What Happened?
Shares of cable news and media network Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA) jumped 2.8% in the afternoon session after Guggenheim raised its price target for the company's shares to $85.00 from $75.00, maintaining its "Buy" rating.
he move from Guggenheim reflected growing confidence in the media company's performance and was part of a series of positive updates from analysts. B of A Securities and Goldman Sachs also recently raised their price targets on the stock. This optimism followed the company's strong fiscal first-quarter results, where it surpassed consensus earnings estimates with adjusted earnings per share of $1.51 on revenue of $3.74 billion. Reflecting the positive sentiment from investors, the stock reached a new all-time high of $72.97.
After the initial pop the shares cooled down to $73.91, up 3% from previous close.
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What Is The Market Telling Us
FOX’s shares are not very volatile and have only had 7 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful, although it might not be something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
The biggest move we wrote about over the last year was about 2 months ago when the stock gained 6.2% on the news that the company reported third-quarter 2025 results that significantly beat Wall Street's expectations.
For the quarter, Fox posted total revenue of $3.74 billion, a 4.9% increase year on year, surpassing analyst estimates of $3.57 billion. The company's profitability was a standout, with adjusted earnings of $1.51 per share, which was 37.4% higher than the consensus forecast of $1.10. Adjusted EBITDA also substantially outperformed, coming in at $1.07 billion against an expected $843.3 million. The strong performance was supported by higher operating margins, which improved to 28.5% from 26.7% in the same quarter last year, reflecting greater operational efficiency.
FOX is up 50.9% since the beginning of the year, and at $73.91 per share, has set a new 52-week high. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of FOX’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $2,710.
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