NASDAQ:VIAViacom Stock Price, Forecast & News

Viacom's stock was trading at $26.11 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VIA stock has decreased by 0.9% and is now trading at $25.87. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Viacom in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Viacom.

Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIA) announced its earnings results on Thursday, August, 9th. The company reported $1.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.11. The company earned $3.24 billion during the quarter. Viacom had a return on equity of 20.04% and a net margin of 12.06%. View Viacom's earnings history.

Viacom declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 13th. View Viacom's dividend history.

News headlines about VIA stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Viacom earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Viacom.

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Viacom trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VIA."

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One share of VIA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.87.

Viacom has a market capitalization of $10.44 billion and generates $12.84 billion in revenue each year. Viacom employs 10,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Viacom is www.viacom.com.

Viacom's mailing address is 1515 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY, 10036. The company can be reached via phone at 212-258-6000 or via email at [email protected]