VSNT Stock Analysis: Versant Media | NASDAQ
Entertainment | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 5.494m USD | 12M Return: -11.8% | US9252831030 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 62.6M
Rev. Trend: -100.0%
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 0.6 years of data
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Versant Media Group, Inc. (VSNT) is a U.S. media and entertainment company that produces, licenses, and acquires content distributed through both television networks and digital platforms. Its brand portfolio spans news, sports, and entertainment properties, including CNBC, USA Network, Golf Channel, E!, SYFY, Oxygen True Crime, Fandango, and the Free TV Networks, along with digital assets such as GolfNow, SportsEngine, and MS NOW. The company targets audiences across political news and opinion, business and personal finance, golf and athletic participation, and sports and genre entertainment markets. Versant was incorporated in 2025, is headquartered in New York, and was spun off from Comcast Corporation.
Versant operates as a multi-brand media holding company, a structure common among peers in the Communication Services sector where diversified content libraries and dual-revenue models (advertising and distribution) are central. Its late-2025 IPO and recent separation from Comcast position it as a newly independent pure-play media entity focused on monetizing content across both linear and digital channels.
- Cord-cutting pressures affiliate fee revenue across cable networks
- MS NOW and CNBC ad revenue tied to political cycle
- Sports programming rights costs weigh on network margins
| Net Income: 757.0m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.18 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 0.26 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 25.79% < 20% (prev 17.19%; Δ 8.60% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.19 > 3% & CFO 2.46b > Net Income 757.0m |
| Net Debt (1.48b) to EBITDA (2.19b): 0.67 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.38 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (142.0m) vs 12m ago -1.75% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 48.64% > 18% (prev 56.61%; Δ -7.98% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 52.79% > 50% (prev 57.50%; Δ -4.71% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 89.0 > 6 (EBIT TTM 1.16b / Interest Expense TTM 13.0m) |
| A: 0.13 (Total Current Assets 2.94b - Total Current Liabilities 1.23b) / Total Assets 12.7b |
| B: 0.03 (Retained Earnings 388.0m / Total Assets 12.7b) |
| C: 0.09 (EBIT TTM 1.16b / Avg Total Assets 12.5b) |
| D: 1.80 (Book Value of Equity 8.11b / Total Liabilities 4.52b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 3.48 = A |
| DSRI: 1.12 (Receivables 1.33b/1.26b, Revenue 6.60b/7.06b) |
| GMI: 1.16 (GM 56.61% / 48.64%) |
| AQI: 0.90 (AQ_t 0.73 / AQ_t-1 0.82) |
| SGI: 0.94 (Revenue 6.60b / 7.06b) |
| TATA: -0.13 (NI 757.0m - CFO 2.46b) / TA 12.7b) |
| Beneish M = -2.90 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of August 29, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 41.02 with a total of 1,439,587 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +5.86%, over one month by +10.15%, over three months by -4.34% and over the past year by -11.75%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 39.40 (which is 3.9% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
Versant Media has no consensus analysts rating.
P/E Trailing = 7.2044
P/E Forward = 9.1743
P/S = 0.832
P/B = 0.6736
P/EG = 0.6359
Revenue TTM = 6.60b USD
EBIT TTM = 1.16b USD
EBITDA TTM = 2.19b USD
Long Term Debt = 2.84b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 113.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 2.95b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 1.48b USD (calculated: Debt 2.95b - CCE 1.48b)
Enterprise Value = 6.97b USD (5.49b + Debt 2.95b - CCE 1.48b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 89.0 (Ebit TTM 1.16b / Interest Expense TTM 13.0m)
EV/FCF = 3.07x (Enterprise Value 6.97b / FCF TTM 2.27b)
FCF Yield = 32.58% (FCF TTM 2.27b / Enterprise Value 6.97b)
FCF Margin = 34.39% (FCF TTM 2.27b / Revenue TTM 6.60b)
Net Margin = 11.46% (Net Income TTM 757.0m / Revenue TTM 6.60b)
Gross Margin = 48.64% ((Revenue TTM 6.60b - Cost of Revenue TTM 3.39b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 60.46% (prev 62.18%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.55 (Enterprise Value 6.97b / Total Assets 12.7b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.44% (Interest Expense 13.0m / Debt 2.95b)
Taxrate = 27.21% (283.0m / 1.04b)
NOPAT = 842.2m (EBIT 1.16b * (1 - 27.21%))
Current Ratio = 2.38 (Total Current Assets 2.94b / Total Current Liabilities 1.23b)
Debt / Equity = 0.36 (Debt 2.95b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 8.11b)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.67 (Net Debt 1.48b / EBITDA 2.19b)
Debt / FCF = 0.65 (Net Debt 1.48b / FCF TTM 2.27b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 9.15b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 6.05% (Net Income 757.0m / Total Assets 12.7b)
RoE = 8.27% (Net Income TTM 757.0m / Total Stockholder Equity 9.15b)
RoCE = 9.65% (EBIT 1.16b / Capital Employed (Equity 9.15b + L.T.Debt 2.84b))
RoIC = 7.46% (NOPAT 842.2m / Invested Capital 11.3b)
WACC = 3.70% (E(5.49b)/V(8.45b) * Re(5.52%) + D(2.95b)/V(8.45b) * Rd(0.44%) * (1-Tc(0.27)))
Discount Rate = 5.52% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -77.53 | Cagr: -1.17%
[DCF] Terminal Value 76.11% ; FCFF base≈2.23b ; Y1≈2.33b ; Y5≈2.69b
[DCF] Fair Price = 288.4 (EV 41.5b - Net Debt 1.48b = Equity 40.0b / Shares 138.8m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 5.29% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -100.00 | Revenue CAGR: -5.21% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.04 | Chg30d=-70.48% | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=2
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=4.27 | Chg30d=+0.08% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+0.0% | GrowthRev=-3.5%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=7.04 | Chg30d=-2.17% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+67.6% | GrowthRev=-3.6%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +29% (up=3, down=1)