VIAC ViacomCBS

ViacomCBS, Inc. operates as a mass media company, which creates and distributes content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world. It operates its business through following segments: Entertainment, Cable Networks, Publishing, and Local Media. The Entertainment segment is composed of the CBS Television Network, CBS Television Studios, CBS Studios International, CBS Television Distribution, CBS Interactive, and CBS Films as well as the Company's digital streaming services, CBS All Access and CBSN. The Cable Networks includes Showtime Networks, CBS Sports Network, and Smithsonian Networks. The Publishing segment manages the Simon & Schuster's consumer book publishing business with imprints such as Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, Scribner, and Atria Books. The Local Media segment handles the CBS Television Stations, and CBS Local Digital Media, with revenues generated primarily from advertising sales and retransmission fees. The company was founded by Sumner Murray Redstone in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
Company profile
Ticker
VIAC, VIACA
Exchange
Website
CEO
Robert Bakish
Employees
Incorporated
Location
Fiscal year end
Sector
Industry (SIC)
Former names
CBS CORP, VIACOM INC
SEC CIK
Corporate docs
IRS number
42949533
VIAC stock data
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News
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13 Apr 21
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12 Apr 21
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12 Apr 21
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12 Apr 21
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9 Apr 21
Press releases
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13 Apr 21
BET Remembers Hip-Hop Icon DMX With Special Linear Programming Today Starting At 6PM/5C
9 Apr 21
ViacomCBS Inc. to Report First Quarter Financial Results on May 6, 2021
7 Apr 21
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7 Apr 21
Groundbreaking Coalition of Media Companies and Mental Health Experts Unite to Tackle Growing Mental Health Crisis
6 Apr 21
Calendar
23 Feb 21
13 Apr 21
31 Dec 21
Financial summary
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Financial data from ViacomCBS earnings reports.
Cash burn rate (estimated) | Burn method: Change in cash | Burn method: Operating income/loss | Burn method: FCF (opex + capex) | Last Q | Avg 4Q | Last Q | Avg 4Q | Last Q | Avg 4Q |
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Cash on hand (at last report) | 3.12B | 3.12B | 3.12B | 3.12B | 3.12B | 3.12B |
Cash burn (monthly) | 35M | (positive/no burn) | (positive/no burn) | (positive/no burn) | 90.33M | (positive/no burn) |
Cash used (since last report) | 120.48M | n/a | n/a | n/a | 310.96M | n/a |
Cash remaining | 3B | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2.81B | n/a |
Runway (months of cash) | 85.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 31.1 | n/a |
Recent insider trades
Date | Owner | Security | Transaction | Code | Indirect | 10b5-1 | $Price | #Shares | $Value | #Remaining |
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1 Apr 21 | Nicole Seligman | Class B common stock | Grant | Aquire A | No | No | 0 | 108 | 0 | 19,973 |
1 Apr 21 | Ronald L Nelson | Class B common stock | Grant | Aquire A | No | No | 0 | 30 | 0 | 28,311 |
1 Apr 21 | Phillips JR Charles E | Class B common stock | Grant | Aquire A | No | No | 0 | 528 | 0 | 74,391 |
1 Apr 21 | Terrell Frederick | Phantom Class B Common Stock Units Class B common stock | Grant | Aquire A | No | No | 44.64 | 30 | 1.34K | 5,782 |
1 Apr 21 | Terrell Frederick | Phantom Class A Common Stock Units Class A common stock | Grant | Aquire A | No | No | 47.48 | 28 | 1.33K | 5,260 |
1 Apr 21 | Redstone Shari | Class B common stock | Grant | Aquire A | No | No | 0 | 865 | 0 | 282,278 |
1 Apr 21 | Redstone Shari | Phantom Class B Common Stock Units Class B common stock | Grant | Aquire A | No | No | 44.64 | 984 | 43.93K | 28,261 |
1 Apr 21 | Redstone Shari | Phantom Class A Common Stock Units Class A common stock | Grant | Aquire A | No | No | 47.48 | 925 | 43.92K | 26,885 |
Institutional ownership Q4 2020
Data for the last complete 13F reporting period. To see the most recent changes to ownership, click the ownership history button above.
92.4% owned by funds/institutions
13F holders |
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Total holders | 833 |
Opened positions | 181 |
Closed positions | 77 |
Increased positions | 227 |
Reduced positions | 325 |
13F shares |
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Total value | 20.89B |
Total shares | 559.19M |
Total puts | 19.74M |
Total calls | 15.62M |
Total put/call ratio | 1.3 |
Largest owners |
Shares | Value |
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Vanguard | 59.27M | $2.21B |
BLK Blackrock | 46.51M | $1.73B |
MS Morgan Stanley | 43.22M | $1.61B |
National Amusements | 41.5M | $1.55B |
CS Credit Suisse | 36.34M | $1.35B |
STT State Street | 33.08M | $1.24B |
NMR Nomura | 20.43M | $760.59M |
UBS UBS Group AG - Registered Shares | 10.52M | $392.06M |
GS Goldman Sachs | 10.3M | $383.84M |
Geode Capital Management | 9.88M | $367.34M |
Financial report summary
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Financial reports
10-K
2020 FY
Annual report
23 Feb 21
10-Q
2020 Q3
Quarterly report
6 Nov 20
10-Q
2020 Q2
Quarterly report
6 Aug 20
10-Q
2020 Q1
Quarterly report
7 May 20
10-K
2019 FY
Annual report
20 Feb 20
10-Q
2019 Q3
Quarterly report
12 Nov 19
10-Q
2019 Q2
Quarterly report
8 Aug 19
10-Q
2019 Q1
Quarterly report
2 May 19
10-K
2018 FY
Annual report
15 Feb 19
10-Q
2018 Q3
Quarterly report
1 Nov 18
Current reports
8-K
Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders
26 Mar 21
8-K
Results of Operations and Financial Condition
24 Feb 21
8-K
Other Events
25 Nov 20
8-K
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
19 Nov 20
8-K
Results of Operations and Financial Condition
6 Nov 20
8-K
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
30 Oct 20
8-K
ViacomCBS Issues Statement on the Passing of Sumner M. Redstone
12 Aug 20
8-K
Results of Operations and Financial Condition
6 Aug 20
8-K
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
24 Jul 20
8-K
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
7 Jul 20
Registration and prospectus
8-A12B
Registration of securities on exchange
26 Mar 21
424B5
Prospectus supplement for primary offering
24 Mar 21
424B5
Prospectus supplement for primary offering
24 Mar 21
FWP
Free writing prospectus
24 Mar 21
FWP
Free writing prospectus
23 Mar 21
424B5
Prospectus supplement for primary offering
22 Mar 21
424B5
Prospectus supplement for primary offering
22 Mar 21
424B5
Prospectus supplement for primary offering
14 May 20
FWP
Free writing prospectus
12 May 20
424B5
Prospectus supplement for primary offering
12 May 20
Proxies
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
2 Apr 21
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
2 Apr 21
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
8 May 20
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
3 Apr 20
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
3 Apr 20
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
12 Apr 19
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
12 Apr 19
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
16 Nov 18
DEF 14C
Information statement
10 Oct 18
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
9 Oct 18
Other
EFFECT
Notice of effectiveness
28 Oct 19
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
23 Oct 19
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
20 Oct 19
EFFECT
Notice of effectiveness
13 Nov 18
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
6 Nov 18
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
18 Oct 18
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
10 Oct 18
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
1 Oct 18
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
17 Jul 16
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
14 Jul 16
Ownership
SC 13D/A
ViacomCBS / GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL ownership change
7 Apr 21
4
ViacomCBS / Nicole Seligman ownership change
5 Apr 21
4
ViacomCBS / RONALD L NELSON ownership change
5 Apr 21
4
ViacomCBS / JR CHARLES E PHILLIPS ownership change
5 Apr 21
4
ViacomCBS / FREDERICK TERRELL ownership change
5 Apr 21
4
ViacomCBS / SHARI REDSTONE ownership change
5 Apr 21
4
ViacomCBS / Robert N. Klieger ownership change
5 Apr 21
4
ViacomCBS / BRIAN GOLDNER ownership change
5 Apr 21
4
ViacomCBS / Candace K Beinecke ownership change
5 Apr 21
4
ViacomCBS / JUDITH MCHALE ownership change
5 Apr 21
Patents
GRANT
Utility
Systems, methods, and storage media for managing traffic on a digital content delivery network
6 Apr 21
Systems, methods, and storage media for managing traffic on a digital content delivery network are disclosed.
APP
Utility
Live Video Game Intervention
4 Mar 21
A system and method for establishing a gaming session via cloud services with a first device, receiving information at the first device to establish a connection with a second device, and receiving at the first device instructions from the second device via the connection, wherein the instructions control an aspect of the gaming session.
GRANT
Utility
Techniques to provide a micro-broadcast of an event
23 Feb 21
Techniques to provide a micro-broadcast of an event are described.
GRANT
Utility
Systems and methods for inserting breakpoints and reference links into a media file
23 Feb 21
Described herein are systems and methods for inserting breakpoints and reference links into a multimedia file.
GRANT
Utility
System and method for an electronic product advisor
16 Feb 21
A system and method operates on a client device and acquires a suspect list of user products based on information derived from the client device.
Transcripts
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12 Apr 21
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12 Apr 21
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11 Apr 21
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