Versant Media Group, Inc. (VSNT)Communication Services | Entertainment | New York, United States | NasdaqGS
40.55 USD
-0.26
(-0.625%) ⇩
(April 21, 2026, 10:34 a.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:46 p.m. EDT
A stick-up-the-ass 'Hold' with a technical base at $25-27 and momentum at $35-40. The market is betting on stability (high OI at current levels) despite declining revenue (-6.6%) and negative earnings growth (-51.9%). It's a cash-cow proxy for Comcast, but the pure stock is messy for long-term holds. Don't chase the $52 target yet; treat it as a range-bound play until earnings clarity returns. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.108619 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.109869 |
| AutoETS | 0.110621 |
| AutoTheta | 0.368227 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 66% |
| H-stat | 1.52 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.240 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.11 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-03-31 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-03-31 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 9.45 |
| Revenue per Share | 46.39 |
| Market Cap | 5,859,878,912 |
| Trailing P/E | 6.31 |
| Forward P/E | 5.06 |
| Profit Margins | 13.91% |
| Website | https://www.versantmedia.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 11:46 p.m. EDT: Call options show heavy positioning at the $35 and $40 strikes across multiple expirations, with significant Open Interest (OI) at $40. Put activity is minimal and heavily skewed to out-of-the-money defensive truncons ($25, $30), suggesting a lack of fear but also little hedge coverage for upside moves. Straddles are forming at the $35-$40 axis. High IV on deep OTM puts in short-term expirations suggests potential volatility, but the dominance of ATM call OI indicates a neutral-to-slightly-bullish speculative bias with a concrete price floor expectation.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | 0.375 | 1.008607 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.10624313 |
| Address1 | 229 West 43rd Street |
| All Time High | 59.0 |
| All Time Low | 27.17 |
| Ask | 43.85 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.7 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,015,140 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,798,719 |
| Average Volume | 2,798,719 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,015,140 |
| Bid | 37.3 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 71.389 |
| City | New York |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 40.545 |
| Current Ratio | 4.023 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 41.035 |
| Day Low | 40.421 |
| Debt To Equity | 9.45 |
| Display Name | Versant Media |
| Dividend Date | 1,776,816,000 |
| Dividend Rate | 1.5 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.68 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,760,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,760,000 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.519 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,761,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,761,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,761,800 |
| Ebitda | 2,281,999,872 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.34120998 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 3.032 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.035 |
| Enterprise Value | 6,920,079,360 |
| Eps Current Year | 5.79667 |
| Eps Forward | 8.005 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 6.43 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 35.2068 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 5.3381996 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.15162411 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -10.624313 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 59.0 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -18.455002 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.31279665 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 27.17 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 13.374998 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.49227083 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 27.17 - 59.0 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,765,809,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 142,367,950 |
| Forward Eps | 8.005 |
| Forward P E | 5.064959 |
| Free Cashflow | 565,875,008 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 4,400 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.56086 |
| Gross Profits | 3,751,000,064 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00815 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.31588 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 144,527,795 |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Industry Disp | Entertainment |
| Industry Key | entertainment |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| 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. It produces, licenses, and acquires content that is distributed through various outlets, including networks and digital platforms. The company delivers news, sports and entertainment content through its portfolio of brands, which includes MS NOW, CNBC, USA Network, Golf Channel, GolfNow, 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. The company was incorporated in 2025 and is based in New York, New York. Versant Media Group, Inc. was formerly a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. |
| Long Name | Versant Media Group, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 5,859,878,912 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1904569168 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 930,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 5,882,079,532 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 5 |
| Open | 40.8 |
| Operating Cashflow | 2,022,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.1236 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.59 |
| Phone | 646 832 1000 |
| Previous Close | 40.8 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 6.9945326 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.56794465 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.8761781 |
| Profit Margins | 0.13906 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.939 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.66667 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.25500107 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.6250026 |
| Regular Market Day High | 41.035 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 40.421 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 40.421 - 41.035 |
| Regular Market Open | 40.8 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 40.8 |
| Regular Market Price | 40.545 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,782,071 |
| Regular Market Volume | 126,006 |
| Return On Assets | 0.06521 |
| Return On Equity | 0.087349996 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.066 |
| Revenue Per Share | 46.39 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Shares Outstanding | 143,790,841 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.018099999 |
| Shares Short | 2,020,850 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,441,150 |
| Short Name | Versant Media Group, Inc. |
| Short Ratio | 0.9 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | VSNT |
| Target High Price | 52.0 |
| Target Low Price | 32.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 40.4 |
| Target Median Price | 37.0 |
| Total Cash | 55,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.381 |
| Total Debt | 983,000,000 |
| Total Revenue | 6,688,000,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 6.43 |
| Trailing P E | 6.3055987 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.5917 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 36.370987 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 4.174011 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.11476211 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 126,006 |
| Website | https://www.versantmedia.com |
| Zip | 10,036 |