Company Profile For Marvel Entertainment, Inc.

Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (MVL.N) (New York Stock Exchange)

sector: Cyclical Consumer Goods & Services · industry: Publishing ·

As of 2:30am IST

52.26USD

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+0.23

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+0.44%

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Overview

Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (Marvel) is a character-based entertainment company, with a library of over 5,000 characters. The Company’s library of characters includes Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Thor, The Avengers, Ghost Rider, The Fantastic Four, X-Men (including Wolverine), Blade, Daredevil, The Punisher, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Nick Fury, Silver Surfer and Ant-Man. The Company is a party to a joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., called Spider-Man Merchandising L.P. (the Joint Venture), for the purpose of pursuing licensing opportunities relating to characters based upon movies or television shows featuring Spider-Man and produced by Sony. Marvel operates in three integrated and complementary operating segments: Licensing, Publishing and Film Production.

Quick Financial Synopsis

BRIEF: For the nine months ended 30 September 2009, Marvel Entertainment, Inc.'s revenues decreased 7% to $418.9M. Net income decreased 34% to $93.9M. Revenues reflect decreased income from Publishing segment and a fall in income from Licensing segment. Net income also reflects increased selling, general & administrative expenses, higher cost of revenues, lower interest income and the absence of gain on repurchase of debt.