ViacomCBS Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAC): The Fundamentals Have Changed

ViacomCBS Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAC) stock’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) is 52.81, with weekly volatility at 3.08% and ATR at 1.40. The VIAC stock’s 52-week price range has touched low of $21.67 and a $101.97 high. Its shares traded higher over the last trading session, gaining 0.66% on 06/14/21. The shares fell to a low of $41.9586 before closing at $42.63. Intraday shares traded counted 13.79 million, which was 67.23% higher than its 30-day average trading volume of 42.07M. VIAC’s previous close was $42.35 while the outstanding shares total 622.00M.

Investors have identified the Entertainment company ViacomCBS Inc. as an interesting stock but before investments are made there, an in-depth look at its trading activities will have to be conducted. The share is trading with a market value of around $27.19 billion, the company now has both obstacles and catalysts that affect them and they came from their mode of operations. With the company affected by events currently, it is a perfect time to analyze the numbers behind the firm in order to come up with a rather realistic picture of what this stock is.

ViacomCBS Inc. (VIAC) Fundamentals that are to be considered.

When analyzing a stock, the first fundamental thing to take into account is the balance sheet. How healthy the balance sheet of a company is will determine if the company will be able to carry out all its financial and non-financial obligations and also keep the faith of its investors. In terms of their assets, the company currently has 15.49 billion total, with 8.7 billion as their total liabilities.

VIAC were able to record 1.66 billion as free cash flow during the 08/12/2021 quarter of the year, this saw their quarterly net cash flow reduce by 2.51 billion. In cash movements, the company had a total of 1.72 billion as operating cash flow.

Potential earnings growth for ViacomCBS Inc. (VIAC)

In order to determine the future investment potential for this stock, we will have to analyze key trends that affect it. During the 08/12/2021 quarter of the year, ViacomCBS Inc. recorded a total of 7.41 billion in revenue. This figure implies that they witnessed a quarterly year/year change in their earnings with 12.32% coming in sequential stages and their sales for the 08/12/2021 quarter increasing by 13.72%.

What matters though is how it ends. When the core data for the company is broken down, then the stock sounds interesting. The company spent 4.36 billion trying to sell their products during the last quarter, with the result yielding a gross income of 3.05 billion. This allows shareholders to hold on to 622.00M with the recently reported earning now reading 1.44 cents per share. This is a figure that compared to analyst’s prediction for their 08/12/2021 (1.52 cents a share).

Having a look at the company’s valuation, the company is expected to record 4.02 total earnings per share during the next fiscal year. It is very important though to remember that the importance of trend far outweighs that of outlook. This analysis has been great and getting further updates on VIAC sounds very interesting.

Is the stock of VIAC attractive?

In related news, EVP, Pub Pol’y & Gov Relations, Lea DeDe sold 23,099 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that recorded on Mar 11. The sale was performed at an average price of 86.70, for a total value of 2,002,729. As the sale deal closes, the EVP, General Tax Counsel, Jones Richard M now sold 40,285 shares of the company’s stock, valued at 3,247,700. Also, EVP, Chief Comms & Corp Mktg, Phelps Julia sold 1,523 shares of the company’s stock in a deal that was recorded on Mar 03. The shares were price at an average price of 70.82 per share, with a total market value of 107,862. Following this completion of acquisition, the EVP, Controller & CAO, Gill Charest Katherine now holds 23,952 shares of the company’s stock, valued at 1,580,260. In the last 6 months, insiders have changed their ownership in shares of company stock by 0.10%.

10 out of 30 analysts covering the stock have rated it a Buy, while 13 have maintained a Hold recommendation on ViacomCBS Inc.. 4 analysts has assigned a Sell rating on the VIAC stock. The 12-month mean consensus price target for the company’s shares has been set at $50.34.