NYSE:CBS - CBS Stock Price, Forecast & News

CBS trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CBS."

CBS announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 10th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 9th. View CBS's Dividend History.

CBS Co. (NYSE:CBS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 12th. The media conglomerate reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.04. The media conglomerate had revenue of $3.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.37 billion. CBS had a return on equity of 44.13% and a net margin of 18.98%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.24 earnings per share. View CBS's Earnings History.

CBS is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for CBS.

19 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for CBS's stock. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate CBS's stock price to reach $51.94 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for CBS.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CBS in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for CBS.

News stories about CBS stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. CBS earned a daily sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the media conglomerate a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for CBS.

Some companies that are related to CBS include Discovery Communications (DISCA), Liberty Media Formula One Series A (FWONA), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI), Central European Media Enterprises (CETV), Entercom Communications (ETM), Entravision Communication (EVC), Saga Communications (SGA), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI) and Salem Media Group (SALM).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other CBS investors own include AT&T (T), Netflix (NFLX), Verizon Communications (VZ), Starbucks (SBUX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), CVS Health (CVS), Walt Disney (DIS), Home Depot (HD), Citigroup (C) and Intel (INTC).

CBS's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Kempner Capital Management Inc. (0.02%), Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC (0.02%), Corrado Advisors LLC (0.01%), Hudson Capital Management LLC (0.01%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%) and Chesley Taft & Associates LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own CBS stock include Anthony G Ambrosio, Gary L Countryman, Gil D Schwartz, Jonathan Anschell, Joseph R Ianniello and Leslie Moonves. View Institutional Ownership Trends for CBS.

CBS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Corrado Advisors LLC, FNY Investment Advisers LLC and New England Research & Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold CBS company stock in the last year include Gary L Countryman and Jonathan Anschell. View Insider Buying and Selling for CBS.

CBS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hudson Capital Management LLC, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, Kempner Capital Management Inc., Atlas Brown Inc., Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Santori & Peters Inc., Raymond James Trust N.A. and Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Co.. View Insider Buying and Selling for CBS.

One share of CBS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.68.

CBS has a market capitalization of $15.24 billion and generates $14.51 billion in revenue each year. The media conglomerate earns $1.96 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.19 on an earnings per share basis. CBS employs 12,770 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About CBS.

The official website for CBS is http://www.cbscorporation.com/.

CBS's mailing address is 51 WEST 52ND STREET 35TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10019. The media conglomerate can be reached via phone at 212-975-4321 or via email at [email protected]