Sirius Reveals 2nd Quarter 2007 Results

Sirius Satellite Radio announced strong second quarter results, including a 51% increase in revenue from the year ago quarter to $226.4 million, and strong subscriber growth of 561,493 new subscribers during the quarter driving ending subscribers to over 7.1 million. However, net losses were significant, totaling $134.1 million, obviously a concern.

“Sirius, once again, posted solid results,” Mel Karmazin, CEO of Sirius boasted. “Both revenue and subscriber growth exceeded 50% while operating expenses before stock-based compensation and depreciation grew only 6%. Customer satisfaction remains high, reflected in our low all-in churn rate of 2.1%. We have added over 1.1 million net new subscribers so far this year.”

Sirius ended the second quarter with 7,142,538 subscribers, 53% higher than second quarter 2006 ending subscribers of 4,678,207. During second quarter 2007, Sirius added 561,493 net subscribers, comprised of 129,843 net additions from retail and aftermarket channels and 431,650 from the OEM channel. In the second quarter, Sirius captured 62% of satellite radio segment share, marking the seventh consecutive quarter of leadership in satellite radio subscriber growth.

Total revenue for the second quarter of 2007 increased to a record $226.4 million, up 51% from $150.1 million for the year-ago second quarter. Advertising revenue was $9.2 million in the second quarter of 2007 and average monthly revenue per subscriber (or “ARPU”) was $10.71. SAC per gross subscriber addition was $108 for the second quarter of 2007 compared to $131 for the year-ago second quarter.

Sirius’ net loss improved by 44% to ($134.1) million, or ($0.09) per share, for the second quarter of 2007, from ($237.8) million, or ($0.17) per share, for the second quarter of 2006. The adjusted net loss for second quarter 2007 (adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation) improved to ($117.1) million, or ($0.08) per share, down from ($159.6) million, or ($0.11) per share, for second quarter 2006.

Author: FutureMusic

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