Investor Presentaiton
Standalone, Dow Jones is a well-scaled preeminent financial news and information business
Dow Jones alone is worth $9 billion+, 2.1x the implied value of News Corp after backing out its interest in REA
I. Dow Jones has a full C-Suite and can be run independently
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Dow Jones has its own Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, Chief Revenue Officer, Regional & Segment Presidents
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CEO Almar Latour's experience (Editor-in-Chief Asia, Managing Editor of WSJ Online) is well-suited to Dow Jones' goals - international
expansion and growth of "business-to-professional" digital bundles
II. Standalone growth profile and scale is comparable to listed financial news and information peers
Standalone Dow Jones would be expected to produce $2 billion+ in revenue and $500 million+ in EBITDA
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The New York Times: $2.4bn in sales / $342mm in EBITDA / $5.4bn enterprise value
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Dow Jones: $2.3bn in sales / $529mm in EBITDA / ??? bn enterprise value
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Morningstar: $2.1bn in sales / $472mm in EBITDA / $11.1bn enterprise value
CoStar Group: $2.5bn in sales / $755mm in EBITDA / $29.2bn enterprise value
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MSCI: $2.4bn in sales / $1.4bn in EBITDA / $43.0bn enterprise value
At a $9.2 billion market capitalization, Dow Jones would rank higher in market cap than 35 members of the
S&P 500
S&P 500 Ranking by Market Capitalization (hypothetical)
463. $9,258mm
Advance
Auto Parts
464. $9,216mm
WestRock
465. $9,215mm
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DOW JONES
466. $9,157mm
467. $9,136mm
American Airlines
AOSmith.
Innovation has a name.
Source: Bloomberg, FactSet, S&P CapitallQ; revenue and EBITDA figures represent NTM estimates, market capitalization per shares outstanding prior to dilution from options
Note: News Corp Enterprise Value of $11.0bn ($10.4bn market cap + $652mm net debt) less REA stake of $6.7bn results in value $4.4bn
Market values of 16 November 2022 per Bloomberg
IRENIC
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