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Analyst Turns Incrementally Bullish On WWE After Q1 Earnings
Friday, May 4, 2018 - 11:24am | 357World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE)'s first-quarter results prompted KeyBanc to become incrementally bullish on the stock. The Analyst KeyBanc Capital Markets' Evan Wingren maintains an Overweight rating on WWE with a price target lifted from $43 to $49. The Thesis...
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Analyst: WWE's Stock Is Worth A Buy Ahead Of WrestleMania Weekend
Friday, April 6, 2018 - 8:13am | 373World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) will host its iconic WrestleMania event this weekend, which prompted KeyBanc to reiterate a bullish stance on the stock. The Analyst KeyBanc Capital Markets' Evan Wingren maintains an Overweight rating on World Wrestling Entertainment's...
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Hulking Up? Morgan Stanley Thinks WWE's Stock Isn't Ready To Tap Out Just Yet
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 - 12:09pm | 394After gaining 79 percent in the past year, at least one Wall Street analyst says World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) stock still has room to run. The Analyst Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne upgraded WWE from Equal-Weight to Overweight and has raised his price target from $23...
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25 Biggest Moments In WWE's Wall Street History
Sunday, January 21, 2018 - 10:50am | 2103World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) will be celebrating the 25-year anniversary of the company’s flagship weekly television show, "Raw," on Jan. 22, 2018. The first episode aired way back on Jan. 11, 1993, several years before WWE went public. From historic debuts and...
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Can WWE Raw Take Advantage Of ESPN's Monday Night Football Ratings Tumble?
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 9:58am | 428The fall season typically marks a difficult time of year for World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.'s (NYSE: WWE) flagship TV show "Raw." "Raw" airs on Monday nights, and the show always faces fierce fall competition from the NFL’s "Monday Night Football,"...
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Here's Why It Might Be Time For WWE To Consider A Sale
Monday, May 2, 2016 - 4:46pm | 586World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) has been a family-controlled business for nearly a century. However, there have been some rumblings recently about whether the sports-entertainment company should put itself up for sale. Following last week's Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)-...
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Selling Nostalgia: WWE's Falling Stock, Ratings Drop Spark Shane McMahon's Return
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 10:04am | 642The blurred line between reality and fiction was cleared long ago by World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE). The real world of WWE, however, has occasionally made for pretty interesting storylines. The latest example? Shane McMahon returning to the company after a six-year absence....
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Why Focusing On WWE's Recent Ratings Struggles Is 'Rather Short Sighted'
Tuesday, December 29, 2015 - 1:01pm | 662World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) has had some historically bad ratings in recent months. So much so, that Chairman and and CEO Vince McMahon made a grand return on the December 14 edition of "Monday Night Raw." It was his first television appearance in over a year --...
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EXCLUSIVE: Macquarie Says It's Natural To See This Little Bounce In WWE
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 2:17pm | 434Shares of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) on Tuesday opened more than 4 percent higher. The stock hit a high of $17.87 and briefly fell under the $17 level. Shares traded recently at $17.37, up 2.2 percent. But why? Benzinga spoke with Macquarie analyst James Clement. WWE...
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WWE Monday Night Raw: Lowest Viewership In 18 Years
Friday, November 27, 2015 - 8:02am | 273Shares of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) were trading up more than 1.3 percent on Wednesday. This week's episode of "Monday Night Raw," the fallout show from Sunday's Survivor Series pay-per-view, registered a new viewership low. The show had been...
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Jon Stewart Appears On WWE's 'Monday Night Raw,' Lays Some Smackdown
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 11:19pm | 299In a bit of cross-branding, Jon Stewart just stopped by World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.'s (NYSE: WWE) flagship show, "Monday Night Raw." "The Daily Show" host and WWE superstar Seth Rollins have been in somewhat of a verbal sparring match in recent weeks, with Rollins actually stopping by the...
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Hedge Fund Manager On WWE: Giving The Service Away For Free Probably Won't Help Earnings
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 3:22pm | 411World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) has been making headlines consistently over the past few days. On Monday, Macquarie upgraded the stock after WrestleMania kicked off. On Tuesday, shares were up 20 percent on strong network subscriber numbers. On Wednesday, Lemelson...
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Stephanie McMahon Sells Over 800K Shares, WWE Ratings Continue To Struggle
Friday, October 11, 2013 - 2:36pm | 432The mecca of 'sports-entertainment' has been losing viewers recently. That has not stopped its first daughter from cashing in big time. According to the New York Post, Stephanie McMahon sold 833,000 shares of her WWE (NYSE: WWE) stock, which equates to about $8.3 million. The Post reported that...