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Profile - Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIAb)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 258-6000
Fax: (212) 258-6358
Email: info@viacom.com
Employees (last reported count): 57,840
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 ·Industry: Motion Pictures
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 23%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 9 insider sells; 2.14M shares
  (0.5% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 62% (81% of float)
(1,758 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 11.5M shares (+1.03%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Viacom Inc. is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations, during 2000, in seven segments. The Cable Networks segment operates MTV; Showtime; Nickelodeon; VH1; TNN, and CMT. The Television segment consists of the CBS and UPN television networks, 39 owned broadcast television stations and the Company's television production and syndication business. The Infinity segment operates 184 radio stations through Infinity Broadcasting, and outdoor advertising properties. The Entertainment segment includes Paramount Pictures and Paramount Parks. The Video segment consists of an approximately 82% equity interest in Blockbuster Inc. The Publishing segment publishes and distributes consumer books and related multimedia products. The Online segment provides online music and children's destinations through Internet sites.
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Financial Summary
VIA.B is an entertainment and publishing company with operations in Cable Networks, Television, Infinity, Entertainment, Video, Publishing and Online. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 46% to $11.47 billion. Net income before accounting change totalled $9.4 million vs. a loss of $427.6 million. Results reflect increased television revenues due to higher ratings and pricing, and the absence of $698.5 million in merger related charges.
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Officers
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Sumner Redstone, 77
Chairman, CEO
$17.1M--  
Mel Karmazin, 57
Pres, COO, Director
17.1M--  
Richard Bressler
CFO, Sr. VP
--  --  
Michael Fricklas, 41
Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec.
1.8M$1.1M
William Roskin, 58
Sr. VP of HR and Admin.
1.7M--  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:VIAbAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 22-Mar-2001
$37.90 
Recent Price$42.40 
52-Week High
on 1-Sep-2000
$68.625
Beta1.27 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)4.49M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)4.23M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-38.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-16.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$75.6B
Shares Outstanding1.78B
Float1.37B
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 1-Apr-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$35.79 
Earnings (ttm)$0.05 
Earnings (mrq)$0.01 
Sales (ttm)$14.62 
Cash (mrq)$0.49 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.19 
Price/Earnings (ttm)921.74 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.90 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$23.6B
EBITDA (ttm)$5.31B
Income available to common (ttm)$73.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)9.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.31%
Return on Equity (ttm)0.13%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.90 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.20 
Total Cash (mrq)$863.9M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short27.8M
Percent of Float2.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
23.5M
Short Ratio5.71 
Daily Volume4.86M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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