VIAC ViacomCBS Dashboard

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

NASDAQ

Website

www.viacomcbs.com/

CEO

Robert Bakish

Incorporated

Delaware

Location

New York

Fiscal year end

Dec 31

Sector

Information > Television Broadcasting

Industry (SIC)

Television Broadcasting Stations

Fox • Tribune Media • Liberty Media Corp. • TEGNA • Central European Media Enterprises • Sinclair Broadcast • Gray Television • Nexstar Media • Entravision Communications • Phoenix New Media ...

Former names

CBS CORP, VIACOM INC

SEC CIK

0000813828

Corporate docs

Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws

IRS number

42949533

VIAC stock data

S&P 500

1M 1Y 2Y 5Y

News

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12 Apr 21

Morgan Stanley maintains ViacomCBS (NASDAQ:VIAC) with a Equal-Weight and lowers the price target from $55 to $50.

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Press releases

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ViacomCBS Inc. to Report First Quarter Financial Results on May 6, 2021

7 Apr 21

ViacomCBS Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAC, VIACA)) announced today that on Thursday, May 6, 2021, it will issue financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2021. The company will conduct a conference call at 8:30 a.m.

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Calendar

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Financial summary

Financial statements Chart VIAC financial data

Quarter (USD)	Dec 20	Sep 20	Jun 20	Mar 20
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Cost of revenue
Operating income
Operating margin
Net income
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Cash on hand
Change in cash
Diluted EPS

Annual (USD)	Dec 20	Dec 19	Dec 18	Dec 17
Revenue
Cost of revenue
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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
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

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Recent insider trades

VIAC insider ownership history Insider history

Date	Owner	Security	Transaction	Code	Indirect	10b5-1	$Price	#Shares	$Value	#Remaining
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

Data from 3, 4 and 5 filings. Stock values as filed, not updated for current price.

Institutional ownership Q4 2020

VIAC institutional ownership history Ownership history

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	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total holders	833	729	+14.3%
Opened positions	181	109	+66.1%
Closed positions	77	79	-2.5%
Increased positions	227	250	-9.2%
Reduced positions	325	246	+32.1%

13F shares	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total value	20.89B	13.89B	+50.4%
Total shares	559.19M	494.85M	+13.0%
Total puts	19.74M	20.2M	-2.2%
Total calls	15.62M	18.06M	-13.5%
Total put/call ratio	1.3	1.1	+13.0%

Largest owners	Shares	Value	Change
Vanguard	59.27M	$2.21B	-1.4%
BLK Blackrock	46.51M	$1.73B	+0.8%
MS Morgan Stanley	43.22M	$1.61B	+19.7%
National Amusements	41.5M	$1.55B	NEW
CS Credit Suisse	36.34M	$1.35B	+3.0%
STT State Street	33.08M	$1.24B	-0.4%
NMR Nomura	20.43M	$760.59M	+1203.7%
UBS UBS Group AG - Registered Shares	10.52M	$392.06M	-6.2%
GS Goldman Sachs	10.3M	$383.84M	+77.6%
Geode Capital Management	9.88M	$367.34M	+1.3%

Largest transactions	Shares	Bought/sold	Change
National Amusements	41.5M	+41.5M	NEW
NMR Nomura	20.43M	+18.86M	+1203.7%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co.	1.43M	-15.68M	-91.6%
Baupost	4.7M	-14.14M	-75.0%
Norges Bank	7.37M	+7.37M	NEW
MS Morgan Stanley	43.22M	+7.11M	+19.7%
MCQEF Macquarie	5.1M	+4.61M	+931.1%
GS Goldman Sachs	10.3M	+4.5M	+77.6%
C Citigroup	4.3M	+3.52M	+451.9%
Cibc World Markets	2.8M	+2.38M	+568.7%

Data from 13F filings. Stock values as filed, not updated for current price. Long positions only.

Financial report summary

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Content analysis

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