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Feb 23, 2021

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.: Maintaining HOLD after fiscal 3Q21 results

Symbols

LGF-A

Sector(s)

Communication Services

Rating

Current Price

$7.55

Price Target

Earnings Estimate

Summary

Lionsgate produces and distributes motion pictures and television shows globally through theatrical, television, home video, and digital platforms. It acquired Summit Entertainment, another small studio, in January 2012 and the Starz premium cable channel in December 2016. A primary focus for the company is the young adult audience. The business plan calls for a limited number of large theatrical releases as well as more lower-profile genre-oriented titles targeted at the horror, urban, and Hispanic markets. The company generated 18% of its FY18 revenue outside the U.S.

With the Starz merger, Lionsgate created two new share classes to replace its old share classes. The new Lionsgate Series A voting shares are denominated LGF.A by the company, LGF/A by Bloomberg, and LGF-A by Yahoo Finance. The Series B nonvoting shares are likewise denominated LGF.B by the company, LGF/B by Bloomberg, and LGF-B by Yahoo Finance. There are 83 million Series A sh

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Analyst Profile

Joseph F. Bonner, CFA

Senior Analyst: Communication Services & Technology

Joe covers the Communication Services sector and selected software technology stocks for Argus. In 2010, he was named #5 Stock Picker for Telecom Services in the Wall Street Journal's Best on the Street Analyst Survey. In 2008, Joe was named #1 Stock Picker for Media: U.S. by the Financial Times and was second in the Wall Street Journal's Best on the Street Analyst Survey for Telecommunications: Fixed Line. For more than a decade, Joe worked with Technicolor Inc., where he focused on financial and legal issues. He received his Masters in Business Administration from Fordham University in New York, where he concentrated in Finance. He earned a BA in International Affairs from the George Washington University, and spent three years with the Peace Corps in Talgar, Kazakhstan, developing an English Language resource center and teaching students. Joe is a CFA charterholder.