On a GAAP basis, the company posted EPS of $2.60 per share, compared with a year-ago EPS of $1.08. The larger unadjusted EPS is primarily due to the sale of the company’s stake in SpectrumCo and Time Warner’s stock buybacks. Time Warner dumped its stake in Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) in the third quarter of 2011. Together, the SpectrumCo and Clearwire Sales added $1.11 to the company’s EPS in the third quarter.
The company’s CEO said:
Our third-quarter results were good, with most trends similar to the preceding quarter. Our operating results were driven by continued strong performance in residential high-speed data and business services, an acceleration in high-margin political advertising and the contributions from our Insight systems.
The company’s operating margin was flat year-over-year at 20.4%. Average monthly video programming costs rose by 6.1% to $31.45 as rates from content providers increased
Time Warner did not provide additional guidance. The consensus estimates call for fourth-quarter EPS of $1.59 on revenues of $5.49 billion. For the full fiscal year, EPS is estimated at $5.66 on revenues of $21.42 billion
The company’s shares are inactive in premarket trading this morning, having closed at $98.17 on Friday, in a 52-week range of $57.15 to $100.50. The consensus target price for the shares was around $109.15 before today’s report.
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