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About the company
| 14.24bn | 491.98m | 1995 | 35.00k | |||
| Revenue in USD (TTM) | Net income in USD | Incorporated | Employees |
|---|
DISH Network Corporation is a pay-television (TV) provider, with approximately 13.967 million customers across the United States as of December 31, 2011. The Company offers a range of local and national programming, featuring more national and local high definition (HD) channels than pay-TV providers. During the year ended December 31, 2011, DISH added approximately 2.576 million gross new subscribers. On April 26, 2011, the Company acquired Blockbuster, Inc. It acquired Blockbuster operations in the United States and in certain foreign countries. Blockbuster primarily offers movies and video games for sale and rental through multiple distribution channels, such as retail stores, by-mail, digital devices, the blockbuster.com Website and the BLOCKBUSTER On Demand service. In March 2012, the Company acquired DBSD North America, Inc. and TerreStar Networks, Inc. In July 2012, Blockbuster, a subsidiary of the Company, acquired the assets of retail software provider Alpha Bay Corporation.
Mergers & acquisitions
| Acquired company | Deal status | Date | DISH:NSQ since announced | Transaction value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LightSquared Inc-Radio Frequencies | Rumoured | 20 May 2013 | +0.72% | -- |
| Sprint Nextel Corp | Deal withdrawn | 15 Apr 2013 | +4.36% | 21.08bn |
| Clearwire Corp | Announced | 08 Jan 2013 | +8.06% | 6.45bn |
| DirecTV Inc | Rumoured | 07 Nov 2012 | +9.08% | -- |
Peer analysis
| Company | Revenue (TTM) | Net income (TTM) | Market cap | Employees | Price/earnings (TTM) | Price/book value (MRQ) | Price/cash flow (TTM) | Price/sales (TTM) | EPS (excluding extraordinary items (TTM) | EPS (including extraordinary items) (TTM) | Revenue per share (TTM) | Book value per share (MRQ) | Asset turnover (TTM) | Inventory turnover (TTM) | Receivables turnover (TTM) | Revenues per employee (TTM) | Return on average assets (TTM) | Return on average assets (5 yr average) | Return on investment (TTM) | Return on investment (5 yr average) | Gross margin (TTM) | Gross margin (5 yr average) | Net profit margin (TTM) | Net Profit margin (5 Yr Average) | Quick ratio (MRQ) | Interest coverage (TTM) | Total debt to capital (MRQ) | Payout ratio (5 yr average) | Revenue (Year-over-year change%) | Revenue (5 yr growth rate) | Net income (Year-over-year change%) | Net income (5 Yr growth rate) | Capital expenditure (5 Yr growth rate) | Dividend (5 yr growth rate) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. | 2.37bn | 674.39m | 9.96bn | 2100 | 15.28 | 5.69 | 5.69 | 4.21 | 4.45 | 4.45 | 15.61 | 11.94 | 0.6006 | -- | 4.37 | 1,126,772 | 21.42 | 19.52 | 25.57 | 19.52 | 73.09 | 82.25 | 35.66 | 27.00 | -- | -- | 0.3915 | 11.64 | 11.35 | 10.43 | 44.13 | 20.52 | 1.00 | -- | |
| Charter Communications, Inc. | 7.59bn | -252.00m | 11.94bn | 17800 | -- | 92.58 | 7.71 | 1.57 | -2.5255 | -2.5255 | 76.03 | 1.27 | 0.4875 | -- | 34.60 | 426,629 | -1.6176 | 9.50 | -1.7544 | 9.50 | 30.16 | 42.63 | -3.3184 | 19.27 | -- | 1.06 | 0.99 | 0.00 | 4.16 | 4.57 | 17.62 | -- | 7.00 | -- | |
| Netflix, Inc. | 3.76bn | 24.43m | 12.85bn | 2045 | 547.60 | 15.80 | 6.87 | 3.41 | 0.4179 | 0.4179 | 63.57 | 14.48 | 0.9596 | -- | -- | 1,840,319 | 0.6228 | 12.91 | 1.04 | 12.91 | 27.49 | 33.31 | 0.649 | 5.02 | -- | 3.85 | 0.4627 | 0.00 | 12.63 | 24.53 | -92.4149 | -23.7644 | -18.7525 | -- | |
| DISH Network Corp | 14.24bn | 491.98m | 17.77bn | 35000 | 36.31 | 61.14 | 11.97 | 1.25 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 31.33 | 0.6394 | 0.9473 | 15.16 | 17.23 | 406,853 | 3.17 | 14.80 | 4.22 | 14.80 | 33.90 | 41.40 | 3.34 | 7.26 | 2.26 | 5.13 | 0.9738 | 47.91 | 1.55 | 5.17 | -57.9996 | -3.3783 | -8.6375 | -- | |
| Sirius XM Radio Inc | 3.49bn | 2.38bn | 21.69bn | 1596 | 6.83 | 5.85 | 5.88 | 6.21 | 0.498 | 0.498 | 0.5189 | 0.5809 | 0.4329 | 44.56 | 15.44 | 2,189,672 | 43.22 | -7.1157 | 59.87 | -7.1157 | 60.45 | 56.81 | 99.82 | -12.911 | 0.7003 | 3.98 | 0.3899 | -- | 12.85 | 29.84 | 820.01 | -- | 8.31 | -- | |
| Liberty Global PLC | 10.54bn | -574.60m | 22.99bn | 22000 | -- | 11.55 | 10.49 | 2.18 | -2.1723 | 1.25 | 40.04 | 6.22 | 0.2711 | -- | 12.47 | 479,159 | -1.3404 | -2.1394 | -1.5498 | -2.1394 | 64.46 | 63.61 | -4.9443 | -7.472 | -- | 0.9907 | 0.9513 | -- | 8.41 | 2.87 | 29.96 | -- | -1.4305 | -- |
Data as of Jun 20 2013. Currency figures normalised to DISH Network Corp's reporting currency: US Dollar USD.
Institutional shareholders
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
Putnam Investment Management LLC as of 31 Mar 2013 | 13.87m | 7.60% |
Dodge & Cox, Inc. as of 31 Mar 2013 | 12.01m | 5.40% |
JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. as of 31 Mar 2013 | 8.98m | 5.37% |
Invesco Advisers, Inc. as of 31 Mar 2013 | 10.15m | 5.24% |
The Vanguard Group, Inc. as of 31 Mar 2013 | 6.64m | 4.47% |
BlackRock Fund Advisors as of 31 Mar 2013 | 9.48m | 3.41% |
Highbridge Capital Management LLC as of 31 Mar 2013 | 6.75m | 3.12% |
Mason Capital Management LLC as of 31 Mar 2013 | 6.41m | 2.83% |
Fidelity Management & Research Co. as of 31 Mar 2013 | 3.87m | 2.21% |
Goldman Sachs & Co. as of 31 Mar 2013 | 4.77m | 1.98% |
Data from 31 Mar 2013 - 31 Mar 2013Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.