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Versant Media Group, Inc. (VSNT)

Communication Services | Entertainment | New York, United States | NasdaqGS
35.66 USD +0.27 (0.763%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:36 a.m. EDT

The investment case here is defined by a stark disconnect between the company's post-spinoff optimism and the market's pricing of its historical performance. Fundamentally, the business looks like a classic value trap: it trades at a fraction of book value and offers a robust 4.2% yield, yet it is dragging its feet with flat-to-negative revenue growth and shrinking earnings. The market has clearly decided that the 'Comcast spinoff' story does not yet translate into a growth narrative, capping the long-term rating at neutral despite the attractive valuation metrics. Short-term, the stock is stuck in a grinding consolidation. While the statistical forecast model shows a negligible bearish lean, this is likely just noise reflecting the broader sector weakness rather than a specific catalyst for this stock. The options market tells a more compelling story of uncertainty; traders are buying insurance against a drop to $30 while dreaming of a bounce to $40, but neither side is committing capital aggressively enough to force a breakout. Until the company can demonstrate a clear path to reversing its multi-year stagnation in top-line growth, the prudent move is to hold the position for the dividend but avoid adding to the pile.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.053081
AutoETS0.053098
MSTL0.055701
AutoARIMA0.056017

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 45%
H-stat 0.62
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.314
Excess Kurtosis -0.43
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-30
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-30
Debt to Equity Ratio 36.248
Revenue per Share 47.137
Market Cap 5,045,819,392
Trailing P/E 5.94
Forward P/E 4.59
Profit Margins 12.73%
Website https://www.versantmedia.com

As of July 11, 2026, 3:36 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound outcome with a distinct skew toward downside protection. Call open interest is heavily concentrated at the $40 strike, suggesting a speculative bet on a rally to that level, while put open interest is overwhelmingly stacked at the $30 strike, indicating a strong floor expectation. The dominance of out-of-the-money puts relative to calls in longer-dated expirations suggests fear of a significant drop below current levels outweighs hopes for a major surge.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-01 0.375 1.031353
2026-04-01 0.375 1.008607
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.5
dividendYield 4.24
exDividendDate 2026-07-01
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.375
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.010596214
lastDividendValue 0.375
lastDividendDate 2026-07-01
dividendDate 2026-07-22

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.21883899
Address1 229 West 43rd Street
All Time High 59.0
All Time Low 27.17
Ask 38.78
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 8
Average Analyst Rating 2.7 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,850,500
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,039,585
Average Volume 2,039,585
Average Volume10Days 1,850,500
Bid 33.45
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 5
Book Value 71.389
City New York
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 35.66
Current Ratio 2.325
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 36.655
Day Low 35.48
Debt To Equity 36.248
Display Name Versant Media
Dividend Date 1,784,678,400
Dividend Rate 1.5
Dividend Yield 4.24
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,046,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,046,400
Earnings Growth -0.218
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.221
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,019,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,786,019,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,786,019,400
Ebitda 2,235,000,064
Ebitda Margins 0.33513
Enterprise To Ebitda 3.094
Enterprise To Revenue 1.037
Enterprise Value 6,914,819,072
Eps Current Year 4.2685
Eps Forward 7.77609
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.0
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,782,864,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 39.8165
Fifty Day Average Change -4.156502
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.10439143
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -21.8839
Fifty Two Week High 59.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -23.34
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.39559323
Fifty Two Week Low 27.17
Fifty Two Week Low Change 8.49
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.312477
Fifty Two Week Range 27.17 - 59.0
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,765,809,000,000
Float Shares 140,626,387
Forward Eps 7.77609
Forward P E 4.585852
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 4,400
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.56200004
Gross Profits 3,748,000,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00201
Held Percent Institutions 0.84039
Implied Shares Outstanding 141,498,015
Industry Entertainment
Industry Disp Entertainment
Industry Key entertainment
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,782,864,000
Last Dividend Value 0.375
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Versant Media Group, Inc. engages in the media and entertainment business in the United States. The company produces, licenses, and acquires content that is distributed through various outlets, including networks and digital platforms. It delivers news, sports and entertainment content through its portfolio of brands, which includes MS NOW, CNBC, USA Network, Golf Channel, GolfNow, Rotten Tomatoes, SportsEngine, E!, SYFY, Oxygen True Crime, Fandango, and Free TV Networks. The company serves political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf and athletics participation, and sports and genre entertainment markets through television networks and digital platforms. Versant Media Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2025 and is based in New York, New York.
Long Name Versant Media Group, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 5,045,819,392
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1904569168
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 849,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 5,045,819,214
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 35.69
Operating Cashflow 2,128,999,936
Operating Margins 0.262
Overall Risk 8
Payout Ratio 0.0625
Peg Ratio 0.68
Phone 646 832 1000
Pre Market Change -0.20999908
Pre Market Change Percent -0.5888926
Pre Market Price 35.45
Pre Market Time 1,784,028,970
Previous Close 35.39
Price Eps Current Year 8.354223
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.49951673
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.75660807
Profit Margins 0.12731
Quick Ratio 2.093
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.71429
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.27
Regular Market Change Percent 0.762929
Regular Market Day High 36.655
Regular Market Day Low 35.48
Regular Market Day Range 35.48 - 36.655
Regular Market Open 35.69
Regular Market Previous Close 35.39
Regular Market Price 35.66
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 1,912,129
Return On Equity 0.0892
Revenue Growth -0.011
Revenue Per Share 47.137
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 10
Shares Outstanding 141,120,240
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.027
Shares Short 3,819,799
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 3,036,355
Short Name Versant Media Group, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0304
Short Ratio 1.73
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol VSNT
Target High Price 52.0
Target Low Price 35.0
Target Mean Price 43.33333
Target Median Price 44.5
Total Cash 1,192,999,936
Total Cash Per Share 8.431
Total Debt 2,952,000,000
Total Revenue 6,669,000,192
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.375
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.010596214
Trailing Eps 6.0
Trailing P E 5.943333
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.5933
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 37.7386
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.0786018
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.05507893
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,912,129
Website https://www.versantmedia.com
Zip 10,036