Viacom, Inc. B Shares (NASDAQ:VIAB)

valuemoneygreen (79.57) Submitted: 6/27/2012 7:39:15 PM : Start Price: $47.10 VIAB Score: +24.60

Media Networks and Filmed Entertainment. Its Media Networks segment provides entertainment content for consumers in demographics attractive to advertisers, content distributors and retailers. Its Filmed Entertainment segment produces, finances and distributes motion pictures and other entertainment content under the Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies brands. The Company’s media networks, MTV Networks and BET Networks, operate their program services, Websites and other digital media services in the United States and internationally.

*This company has great brand names that are very popular and that brings ad dollars.
*Ten year summary....constant revenue and income growth....... 6 billion in sales and 1.67 billion in EBIT in 2002, 15 billion in sales and 3.25 billion in EBIT in 2011.
*Key Ratios.......net margins over 12% on average.....ROE averaged over 17% last 9 years........
*Share buybacks over last 9 years........ from 787 to 558
*Earnings........estimates are about 15% for the next 2 years and 14% over the next 5 years
*Forward PE of less than 11 which would mean a earnings yield of over 9%.......ten year treasury gives you a yield of less than 2% and it also beat the S&P yield as a whole