With its acquisition of 21st Century Fox (or 21CF), Walt Disney (DIS) gained Fox’s film and TV studios, cable networks, a 30% stake in Hulu, and India’s satellite TV group, Star India.
Ingersoll Rand’s (IR) mission is help solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges, including the unsustainable demand for energy resources and the impact on greenhouse gas emissions.
In fiscal 2015, Ingersoll Rand (IR) paid around $303 million in dividends to shareholders. With the share buybacks, IR has effectively given back $553 million to shareholders in 2015.
According to Ingersoll Rand’s fiscal 4Q15 earnings, total revenue geographically was 66% from the United States, 5% from Latin America, 14% from Asia, and 15% from Europe and the Middle East.
Netflix will likely to go for additional debt next year to fund its content acquisition costs. Netflix had gross debt of $2.4 billion at the end of 3Q15.
Netflix holds the content licensing rights to its original content, but this original content is currently produced by outside studios like Disney’s ABC Studios.
Viacom, despite being undervalued by analysts, is expected to see growth from its media networks segment especially with its digital partnership deals.