World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE)

Virtually no revenue growth to speak of (average 1.1% per year since 2008). TV ratings have declined dramatically since the "Attitude Era" and have stabilized in the low 3's. UFC is cutting into their audience and drawing more pay-per view buys and mainstream publicity. The stock trades at 29x last year's earnings. That's the kind of P/E ratio that's acceptable for a growing company, not a company in decline.

There may be hope for WWE if the creative team focuses on building new stars, creating quality storylines, and most importantly, realizes that John Cena is not the next Hulk Hogan.

Fidelity BBBB by P/S, 1 of 3.

This company will really conquer the S&P 500 performance. This weeks for sure. Let's celebrate.

Overpriced.

Div. will be raised. This stock is DYING, even though the company is cash rich.

No one has money for investing in entertainment. I love the WWE but not willing to put my money in it
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Since 2000, stock looks like it's been in a clear trading range. Now it's at the support level give or take about $1-2/sh.

The div yield coupled with the short interest and the possible very attractive entry point for bulls tells me there are good odds the price will rise from here. Looking for it revert back to $12 - 15/sh

Lee

dying industry

The stock has been unfairly beaten down because the 14% dividend yield was the main selling point for so many investors. Once the market starts pricing the stock based on the value of the company rather than the cash income it gives out, I expect a sizeable rebound.

The company has weathered the recession surprisingly well, and with strong international growth and the potential for a WWE Network launch in 2012, the growth potential is definitely there.

my research http://davianletter.com/content/2011/5/12/world-wrestling-entertainment-research-and-analysis

Relatively cheap right now. I think that uncertainty tied to the hoopla around running for office has held this stock low. Now that it's over, things can get back to normal.

Undervalued with excellent prospects

I like the product a fan sins 72 build on the pull backs

The dividend is solid since the ownership changed the share class rules. Also, it's recession resistant. Even in a downturn people want their cigarettes, booze and wrastlin'. As long as they pay a nice dividend, I will own the stock.

This one that I would never actually purchase in RL, but it seems like a fairly safe play over the long run here on Caps.

1) First off, they have a ton of cash, something like ~$200 million which is just insane considering their market cap is only like 350M. To go with this, there is very little debt to speak of.

2) Even during the deeps of the recession, they continued to remain profitable. This is an excellent indication of just how resilient the whole WWE world is, people are going to continue paying for ridiculous/crappy entertainment going forward. I don't necessarily see their business growing that much in the future, possibly overseas; however that is irrelevant imo. They will continue to remain solidly profitable which is all i care about here.

3) The insider ownership is out of this world huge, the McMahon family owns/controls the majority of this company. Yes, the literal >50% majority. That's a lot of shares!

4) To top it off, the current dividend sits above 10%. That is nothing to sneeze at in what very well may be a range bound sideways trading market for the next few years. Some people have questioned the stability of this huge dividend, but WWE has continuously stated that it is here to stay. To back up this statement, the McMahon family (remember they own ~50% of the company) has passed up on receiving their dividends and plans to do so going forward. By doing so, they save WWE ten's of millions of dollars a year.

This won't make you a killing, but as it is near it's 52 week low and spots a nice 10% yield, there is a high possibility that it will beat the market over the next few years.

Real life purchase price 14.10 prior to previous dividend payment.

See this company growing its brand further overseas.

Losing lots and lots of fans to the UFC and Mixed Martial Arts in General. Even the biggest stars from the WWE are heading to UFC and Strikeforce. WWE gets highest profit margin from PPV which is directly in competition with dollars from UFC. WWE has had to add more PPV events to make up for decrease in viewers, but much like a newspaper lowering its sales price, this is just delaying the inevitable.

WWE, like Saturday Night Live, performs in cycles based on personnel. WWE doesn't have any Chris Farleys or Billy Murreys at the moment.

Good dividend yield