Corus Entertainment (TSE:CJR.B) Shares Up 33.3% – What’s Next?

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently commented on the company. TD Securities decreased their target price on Corus Entertainment from C$0.05 to C$0.01 and set a “sell” rating for the company 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 on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Corus Entertainment currently 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 debt-to-equity ratio of 254.56, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a current ratio of 0.69. The stock 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 company’s 50 day simple moving average is C$0.04 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$0.06.

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

About Corus Entertainment

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.