{"id":4146,"date":"2018-04-13T09:54:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T13:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/?p=4146"},"modified":"2018-04-13T09:54:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T13:54:55","slug":"vrio-corp-ipo-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/vrio-corp-ipo-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"VRIO Corp #IPO Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-13-at-9.49.24-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4147\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-13-at-9.49.24-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-13 at 9.49.24 AM\" width=\"188\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Company: <strong>Vrio Corp<\/strong><br \/>\nSymbol: VRIO<br \/>\nDescription: They are a leading provider of digital entertainment services in South America, with approximately 13.6 million subscribers in the Region as of December 31, 2017.<br \/>\nTrade Date: 4\/19<br \/>\nShares: 29.7 million<br \/>\nPrice Range: $19.00-$22.00<br \/>\nUnderwriter(s): Goldman Sachs &amp; Co., J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley. BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BTG Pactual, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Itau BBA, Santander, Banco do Brasil Securities, BNP PARIBAS, Bradesco BBI<br \/>\nCo-Manager(s): Academy Securities, Blaylock Van LLC, Cabrera Capital Markets, C.L King &amp; Associates, CastleOak Securities, Drexel Hamilton, Loop Capital Markets, Mischler Financial Group, Ramirez &amp; Co., Siebert Cisneros Shank, The Williams Group L.P.<br \/>\nTerms Added: 4-5-18<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1722854\/000119312518108078\/d495675ds1a.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Link to S-1\/A Prospectus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retailroadshow.com\/wp\/roadshows.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Link to Retail Roadshow<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Business<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of AT&amp;T. Upon completion of this offering, AT&amp;T will own 0.3% of the outstanding shares of their Class\u00a0A common stock and 100% of the outstanding shares of their Class\u00a0B common stock, giving AT&amp;T 98.2% of the combined voting power and 84.9% of the economic interest of their outstanding common stock.<\/p>\n<p>They provide digital entertainment services to their customers on a postpaid and prepaid basis across three segments: Brazil, which distributes their offerings in Brazil under the SKY brand; South Region, which distributes their offerings in Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay under the DIRECTV brand; and North Region, which distributes their offerings in Barbados, Colombia, Cura\u00e7ao, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, also under the DIRECTV brand. They are a holding company, and conduct all of their operations through their subsidiaries and they do not conduct any business operations of their own.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Financials:\u00a0<\/strong>Their revenues were $7.06 billion, $5.94 billion, $5.02 billion and $5.57 billion and their net income (loss) was $210 million, ($1.21 billion), ($356 million) and $222 million in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-13-at-9.54.31-AM.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4148\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-13-at-9.54.31-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-13 at 9.54.31 AM\" width=\"862\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-13-at-9.54.31-AM.png 862w, https:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-13-at-9.54.31-AM-600x375.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-13-at-9.54.31-AM-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book-Building Status<\/strong>: The way the book comes together during the week of the roadshow is the most critical indicator to first-day and first-week performance. IPO Boutique uses its 45 years of experience and sources all over the street to gather daily subscription levels, specific price guidance and what type of investors are currently in the book or are anchoring orders in the book. In addition, recent underwriter performance on sector specific deals is a strong factor that IPO Boutique takes into account when determining if our clients should indicate for any offering.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/Subscribe.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IPO Boutique subscription clients receive daily updates on this critical information.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>: IPO Boutique provides ratings, daily commentary and a forecast for how this IPO will open vs. its offering price. We have kept a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/cgi\/ipo-track-record-summary-report.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">track record<\/span><\/a>\u00a0with our performance for last 12 years at our website. Additionally, here&#8217;s a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/blog\/?p=3655\"> 2017 recap of our performance<\/a>\u00a0to showcase the value of IPO Boutique&#8217;s service.<\/p>\n<p><b>Indicate with confidence,\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipoboutique.com\/Subscribe.html\"><b>SUBSCRIBE<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0today.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: Vrio Corp Symbol: VRIO Description: They are a leading provider of digital entertainment services in South America, with approximately 13.6 million subscribers in the Region as of December 31, 2017. Trade Date: 4\/19 Shares: 29.7 million Price Range: $19.00-$22.00 Underwriter(s): Goldman Sachs &amp; Co., J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley. 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