Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (NYSE:TV) Posts Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.91 EPS

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (NYSE:TV) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported ($0.90) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by ($0.91), Zacks reports. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. had a negative net margin of 10.88% and a negative return on equity of 5.68%.

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of TV traded down $0.01 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $2.07. 2,899,475 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,325,590. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. has a 52 week low of $1.66 and a 52 week high of $3.64. The company has a current ratio of 2.43, a quick ratio of 2.41 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The company’s 50 day moving average is $1.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $2.06. The company has a market capitalization of $1.14 billion, a P/E ratio of -2.91 and a beta of 1.83.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently issued reports on TV shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $8.00 price objective on shares of Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. in a report on Tuesday, February 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price target on Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. from $2.50 to $2.20 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 28th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, November 28th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $4.57.

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. Company Profile

Grupo Televisa, SAB., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates cable companies and provides direct-to-home satellite pay television system in Mexico and the United States. It operates through three segments: Cable, Sky, and Other Businesses. The Cable segment operates cable multiple system that provides basic and premium television subscription, pay-per-view, installation, Internet subscription, and telephone and mobile services subscription, as well as local and national advertising services; and telecommunication facilities, which offers data and long-distance services solutions to carriers and other telecommunications service providers through its fiber-optic network.