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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Time Warner, Time Warner Cable, Meredith, Comcast and Southwest Airlines

CHICAGO, April 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include the Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX-Free Report), Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE:TWC-Free Report), Meredith Corp. (NYSE:MDP-Free Report), Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq:CMCSA-Free Report) and Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV-Free Report).

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Here are highlights from Wednesday's Analyst Blog:

Time Inc. to Raise $1.4B in Split

Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX-Free Report) announced that as a part of planned separation, Time Inc. will raise $1.4 billion in funds by entering into a secured term loan facility and by offering unsecured senior notes.

Time Inc. will utilize the proceeds to acquire U.K. publishing business, followed by payment of a special cash dividend to the parent company. Currently, U.K. publishing business is owned by another subsidiary of Time Warner.

The strategy of special dividend payment is not uncommon if we closely review Time Warner's past spin-offs. In 2009, Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE:TWC-Free Report), after being spun off from Time Warner, had also paid a special dividend.

In 2013, in a strategic attempt to unlock the value of its core business activities, Time Warner had decided to spin off Time Inc. into a separate, publicly traded company.

Time Inc. has had a dismal run in the last three years. Total revenue has been on declining trend given fall in print advertising and newsstand sales. The division also is the least contributor to the Time Warner's total revenue.

The move to vend Time Inc. followed negotiations between Time Warner and Meredith Corp. (NYSE:MDP-Free Report) to create a magazine-based company which failed to materialize.

Management believes that the decision to offload Time Inc., which includes brands such as People, Sports Illustrated, InStyle, Time, Real Simple and Fortune, would augur well for Time Warner, as this would facilitate the latter to concentrate purely on television networks and film and TV production businesses.

The decision would be accretive to the shareholders of Time Warner in the same fashion, when this diversified media conglomerate divested Time Warner Cable and AOL Inc. into independent companies.

Notably, in Feb 2014, Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq:CMCSA-Free Report) has made a proposal to acquire Time Warner Cable for roughly $45.2 billion. However, the deal is expected to face tough scrutiny and close monitoring by the regulator, Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Currently, Time Warner carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

Southwest Airlines March Traffic Grows

Dallas, TX-based Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV-Free Report) posted a rise in traffic for March 2014. The traffic - measured in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) - came in at 9.60 billion, up 1.6% from 9.44 billion recorded in the comparable month a year ago. Meanwhile, on a year-over-year basis, consolidated capacity (or available seat miles/ASMs) increased 0.8% to 11.60 billion.

The load factor or percentage of seats filled by passengers increased to 82.7% from 82.0% in March 2013. PRASM (passenger revenue per available seat miles) increased approximately 1% in the reported month.

In the first three months of 2014, Southwest generated RPMs of 24.15 billion (up1.7% year over year) and ASMs of 30.47 billion (down1.1% year over year). Load factor, moved up 79.3%, from the year-ago figure of 77.1%.

Southwest Airlines acquired 12 pairs of slots at the LaGuarida (LGA) airport in New York and has won bids to purchase 27 pairs of slots at Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Washington.

Southwest Airlines' slot win at New York provides it with the scope for expansion in the city and gives it a strong foothold against competition. Further, the company has decided to extend daily departures from DCA to 44 from the current 17, thus increasing its operations from the airport more than 2.5 times. Apart from expanding Southwest's reach to 14 destinations, the new low-fare, non-stop services from DCA will strengthen the carrier's operations in the capital city.

With its cost-efficient business model, the company targets to expand its network through the integration of AirTran aircraft and the addition of domestic and international destinations. Further, the company announced its intention to target markets where rivals have trimmed their operations.

The carrier also announced that it will offer non-stop service to domestic destinations from Dallas Love Field airport from where flight limitations will finally be lifted. We believe these initiatives along with the slot wins will create tailwinds for the company going forward. Southwest Airlines currently holds a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

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