Corus Entertainment (B)CJR.B.TODON'T BUYJun 20, 2017Stock 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.
The media group in general has been doing well recently, but this one is lagging. Over the past year, their share price has performed worse than over 50% of the stocks in the market. He would prefer Comcast (CMCSA-Q) or Shaw Communications (SJR.B-T). Shaw has the new X1 network that will allow them to get a lot of growth.