Nine tops ASX media performers for FY18 while Isentia hits bottom

Tim Burrowes

July 1, 2018 12:36

Nine has topped the performance of ASX media and marketing stocks for the 2018 financial year, analysis by Mumbrella reveals.

The share price of the media company led by Hugh Marks grew by nearly 80%, making it the biggest local media organisation on the ASX, with a market capitalisation of $2.16bn.

High marks for Hugh Marks

Other strong performers included Fairfax Media, which saw its value improve thanks to the partial float of its real estate offering Domain.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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3 COMMENTS

Magic 2 Jul 18

seems a few local listed publishers are missing from this list?
carsales.com.au @$3.5B
Seek @$7.6B
REA Group @$12B

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JG 2 Jul 18

Gees I though that oOH! Media would be worth more than $816.41. I might call Brendan and offer him a grand.

Tim Burrowes 2 Jul 18

Drat. Errant m fixed – thanks JG.

Cheers,

Tim – MUmbrella

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