Fox (FOXA) just priced a multi tranche fixed income offering tied to its acquisition of Roku, issuing several long dated, callable senior notes as part of a broad refinancing of earlier bridge financing.
Fox shares trade at $67.98, with a 1 month share price return of 8.77% that contrasts with a year to date share price decline of 7.84%. At the same time, the 3 year total shareholder return of about 134% and 5 year total shareholder return of about 83% point to momentum that has built over a longer horizon and now appears to be pausing as investors reassess the Roku acquisition, recent debt funding and the new bond stack.
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Most Popular Narrative: 15% Undervalued
Fox last closed at $67.98 compared with the analyst consensus Narrative on Simply Wall St fair value of about $79.80. This frames the Roku acquisition, refinancing and streaming pivot as the key drivers behind that gap.
The planned Roku acquisition, with guided run rate cost synergies of about US$400 million, anticipated free cash flow per share accretion within two years of closing and continued US$1 billion to US$1.5 billion in annual buybacks, offers a path to higher earnings power and cash flow through both cost efficiencies and capital returns.
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Result: Fair Value of $79.80 (UNDERVALUED)
Still, if regulators extend the Roku review or pay TV erosion outpaces Tubi and Fox One, the Fox undervaluation story could quickly look less secure.
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