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CBS Corporation (CBS:NYSE)

LAST $12.84 USD
CHANGE TODAY 0.00 0.00%
VOLUME 0.0
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Snapshot of CBS Corporation (CBS)

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PREVIOUS CLOSE
$12.84
DAY HIGH
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DAY LOW
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52 WEEK HIGH
10/21/09 - $14.04
52 WEEK LOW
03/9/09 - $3.06
MARKET CAP
8.0B
AVERAGE VOLUME 3 mo
9.3M
DILUTED EPS TTM
$0.45
SHARES OUTSTANDING
625.3M
EX-DATE
12/9/09
P/E TTM
28.8x
DIVIDEND
$0.20
DIVIDEND YIELD
1.56%
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CBS Details

CBS Corporation operates as a mass media company in the United States and internationally. The company operates in five segments: Television, Radio, Outdoor, Interactive, and Publishing. The Television segment operates through CBS Television comprising CBS Television Networks, the 30 owned broadcast television stations; CBS Paramount Network Television and CBS Television Distribution, the television production and syndication operations; Showtime Network, a premium subscription television program service; and CBS College Sports Network, the cable network and online digital media business to college athletics. The Radio segment operates through CBS radio, which owns and operates 130 radio stations in the United States. Its programs include rock, oldies, all-news, talk, adult contemporary, urban, and sports and country. The Outdoor segment displays advertising on media, including billboards, transit shelters, buses, rail systems, mall kiosks, stadium signage, and in retail stores. It provides its services to entertainment, media, automotive, beverage, financial, real estate, retail, healthcare, telecommunications, restaurants, health and beauty aids, hotels, and professional services. The Interactive segment operates an online content network for information and entertainment with a portfolio of brands, including CNET, CBS.com, CBSSports.com, GameSpot, TV.com, Last.fm, and BNET. The Publishing segment publishes and distributes adult and children's consumer books in printed, audio, and digital formats under the Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, Scribner, Atria Books, Simon Spotlight Entertainment, Free Press, Simon Spotlight, Aladdin Paperbacks, and Books for Young Readers imprints. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

CBS Top Compensated Officers

Chief Executive Officer, President and Direct...
Age: 59
Total Annual Compensation: $13.0M
Founder and Executive Chairman
Age: 85
Total Annual Compensation: $6.5M
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice Pr...
Age: 41
Total Annual Compensation: $1.5M
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Age: 60
Total Annual Compensation: $2.9M
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2008.

Key developments for CBS Corporation (CBS)

CBS Corp. Names Anton Guitano as Chief Operating Officer of CBS Local Media

CBS Corp. topper Leslie Moonves has tapped CBS Radio veteran Anton Guitano to fill a newly created job as chief operating officer of CBS Local Media. Guitano will also look at ways to expand CBS's collection of local news and Internet properties throughout the country. Guitano will report to Moonves as well as to CBS Radio prexy-CEO Dan Mason and CBS Television Stations president Peter Dunn, who was appointed to that job on Nov. 09, 2009. Guitano most recently served as chief financial officer and senior executive VP of operations at CBS Radio; before that, he held similar roles at CBS TV Stations.

CBS Corporation Appoints Peter Dunn to Oversee Its TV Stations

CBS Corporation named Peter Dunn to oversee its 29 TV stations, where ad sales tumbled in the recession. Mr. Dunn, most recently general manager of WCBS-TV Channel 2 in New York, was named president of CBS Television Stations and replaces Tom Kane, who is leaving. Mr. Dunn reports to Leslie Moonves, chief executive.

CBS Corporation Announces Earnings Results for the Third Quarter of 2009 ; Reaffirms Earnings Guidance for the Full Year of 2009

CBS Corporation announced earnings results for the third quarter of 2009. For the quarter, the company reported adjusted for one-time items, the earnings came to 25 cents per share. The company maintained its outlook for the fiscal year for operating income before depreciation and amortization to fall between $1.73 billion and $1.93 billion.

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Industry Analysis

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Price/Earnings 28.7x
Price/Sales 0.7x
Price/Book 1.0x
Price/Cash Flow 9.0x
TEV/Sales 0.0x

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CBS transactions

Type
Date
Target
Merger/Acquisition
August 10, 2009
CBS Corporation, Four Radio Stations In Portland
Bankruptcy
July 13, 2009
NV Broadcasting, LLC
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