DJIA to Change Hands – Analyst Blog
Source: http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/23952/DJIA+to+Change+Hands+-+Analyst+BlogPosted on Monday, August 24th, 2009 | In Market Commentary, Stocks to Watch
Dow Jones & Co., owned by News Corp. (NWS), has started seeking potential buyers for its stock market index business, including the renowned benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Goldman Sachs has been appointed to explore strategic options for the business. News Corp. bought Dow Jones & Co. in 2007 for $5.7 billion, and has never released any financials for the unit since its acquisition. As an independent company, Dow Jones last reported results for the first nine months of 2007, when its revenue increased 18% year over year to $101.3 million.
Market analysts believe that competitors, like McGraw-Hill’s (MHP) Standard & Poor’s, FTSE, a joint venture between the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange, MSCI Barra, Russell Indexes, NYSE Euronext (NYX), Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters (TRIN), will be interested in Dow’s index business.
The company’s stock market index business consists of 130,000 equity indices and earns revenue by licensing them for use as benchmarks for investment in hedge fund, real estate and commodity markets. Its best known index is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was introduced in 1884 by Charles Dow and Edward Jones comprising 11 stocks. Currently, the basket comprises 30 stocks.
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