A Takeover Of Sirius (SIRI): Buying What No One Wants

February 5, 2009 9:28 AM EST
From 247wallst.com

It is hard to understand why anyone would want to buy Sirius XM (Nasdaq: SIRI). All it has left is Howard Stern and he will probably leave soon enough.

Sales at Sirius are being hurt by the downturn in the car market. The satellite radio firm had an operating loss of $4.8 billion in the September quarter due to write-downs. Without the accounting action, the company would still have lost about $50 million. Revenue and subscriber growth are both slowing. SIRI also has a lot of debt due this year.

All of that makes Sirius a queer takeover candidate.

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