NASDAQ:VIAViacom Stock Price, Forecast & News

Viacom's stock was trading at $26.11 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VIA shares have 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) posted its earnings results on Thursday, August, 9th. The company reported $1.18 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $3.24 billion for the quarter. Viacom had a return on equity of 20.04% and a net margin of 12.06%. View Viacom's earnings history.

Viacom announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 13th. View Viacom's dividend history.

News coverage about VIA stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Viacom earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. 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]