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.
On the face of things, this is really cheap, and also has a very nice dividend yield. Furthermore, the dividend is decently covered with its earnings. This is an increasingly tough space, getting shows into and accepted into mainstream and very popular media. The earnings forecasts have been pretty steadily falling. FMV is still more than 100% higher than the current stock price. The question is, have the analysts kept up with the reality. If they have, then this is a very promising stock with a lovely yield. It is currently trading at around BV and has a pretty decent balance sheet. It looks like a fairly decent investment. Dividend yield of 9.5%.