NASDAQ:VIA - Viacom, Inc. Class A Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Viacom, Inc. Class A trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VIA."

Viacom, Inc. Class A announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 17th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Monday, October 1st. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 14th. View Viacom, Inc. Class A's Dividend History.

Viacom, Inc. Class A (NASDAQ:VIA) announced its earnings results on Thursday, August, 9th. The company reported $1.18 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.11. The company earned $3.24 billion during the quarter. Viacom, Inc. Class A had a return on equity of 23.53% and a net margin of 15.65%. View Viacom, Inc. Class A's Earnings History.

Viacom, Inc. Class A is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 15th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Viacom, Inc. Class A.

3 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Viacom, Inc. Class A's shares. Their predictions range from $27.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate Viacom, Inc. Class A's stock price to reach $36.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Viacom, Inc. Class A.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Viacom, Inc. Class A in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Viacom, Inc. Class A.

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Media coverage about VIA stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Viacom, Inc. Class A earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Viacom, Inc. Class A.

Viacom, Inc. Class A's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (0.72%), Gabelli Funds LLC (0.46%), FMR LLC (0.31%), BlackRock Inc. (0.05%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.02%) and James Investment Research Inc. (0.01%).

VIA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, BlackRock Inc., Gabelli Funds LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

VIA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, James Investment Research Inc., Northern Trust Corp, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, Mackay Shields LLC, Bank of Montreal Can and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.

Shares of VIA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VIA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.45.

Viacom, Inc. Class A has a market capitalization of $13.52 billion and generates $13.26 billion in revenue each year.

Viacom, Inc. Class A'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]