WotC Filing: Wizards of the Coast makes up roughly 70% of Hasbro's value

[Parmandur]

That entirely the point, WotC would be even more profitable without Hasbro drawing away its resources to invest them in bad choices.

You seem awfully invested in this sideshow?

 

[Cadence]

That entirely the point, WotC would be even more profitable without Hasbro drawing away its resources to invest them in bad choices.

Does the other Hasbro stuff need investment, or is it profitable on its own (just not as profitable as WotC).

Does a profitable side branch give some help in case of a down year for MtG or DnD?

 

[Parmandur]

Does the other Hasbro stuff need investment, or is it profitable on its own (just not as profitable as WotC).

Does a profitable side branch give some help in case of a down year for MtG or DnD?

It just not as profitable...right now.

Their global brand strategy is in the early stages: once they get that machine moving full steam, Hasbro will be in a good place.

 

[Jer]

It just not as profitable...right now.

Their global brand strategy is in the early stages: once they get that machine moving full steam, Hasbro will be in a good place.

Investors like Alta Fox think "long term" means next quarter. The worst kind of bloodsucking leeches are the short term profits Uber alles folks.

 

[TerraDave]

Right now Hasbro has an almost 12 billion USD market cap.

So, if this is right (and it might be wrong) WotC is worth over 8 billion. Thats with a "b".

Is D&D worth 1 billion? Its a funny thought, but it could be.

 

[Parmandur]

Investors like Alta Fox think "long term" means next quarter. The worst kind of bloodsucking leeches are the short term profits Uber alles folks.

Thinking like this killed Toys R Us. It can kill again.

 

[Parmandur]

Right now Hasbro has an almost 12 billion USD market cap.

So, if this is right (and it might be wrong) WotC is worth over 8 billion. Thats with a "b".

Is D&D worth 1 billion? Its a funny thought, but it could be.

Well...thisnis about the profits, not that.

D&D is doing OK, but Magic is printing money at an increasingly accelerating rate. Turns out it wasn't a fad?

 

[Cadence]

D&D is doing OK, but Magic is printing money at an increasingly accelerating rate. Turns out it wasn't a fad?

A non-fad that has had one or two significant downward blips over the decades. And is in many senses a single product with all the dangers that come with that.

 

[Parmandur]

A non-fad that has had one or two significant downward blips over the decades. And is in many senses a single product with all the dangers that come with that.

True that. I've only dabbled in Magic, and recently, but I'm old enough to remember it being dismissed as the flavor of the month.

 

[Cadence]

True that. I've only dabbled in Magic, and recently, but I'm old enough to remember it being dismissed as the flavor of the month.

If only we hadn't sold out of our valuable cards sometime in the 00s when it was looking weak, instead of after it took off again...

And thank goodness for Commander.