Corus Entertainment (B)CJR.B.TOCOMMENTAug 22, 2016Stock 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.
On a long-term perspective, a large part of their business is really challenged because there are fewer and fewer listeners to radio. Also the TV side has viewers going more towards streaming. A good thing is that they own a lot of intellectual property. The question is, will the declining side decline faster than the creation side, and will people pay up for the creation side. Advertising is slowly ebbing away from traditional media.