Corus Entertainment (B)CJR.B.TOCOMMENTOct 19, 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.
Having to take cable channels you don’t want, everybody has really freaked out about this, because it has a lot of content. However, they have children’s and women’s programming which is probably the strongest area. A very high yield which appears to be safe. Still feels their content is good enough to actually make people want to watch it. A dividend yield of over 9%.