Ratios

Viacom Inc. (VIA.N) (New York Stock Exchange)
As of  27 Nov 2009
31.62USD
Price Change
-0.39
Percent Change
-1.22%
 
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Valuation Ratios

  Company Industry Sector S&P 500
P/E Ratio (TTM) 17.10 3.43 0.37 116.00
P/E High - Last 5 Yrs. 24.44 4.14 0.10 24.43
P/E Low - Last 5 Yrs. 5.85 0.75 0.02 5.62
Beta 1.25 0.70 0.80 1.36
Price to Sales (TTM) 1.32 0.37 0.12 2.01
Price to Book (MRQ) 2.27 1.36 0.39 2.51
Price to Tangible Book (MRQ) -- 1.19 0.57 6.74
Price to Cash Flow (TTM) 3.00 0.96 2.45 15.14
Price to Free Cash Flow (TTM) 9.06 30.54 4.27 21.67
% Owned Institutions -- -- -- --

Dividends

  Company Industry Sector S&P 500
Dividend Yield NA 0.02 0.01 1.53
Dividend Yield - 5 Year Avg. -- 0.83 1.36 2.74
Dividend 5 Year Growth Rate -- 5.06 3.64 9.52
Payout Ratio(TTM) 0.00 0.73 0.56 87.51

Growth Rates

  Company Industry Sector S&P 500
Sales (MRQ) vs Qtr. 1 Yr. Ago -2.67 -7.71 -5.36 -4.11
Sales (TTM) vs TTM 1 Yr. Ago -5.92 1.23 -4.83 -5.14
Sales - 5 Yr. Growth Rate 14.90 6.02 11.06 15.60
EPS (MRQ) vs Qtr. 1 Yr. Ago 17.09 20.98 -23.78 74.27
EPS (TTM) vs TTM 1 Yr. Ago -30.35 -- -- --
EPS - 5 Yr. Growth Rate 5.25 -13.29 -2.65 1.39
Capital Spending - 5 Yr. Growth Rate 20.30 11.58 12.87 19.44

Financial Strength

  Company Industry Sector S&P 500
Quick Ratio (MRQ) 0.74 1.36 0.34 0.86
Current Ratio (MRQ) 0.97 1.53 0.43 1.02
LT Debt to Equity (MRQ) 84.08 42.59 16.47 129.00
Total Debt to Equity (MRQ) 85.34 55.34 26.91 198.51
Interest Coverage (TTM) 5.28 0.71 0.06 26.84

Profitability Ratios

  Company Industry Sector S&P 500
Gross Margin (TTM) 39.87 8.60 2.92 27.37
Gross Margin - 5 Yr. Avg. 46.10 39.77 26.73 27.04
EBITD Margin (TTM) 52.24 -- -- --
EBITD - 5 Yr. Avg 45.14 14.18 13.58 15.66
Operating Margin (TTM) 16.01 3.61 -0.70 --
Operating Margin - 5 Yr. Avg. 22.44 8.03 7.34 20.01
Pre-Tax Margin (TTM) 11.30 2.78 -0.86 7.75
Pre-Tax Margin - 5 Yr. Avg. 19.83 8.99 7.62 19.71
Net Profit Margin (TTM) 7.88 1.67 -0.71 6.24
Net Profit Margin - 5 Yr. Avg. 12.64 4.71 5.85 13.97
Effective Tax Rate (TTM) 30.29 5.72 0.36 -6.80
Effecitve Tax Rate - 5 Yr. Avg. 36.25 50.46 25.74 28.35

Management Effectiveness

  Company Industry Sector S&P 500
Return on Assets (TTM) 4.91 0.82 -0.44 3.70
Return on Assets - 5 Yr. Avg. 6.89 2.49 6.39 5.34
Return on Investment (TTM) 5.99 0.92 -0.78 5.06
Return on Investment - 5 Yr. Avg. 8.59 3.14 10.46 6.88
Return on Equity (TTM) 14.09 1.09 -1.60 8.86
Return on Equity - 5 Yr. Avg. 15.17 5.52 12.34 15.35

Efficiency

  Company Industry Sector S&P 500
Revenue/Employee (TTM) 1,196,870 167,604 7,898,410 476,499
Net Income/Employee (TTM) 94,261 15,397 -315,160 31,219
Receivable Turnover (TTM) 7.05 1.57 1.64 6.98
Inventory Turnover (TTM) 8.92 7.04 1.45 5.41
Asset Turnover (TTM) 0.62 0.10 0.12 0.46
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