Charges sink CBS in 3Q
Los Angeles Business from bizjournals
A $14.12 billion impairment charge sunk third-quarter earnings for CBS Corp. on Thursday, as the company lost $12.46 billion, or $18.58 a share.
Without the impairment charge, which was taken "to reduce goodwill and other intangible assets," the company would have earned $290.3 million, or 43 cents a share, which would have beaten analyst estimates of 40 cents a share.
In the third quarter a year ago, CBS (NYSE: CBS) earned $343.3 million, or 49 cents a share.
Quarterly revenues came in at $3.38 billion, up from $3.28 billion a year ago. Declining advertising revenues in traditional media such as radio and television were offset somewhat by gains through CBS' purchase of CNET Interactive.
The impairment charge also hit the nine-month numbers for CBS as well. Through the first nine months, the company has lost $11.8 billion, or $17.64 a share, on $10.4 billion in revenue. Without the impairment charges, the company would have earned $937 million, or $1.39 a share.
Through the same period a year ago, the company earned $960.8 million, or $1.32 a share, on revenues of $10.3 billion.
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