Corus Entertainment (TSE:CJR.B) Shares Up 33.3% – Still a Buy?

Shares of Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSE:CJR.B) rose 33.3% during mid-day trading on Saturday . The company traded as high as C$0.04 and last traded at C$0.04. Approximately 603,236 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 121% from the average daily volume of 273,527 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$0.03.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have weighed in on CJR.B. TD Securities cut their target price on shares of Corus Entertainment from C$0.05 to C$0.01 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on Corus Entertainment from C$0.20 to C$0.15 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of C$0.08.

Corus Entertainment Trading Up 33.3%

The company has a market cap of C$7.98 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.61 and a beta of 1.66. The business’s fifty day moving average price is C$0.04 and its 200 day moving average price is C$0.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 254.56, a current ratio of 0.69 and a quick ratio of 0.70.

Corus Entertainment (TSE:CJR.B) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 14th. The company reported C($0.01) earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of C$267.57 million during the quarter. Corus Entertainment had a negative net margin of 51.98% and a negative return on equity of 1,490.58%. Research analysts anticipate that Corus Entertainment Inc. will post 0.0540541 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Corus Entertainment Company Profile

Corus Entertainment Inc is a media and content company that operates in the diversified media industry. The company has two business segments, which includes television, and radio. The television business segment has a portfolio of television channels. The radio business segment controls a number of stations that cater to both the music, news, and talk radio markets. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue in Canada.