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VSNT

Versant Media Group Inc

38.67

Aug 07 • 3:59 PM ET +0.45 (1.18%)

38.67

Aftermarket • 7:34 PM ET 0.00 (0.00%)

Communication Services Entertainment USA Mid NASD

Aug 07, 8:03 AMVersant Media beats Q2 2026 estimates with EPS $1.49, revenue $1.6B, raises 2026 guidance as platforms and advertising offset linear declines

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Index	-
Market Cap	5.46B
Enterprise Value	7.04B
Income	757.00M
Sales	6.60B
Book/sh	58.30
Cash/sh	10.47
Dividend Est.	1.25 (3.24%)
Dividend TTM	0.75 (1.94%)
Dividend Ex-Date	Oct 01, 2026
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	- -
Payout	0.00%
Employees	4400
IPO	Jan 05, 2026

P/E	7.27
Forward P/E	5.32
PEG	0.58
P/S	0.83
P/B	0.66
P/C	3.69
P/FCF	3.19
EV/EBITDA	3.05
EV/Sales	1.07
Quick Ratio	2.38
Current Ratio	2.38
Debt/Eq	0.36
LT Debt/Eq	0.35
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	5.32
EPS next Y	7.27
EPS next Q	0.08
EPS this Y	-28.24%
EPS next Y	78.12%
EPS next 5Y	9.17%
EPS past 3/5Y	-19.15% -
Sales past 3/5Y	-5.14% -
EPS Y/Y TTM	-37.40%
Sales Y/Y TTM	-3.61%
EPS Q/Q	-28.54%
Sales Q/Q	-3.75%
Earnings	Aug 06 BMO
EPS/Sales Surpr.	10.37% 1.57%

Insider Own	0.96%
Insider Trans	14.14%
Inst Own	80.68%
Inst Trans	146.39%
ROA	6.22%
ROE	8.15%
ROIC	6.91%
Gross Margin	40.85%
Oper. Margin	19.29%
Profit Margin	11.46%
SMA20	6.56%
SMA50	2.42%
SMA200	2.92%
Trades

Shs Outstand	141.50M
Shs Float	140.14M
Short Float	2.87%
Short Ratio	2.01
Short Interest	4.02M
52W High	59.00 -34.46%
52W Low	27.17 42.33%
Volatility	4.31% 3.12%
ATR (14)	1.45
RSI (14)	60.27
Beta	-
Rel Volume	1.09
Avg Volume	2.00M
Volume	2,179,447

Perf Week	7.45%
Perf Month	7.99%
Perf Quarter	-5.17%
Perf Half Y	29.85%
Perf YTD	-14.07%
Perf Year	-
Perf 3Y	-
Perf 5Y	-
Perf 10Y	-
Recom	2.62
Target Price	45.20
Prev Close	38.22
Price	38.67
Change %	1.18%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Jul-17-26	Upgrade	Arete	Sell → Neutral	$40
May-12-26	Initiated	JP Morgan	Neutral	$43
Mar-31-26	Initiated	Seaport Research Partners	Buy	$45
Mar-02-26	Initiated	TD Cowen	Hold	$32
Jan-27-26	Initiated	Goldman	Neutral	$34
Jan-14-26	Initiated	Raymond James	Mkt Perform
Jan-13-26	Initiated	Wolfe Research	Outperform	$52
Jan-06-26	Initiated	Arete	Sell	$33

Aug-06-26 07:19PM	Versant Media Group Inc (VSNT) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Raises Guidance, Expands ... (GuruFocus.com) +6.79%
10:24AM	Versant Stock Jumps 12% On Upbeat Outlook (The Wall Street Journal)
10:10AM	Versant Media Shares Jump After Raising Outlook on Strong Viewership (The Wall Street Journal)
08:00AM	Versant Media Q2 2026 earnings beat, full-year guidance raised (Quartz)
08:00AM	Versant Media Group raised its full-year outlook as digital brands offset pay TV slide (Quartz)
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07:00AM	Versant Media Reports Second Quarter 2026 Operating and Financial Results (Business Wire)
Aug-03-26 04:30PM	Versant Completes Acquisition of Full Swing (Business Wire)
Jul-16-26 08:30AM	Bundesliga Broadens Broadcast Accessibility for Fans in U.S. with New Deals with Versant's USA Sports and NBCUniversal's Telemundo (PR Newswire)
Jul-14-26 06:03PM	USA Sports and Bundesliga Announce Exclusive Multi-Year U.S. Media Rights Agreement (Business Wire)
Jul-06-26 04:30PM	Versant to Report Second Quarter 2026 Operating and Financial Results (Business Wire)
07:59AM	Versant Announces Agreement to Acquire Full Swing (Business Wire)
Jun-30-26 05:42PM	Will the Comcast-NBCU spinoff pay off for investors? Here's what history has to say. (MarketWatch)
May-18-26 04:30PM	Versant to Present at the 2026 Evercore Global TMT Conference (Business Wire)
May-14-26 07:02PM	Versant Media Group Inc (VSNT) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Navigating Revenue Challenges ... (GuruFocus.com) +9.87%
09:55AM	CNBC Owner Versant's Stock Regains Lost Ground (The Wall Street Journal)
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07:04AM	Versant Revenue Slides on Lower Subscriber Numbers and Ad Sales (The Wall Street Journal)
07:00AM	Versant Media Reports First Quarter 2026 Operating and Financial Results (Business Wire)
May-13-26 01:01PM	AppLovin and 6 More Stock Picks by Einhorn and Other Hedge Fund Managers (Barrons.com)
May-12-26 03:29PM	Hedge-Fund Manager David Einhorn Likes These Low-Key AI Plays (The Wall Street Journal)
May-07-26 04:56AM	Versant: Mispriced Cash Flow After A Spin-Off (GuruFocus.com)
May-05-26 07:19PM	Sports Business Minute Caitlin Clark Kicking Off the 30th WNBA Season (CorpGov.com)
May-04-26 04:30PM	Versant to Present at the 2026 J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference (Business Wire)
Apr-30-26 12:00PM	Boys & Girls Clubs of America and VERSANT Announce New Partnership (Business Wire)
Apr-22-26 02:00PM	Comcast Stock Is in a Slump. Earnings Must Show Its Subscriber Exodus Is Slowing. (Barrons.com)
Apr-13-26 04:30PM	Versant to Report First Quarter 2026 Operating and Financial Results (Business Wire)
Apr-06-26 04:34PM	Versant Media Acquires AI Firm StockStory to Boost CNBC Digital Strategy (GuruFocus.com)
Apr-02-26 10:35AM	Versant Acquires AI-Driven Financial Insights Platform to Support CNBC's Digital Platform Growth (Business Wire)
Mar-05-26 08:30AM	Bloomberg 500 (B500) Index Adds Eleven Securities Following March Reconstitution (PR Newswire)
Mar-03-26 09:15AM	Market Minute 3-3-26- Markets Swoon as Conflict Spreads (MoneyShow)
08:35AM	Versant Media Prepares for Growth Despite 2025 Revenue Weakness (The Wall Street Journal)
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07:00AM	Versant Media Reports Full-Year 2025 Operating and Financial Results (Business Wire)
Mar-02-26 07:56AM	Here Are Mondays Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: AppLovin, Blue Owl Capital, CrowdStrike, Dutch Bros., Jet Blue, Novo Nordisk, PayPal, Twilio, and More (24/7 Wall St.)
Feb-27-26 06:46PM	Netflix Walks Away a Winner After Losing Warner Bros. to Paramount (Barrons.com)
Feb-26-26 07:09PM	Media Mogul Tom Rogers: Netflix has a great path ahead after freeing itself from Warner Bros. deal (CNBC TV)
07:58AM	Warner Bros. Earnings Report Falls Short. What It Means for the Netflix Takeover Saga. (Barrons.com)
Feb-25-26 10:01AM	Netflixs Warner Deal May Be Dead. Why the Streamer Should Make a Graceful Exit. (Barrons.com)
Feb-18-26 04:30PM	Versant to Present at Deutsche Bank's 34th Annual Media, Internet & Telecom Conference (Business Wire)
09:59AM	Warner Bros. Investors Want a Netflix, Paramount Bidding War. Why They May Not Get It. (Barrons.com)
05:48AM	Warner Bros. Investors Want a Netflix-Paramount Bidding War. Why It May Not Happen. (Barrons.com)
Feb-17-26 04:30PM	Versant to Present at the 2026 Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference (Business Wire)
Feb-10-26 02:39PM	Paramount Ups Bid for Warner Discovery. It Won't Matter. (Barrons.com)
10:22AM	Paramount Spruces Up Its Bid for Warner Discovery. Why It Might Not Move the Needle. (Barrons.com)
Feb-02-26 04:30PM	VERSANT to Report Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Operating and Financial Results (Business Wire)
Jan-29-26 10:30AM	Comcast Scores an Earnings Beat. But This Is Still a Worry. (Barrons.com)
07:18AM	Comcast Earnings Beat Wall Streets Target. This Number Is Still a Worry. (Barrons.com)
Jan-28-26 11:35AM	Comcast Is About to Report Earnings. This Is the Big Worry for Investors. (Barrons.com)
Jan-26-26 02:21PM	Nancy Pelosi Discloses New Stock Trades: Here's What She's Loading Up On - And What's She's Selling (Benzinga)
Jan-21-26 06:49PM	Netflix wins long form entertainment and that's where the game is, says Media Mogul Tom Rogers (CNBC TV)
Jan-13-26 04:15PM	VERSANT Completes Acquisition of Free TV Networks (Business Wire)
Jan-12-26 01:51PM	Comcast Assets Are 'Significantly Undervalued.' Buy the Stock, Analyst Says. (Barrons.com)
Jan-07-26 01:43PM	CNBC's stock is in turmoil: Versant shares pummeled for the third day in a row after spinoff (MarketWatch) -8.25%
Jan-06-26 04:34PM	S&P 500 and Dow Rally to Record Highs as Tech Stocks Surge (Barchart) -10.62%
Jan-05-26 09:24AM	Goldman boosts TSMC price target, Comcast spinoff to begin trading (Yahoo Finance Video) -13.03%
07:30AM	VERSANT Begins Trading on Nasdaq Today as Independent Company Following Completion of Comcast Spin-Off (Business Wire)
07:00AM	Comcast Announces Completion of Separation of Versant Media Group, Inc. (Business Wire)

Versant Media Group, Inc. operates as an industry media and entertainment business that operates in four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf and athletics participation and sports and genre entertainment. It also serves on markets primarily through a strong portfolio of brands consisting of renowned networks and complementary digital platforms. The company was founded on May 1, 2025 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CEO & DirectorMr. Mark H. Lazarus

CFO & COOMr. Anand M. Kini

President of Operations & TechnologyMr. Jeff Mayzurk

Executive Vice President of Investor Relations & TreasuryWylie Collins

General Counsel & Corporate SecretaryMs. Jordan R. Fasbender

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Potter Leonard	Director	Mar 12 '26	Buy	37.88	5,000	189,400	13,378	Mar 16 06:40 PM
Potter Leonard	Director	Mar 11 '26	Buy	38.34	3,000	115,020	8,378	Mar 16 06:40 PM
Potter Leonard	Director	Mar 10 '26	Buy	37.31	3,000	111,930	5,378	Mar 16 06:40 PM
Potter Leonard	Director	Mar 13 '26	Buy	37.65	2,500	94,125	15,878	Mar 16 06:40 PM
Conway Michael Aaron	Director	Mar 09 '26	Buy	36.14	1,350	48,789	3,728	Mar 10 05:31 PM
HASSELL GERALD L	Director	Mar 09 '26	Buy	36.07	10,000	360,700	12,680	Mar 10 05:26 PM
NOVAK DAVID C	Director	Mar 05 '26	Buy	36.85	143,000	5,269,550	158,560	Mar 09 05:32 PM

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VSNT

Versant Media Group Inc

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