Maxim Group Upgrades Madison Square Garden (MSG) to Buy

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Madison Square Garden (MSG) Assets Could be Worth $6-$8 Billion, Says Analyst

October 28, 2014 2:27 PM EDT

Albert Fried & Company maintained an Overweight rating on Madison Square Garden (NASDAQ: MSG) with a price target of $85. Comments follow news it plans to explore a spin-off. In the view of analyst Rich Tullo, the company's assets could be worth $6-$8 billion.

"We like several components of the announced break up of MSG Shares into a pure play sports Company and likely a REIT holding with very productive real-estate assets in premium real-estate markets such... More

ISI Group Upgrades Madison Square Garden (MSG) to Buy

October 28, 2014 6:44 AM EDT

ISI Group upgraded Madison Square Garden (NASDAQ: MSG) from Hold to Buy with a price target of $74.00.

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Shares of Madison Square Garden closed at $65.78 yesterday.

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The Madison Square Garden (MSG) to Explore Spin-Off; Announces $500M Stock Buyback Plan

October 27, 2014 10:23 PM EDT

Late Monday, The Madison Square Garden (NASDAQ: MSG) announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved a plan to explore a possible spin-off that would separate its entertainment businesses from its media and sports businesses, creating two distinct publicly traded companies.

Separately, the Board has authorized the repurchase of up to $500 million of the Company's Class A common stock and announced the Company's director nominations for this year's annual meeting, including two new independent directors for election by the Company's Class A shareholders.

If the Company proceeds with... More