LIN TV CORP.
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Financials
SEC XBRL · annual| FY12 | FY11 | FY10 | FY09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $103.2M | $89.7M | $408.2M | $327.8M |
| Operating income | $20.5M | $15.7M | $111.8M | $22.3M |
| Net income | −$17.4M | $49.5M | $36.2M | $9.1M |
| Total assets | $1.24B | $1.08B | $790.5M | — |
| Total liabilities | $1.33B | $1.16B | $921.9M | — |
| Equity | −$91.6M | −$84.6M | −$131.4M | −$173.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.08 | $0.03 | $0.66 | $0.18 |
| Shares out. | 57.5M | 56.5M | 55.5M | 51.5M |
Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.
Key ratios
from filings · FY2012- Operating margin
- 19.8%
- Net margin
- −16.9%
- Return on equity
- 19.0%
- Return on assets
- −1.4%
- Return on capital (ROCE)
- 2.3%
- Liabilities / assets
- 107.1%
- Debt / equity
- —
- Book value / share
- $-1.59
- Revenue growth (YoY)
- 15.0%
- Net income growth (YoY)
- −135.2%
Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.
Financial health
forensic scores · FY2012- Altman Z″ (distress)
- -3.98distress
- Accruals / assets
- −13.2%clean
- Piotroski F-Score
- 5/9mixed
Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Quality score
EDS ScoreOur own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Signs
● 3 severe● 2 warning● 5 good- Negative shareholder equity
- Altman Z″ in the distress zone
- Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
- Reported a net loss
- High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
- Operating margin is positive
- Strong return on equity (>15%)
- Revenue is growing year-over-year
- Positive operating cash flow
- Clean earnings (low accruals)
Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Risk flags
late SEC filings- NT 10-Qmissed a reporting deadline ↗Nov 17, 2003
A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.
Material events
SEC Form 8-K · most recent- Completed an acquisition or disposition · Delisting / listing-standard notice · Director / officer change · Shareholder vote · Other material eventJul 31, 2013
- Results of operationsJul 30, 2013
- Shareholder voteMay 31, 2013
- Results of operations · Other material eventMay 9, 2013
- Other material eventMay 6, 2013
- Other material eventApr 3, 2013
- Other material eventMar 14, 2013
- Results of operations · Other material eventFeb 28, 2013
Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.