Stock price when the opinion was issued
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.
Until recently this has been a pretty tough ride with the concerns around “pick and play” that have surrounded these media type names. This has had a nice turn around and is up about 20% year to date. Part of that is because of the acquisition of the Shaw (SJR.B-T) assets. The restructuring over the last 12 months has provided them with some focus on where the business is going to be moving forward. This has close to 5 of the top 5 kids channels. With the acquisition, their other business line is going to have some of the top channels as well. These are going to be 2 areas that are less disrupted.