Pixar mit Rekordergebnis

Aus der Pressemeldung:

Pixar Animation Studios (Nasdaq: PIXR) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 3, 2004. For the quarter, Pixar earned $83.9 million, or $1.44 per diluted share, on revenues of $164.8 million. This compares to earnings of $17.0 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, on revenues of $39.4 million, achieved in the fourth quarter of 2002.
For the fiscal year ended January 3, 2004, Pixar earned $124.8 million, or $2.17 per diluted share, on revenues of $262.5 million. These results compare to earnings of $90.0 million, or $1.68 per diluted share, on revenues of $201.7 million for the full year ended December 28, 2002.

"We are thrilled to report the most profitable quarter and full year in Pixar's history," said Pixar CEO Steve Jobs. "Pixar has created five of the most successful animated films of all time - including Finding Nemo, the highest grossing animated film in history - and we are extremely excited about our next film, The Incredibles, which premieres this November."

CNNMoney bleibt zurückhaltend:
"On the conference call, Jobs said that there are four companies that could do as good a job as Disney and that he intends to begin negotiations in March and have a new partner selected by this fall.[...]
"The Street was expecting a deal between Disney and Pixar and it didn't happen," said Shub Mukherjee, research associate with Oppenheimer. "Now, we don't see much news until Pixar's out on its own. For the short term investor, that doesn't offer much."
And Miller argues that, absent successful marriage counseling for the alienated Hollywood couple, the long term is now riskier than ever for Pixar."