital content sales were $62 million for the quarter and $246 million for the full year, declining 18.7% and 20.6%, respectively, due primarily to lower device unit sales.
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Nook Total Revenue (year ending May 3 2014): $506
(down 35.2%)
Nook device and accessories sales (year ending May 3 2014): $260 million
(down 44.8%)
Nook digital content sales (year ending May 3 2014): $246 million
(down 20.6%)
Investors are okay with technology companies with "losses" as long as the revenue growth is there. But I don't know if they want to invest in a NOOK-only stock with these negative trajectory.
If Nook is split off successfully, what would be its market value?
The best case scenario is a wealthy buyer with relevant ecosystem buy Nook for the "customers base." Apple? Google? Microsoft? Rakuten?