Corus Entertainment (B)CJR.B.TOTOP PICKSep 16, 2014Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 04, 2026. Market Open.
Since last summer there has been a recession in advertising for television and this has been a problem for Chorus. There are longer term headwinds since subscribers are moving more to streaming services. Chorus has STACK TV but it is an uphill battle against some of the big companies. It sold its animation studio to help reduce debt load but debt is still pretty high. The stock is too risky.
This is the content part of the Shaw family of companies. Children’s and women’s programming. Stock price hasn’t done a great deal in the last year. Raises its dividend consistently, and has bought a couple of French language channels in a couple of radio stations. It is now the 2nd largest French language producer of content. Trading at around 12X this year’s earnings. Yield of 4.43%.