Sirius XM 1Q Net Profit Drops on Pandora Media Acquisition
April 24 2019 - 7:50AM
Dow Jones News
By Cristina Roca
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (SIRI) on Wednesday reported a 44% drop
in first-quarter profit due to its purchase of Pandora Media, and
issued new guidance to include the new business.
The New York audio entertainment company earned a quarterly
profit of $162 million, or 3 cents a share, compared with $289.4
million, or 6 cents a share, for the same period last year. The
result fell short of analysts' expectations, which had put Sirius's
first-quarter profit at 4 cents a share, according to a consensus
estimate provided by FactSet.
Revenue rose to $1.74 billion from $1.38 billion, driven by the
Pandora acquisition, Sirius said. The purchase was completed on
Feb. 1.
Sirius issued combined 2019 guidance to reflect the integration
of Pandora.
The company backed its existing 2019 guidance of near one
million in Sirius XM self-pay net subscriber additions and said it
expects its pro forma revenue to be about $7.7 billion for the
year, up from its previous guidance of $6.1 billion for the year.
The company expects its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization at about $2.3 billion, and its free
cash flow at about $1.6 billion.
Write to Cristina Roca at cristina.roca@dowjones.com;
@_cristinaroca
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 24, 2019 07:35 ET (11:35 GMT)
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