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CBS CorpCBSPAST TOP PICKDec 01, 2011Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Aug 06, 2025. Market Open.
This has a highly rated content, probably amongst the best out there. A growing ad stream and retransmission revenue, which they haven’t really mined, that they charge to the cable carriers. That could be a triple in revenue over the next several years. There is now a potential that they could be put together with Viacom. This could be accretive to the tune of around 10%-15%. It is only trading at around 10X 2018. Strong cash flows. Dividend yield of 1.3%.
They own content and have valuable sports rights, and feels they are going to be able to monetize that content on a go forward basis. Sees this at $70-$75 a year from now. The biggest catalyst is going to be ad revenues. As the US economy picks up, you should see mid-single digit ad revenue growth, which will benefit them, as we haven’t seen this in the last few years. Buying back a whole ton of stock, and thinks there will be dividend growth as well. Yield of 0.79%.
(A Top Pick July 20/11. Down 10%.) Sold Aug Puts for $1.05. Stock took a severe drop along with a lot of stocks. Could have bought the Put back but because of volatility, the price increased. A way to get around it is to Short the stock, which he did.