Discovery Will Pull Its Market Cap Out Of The Hat, Twice

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Summary

  • The merger of AT&T’s WarnerMedia and Discovery creates a great opportunity for investors.
  • The merged entity will hold one of the largest content libraries with a global reach.
  • Summing up the parts and putting conservative multiples based on market peers on operations of the new entity yields a potential return multiple times the investment.
  • The upside is high but there’s a floor on the downside with the price depressed following the Archegos saga, despite the execution risk.

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Investment Thesis

The merger of AT&T’s (T) WarnerMedia and Discovery (DISCA) creates a great opportunity for investors. The merged entity will hold one of the largest content libraries with a global reach. Summing up

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