Report
Neil Macker
EUR 98.48 For Business Accounts Only

CBS Start 2017 on Positive Note; All Access Continues to Shine

CBS posted a slightly better-than-expected quarter to start 2017. While overall revenue was down 7% year over year due largely to the Super Bowl in first quarter last year, the firm continues to benefit from persistent retrans and reverse comp revenue growth. We reiterate our narrow moat rating and our fair value estimate of $65. With the stock trading in 3-star territory, we would wait for a larger margin of safety before investing.
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Underlying
ViacomCBS Inc. Class B

CBS is a mass media company, which operates the following segments: Entertainment, which is consists of the CBS Television Network, CBS Television Studios, CBS Global Distribution Group, Network 10, CBS Interactive, CBS Sports Network, and CBS Films as well as the company's digital streaming services CBS All Access and CBSN; Cable Networks, which consists of Showtime Networks and its digital subscription streaming offering, and Smithsonian Networks; Publishing, which consists of Simon & Schuster's consumer book publishing business with imprints such as Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, Scribner and Atria Books; and Local Media, which consists of CBS Television Stations and CBS Local Digital Media.

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Morningstar
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Neil Macker

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