Entertainment Stocks: CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), Viacom (NASDAQ:VIAB), The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX)

On July 01, 2014, CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), options contracts experienced a new 3-month record for both call and put contracts where a total of 65,622 call and 105,061 put contracts were traded in the busy trading session. The contract spread yielded a 1.60 put/call ratio. CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), net profit margin is 12.60% and weekly performance is 3.73%. On last trading day company shares ended up $64.30. Analysts mean target price for the company is $63.00. CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 8.52%.

On June 17, 2014, Nickelodeon & Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAB), Consumer Products announces a collaboration with acclaimed London-based designer, Beatrix Ong MBE on a range of luxury SpongeBob SquarePants accessories, home wares and a selection of apparel set to appear in retail in spring/summer 2015. Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAB), advanced 0.18% in last trading session and ended the day on $87.48. NI, Gross Margin is 52.50% and its return on assets is 10.70%. Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAB), quarterly performance is 0.75%.

Research analysts at Nomura upped their target price on shares of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), from $94.00 to $95.00 in a report released on Wednesday. The firm currently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Nomura’s price target would indicate a potential upside of 9.40% from the stock’s previous close. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), shares moved up 0.46% in last trading session and was closed at $86.84, while trading in range of $86.50 – 86.98. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), year to date (YTD) performance is 13.66%.

Equities research analysts at Jefferies Group began coverage on shares of Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX), in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. The firm set a “buy” rating on the stock. Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX), ended the last trading day at $71.39. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 1.57% and price to cash ratio as 17.76. Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX), showed a positive weekly performance of 2.87%.