Ari Emanuel Says Endeavor Still Evaluating “Strategic Alternatives” As Company Reports Q4 Results
28.02.2024 - 13:43
/ deadline.com
Endeavor grew revenue 25% last quarter to $1.58 billion, beating forecasts, and shrunk losses to $29 million from $226 million as CEO Ari Emanuel reminded Wall Street that it’s still looking at strategic options – four months after the company said it was evaluating its businesses, and its largest shareholder Silver Lake floated the idea of taking the company private.
The giant fund said then it was working towards making proposal but no offer has yet emerged. Endeavor started a formal review of its assets and has said only that it would not consider a sale or disposition of its stake in TKO Group, the publicly traded parent of WWE and UFC – implying that it might consider a sale or disposition of its other assets.
Execs will likely be asked about that on a post-earnings call at 8 am ET.
Adjusted fourth-quarter EBIDTA, another gauge of profitability, was $293 billion,
The company noted a few financial hits for the quartersincluded $29 million in legal and regulatory costs (from $4.8 million the year before). Of that, $20 million was to settle an antitrust settlement filed against WWE by MLW (Major League Wrestling) Media, alleging that WWE interfered with MLW’s contractual relationship with certain media platforms and engaged in other anticompetitive and unfair business practices in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and California law. An SEC filing yesterday with the details said the parties settled and the case was dismissed Dec. 26.
Restructuring costs and impairment charges totaled $56 million (vs $10.4 million) as Endeavor said it implemented an ongoing cost reduction program related to realizing synergy opportunities and integrating the combined operations of WWE and UFC, which resulted in some layoffs.
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