The NEXT and last company in my on-going series of the top 25 stocks for the NEXT 25 years is DG Fast Channel (NASDAQ: DGIT). DGIT is headquartered in Irving, Texas and has a current market capitalization of $350 million. DGIT is emerging as one of the go-to companies in the internet advertising world.
DG Fast Channel is a leading provider of digitally distributed marketing services to advertising agencies, broadcasters and general advertisers including printed media. The company employs a web based user interface for more than 5,000 advertisers and ad agencies to up-load digitally, either via satellite or cable Internet- radio, television and Internet commercials. The company services over 4,000 television and cable destinations and also over 10,000 radio outlets.
DG Fast Channel provides its customers a media management solution suite of products that includes archives of over 350,000 commercials. The company provides storage solutions and media research programs.Its SourceTV subsidiary allows its customers to fully research commercials for rep credit such as directors, actors and technical personal involvement. Other services that DGIT offers its customers is storage of the master production, dubbing, video duplication and the copying to accommodate various multi-media formats.
DG Fast Channel is fast becoming the vendor of choice employed by many different media content makers. With its soup-to-nuts management of the process, DG Fast Channel facilitates the entire program for customers, and reduces customer costs.
The growth rate of DGIT is quite impressive. For December 31, 2007 I estimate DGIT will have revenues of $98 million and earnings per share of $.80. For December 31, 2008, I estimate revenues of $130 million and earnings per share of $1.05. The space is gaining quite a bit of traction especially now that larger companies have taken to advertising and marketing in multi-media formats. No longer is it advisable to advertise in just one medium. This has opened the door for DG Fast Channel as its solutions provide a greater efficiency to its customers versus the a la carte solution that has been used.
Advertisers and marketers are searching for the low cost method of organizing its entire campaigns, With DG Fast Channel's management of the post production allows for a single-vendor of choice. The customer base for DG Fast Channel is large, but the depth of the customer relationships is just beginning to build. DG Fast Channel can take its solutions and provide its services on a global basis.
DG Fast Channel has the opportunity to be a top 25 stock for the NEXT 25 years.
Georges Yared is the CIO of Yared Investment Research.
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