>>> Time Warner Cable beats by $0.02, reports revs in-line

Time Warner Cable beats by $0.02, reports revs in-line
  • Reports Q4 (Dec) adj. earnings of $1.80 per share, $0.02 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $1.78; revenues rose 4.9% year/year to $6.07 bln vs the $6.05 bln Capital IQ Consensus. The highest fourth-quarter and full-year organic revenue growth in the last five years -- driven by accelerated growth in Residential Services (mostly high speed data) and strong growth in Business Services.
  • Adjusted OIBDA excluding pension expense was up slightly for the fourth quarter and full year.
  • Operating Income declined to $1.1 billion and $4.2 billion for the fourth quarter and full year, respectively, due to higher depreciation expense from "TWC Maxx" and other capital investments.
  • Strong fourth-quarter residential subscriber performance capped the best full-year residential subscriber performance ever
    • Customer relationship net additions of 200,000 for the fourth quarter and 618,000 for the full year
    • Video net additions of 54,000 for the fourth quarter and 32,000 for the full year
    • High-speed data net additions of 281,000 for the fourth quarter and 1,000,000 for the full year
    • Voice net additions of 227,000 for the fourth quarter and 1,036,000 for the full year