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Nine Entertainment Co Ltd (NEC)

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Nine Entertainment Co Ltd (NEC)

Hi guys I noticed in your weekly reports that you were quite bullish on NEC especially with a possible dividend of 49c fully franked. My question is will the share price drop by the dividend amount after the record date and if it does it would then be a share loss equal to the dividend and therefore not worth the trade Thanks Tony

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Hi Tony,

We would expect the Nine (NEC) share price to drop by the estimated 47-49c fully franked dividend – as we said on Wednesday its a lot of franking credits in there for people who can use them. However the crux of our commentary was two fold:

  • After the DHG sale and dividend NEC will have a market cap. of around $1.5bn, and should produce profit of ~$150m, with net cash on their balance sheet.
  • Hence, on an MM estimated ~10x earnings with optionality to grow, we think NEC continues to looks good value at current levels.

Buying it here (though we already own it), is more about banking some franking credits, but also being comfortable with owning NEC without their Domain holding.

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