The internet holding company IAC posted strong second-quarter growth, driven by continued strength in its Dotdash internet publishing business. But results at its majority-owned Angi business slightly missed estimates, as the home-services firm works through a transition in its business model.These were the first quarterly results IAC has reported (ticker: IAC) since it completed the spinout of the video tools company Vimeo (VMEO) in late May. That seems to have created a little confusion in terms of Wall Street’s forecasts for revenue. Some of the calls still include Vimeo. For the quarter, IAC posted revenue of $829.5 million, up 26% from a year ago. Profits were $194.8 million, or $2.02 a share, largely due to a $210 million unrealized after-tax gain on the company’s 59 million-share stake in MGM Resorts International (MGM). “In our first quarter following the Vimeo spin, we’re back to building,” IAC CEO Joey Levin said in a letter to shareholder. “Being small again has its benefits. Though there’s less earnings to cover the corporate overhead, smaller scale means fewer bureaucratic distractions. The natural big-company inertia toward risk avoidance reverses, and we are able to focus all our resources on expansion and taking healthy new risks.” With…
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IAC Keeps Growing After Vimeo Spinoff. Angi Had a Tough Quarter.
