CBS's Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding and Acquisitions

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Followers on Owler

12,684

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Based on data from CBS's latest SEC filings

Annual Revenue

Based on data from CBS's latest SEC filings

Employees

Chairman & CEO

Joseph Ianniello

CEO Approval Rating

78/100

OVERVIEW

Founded:

1971

Headquarters:

New YorkNew York

Status:

PublicIndependent Company of NYSECBS

Industry Sector:

- -

SIC Code:

4832 , 4833NAICS listing »

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Competitive Analysis

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Disney is a top competitor of CBS. Disney is a Public company that was founded in 1923 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Disney operates in the Movies & Entertainment industry. Compared to CBS, Disney has 185,450 more employees.

NBCUniversal is seen as one of CBS's biggest rivals. NBCUniversal was founded in 1910, and is headquartered in New York, New York. NBCUniversal operates in the Publishing industry. NBCUniversal generates $17.6B more revenue vs. CBS.

Warner Media is seen as one of CBS's top competitors. Warner Media was founded in New York, New York} in 1990. Warner Media competes in the Publishing industry. Compared to CBS, Warner Media generates $16.3B more revenue.

Joseph Ianniello

Chairman & CEO

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15,550

$560M

$15.3B

Robert A. Iger

Chairman & CEO

90/100

201,000

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$64.8B

Stephen B. Burke

CEO

52/100

64,000

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$32.9B

John Stankey

CEO

91/100

25,000

$760.7M

$31.5B

Tony Vinciquerra

Chairman & CEO

82/100

9,800

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$8.9B

Ann Sarnoff

Chairman & CEO

82/100

10,000

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$13.9B

Robert Thomson

CEO

55/100

28,000

$2.8B

$10.1B

Brian L. Roberts

Chairman & CEO

59/100

184,000

$3M

$103.7B

Reed Hastings

Chairman & CEO

84/100

7,100

$1.9B

$17.6B

Randy Freer

CEO

83/100

2,900

$100M

$1.5B

Jim Gianopulos

Chairman & CEO

82/100

3,000

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$741M

The top 10 competitors in CBS's competitive set are Disney, NBCUniversal, Warner Media, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., News Corp, Comcast, Netflix, Hulu and Paramount Pictures. Together they have raised over 5.6B between their estimated 535.8K employees. CBS has 15,550 employees and is ranked 6th among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 50,031.

Quarterly and Annual Revenue

Trailing 12-Months Trend (TTM)

Annual Revenue

$15.3B

CBS's revenue is the ranked 6th among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 27.4B. Over the last four quarters, CBS's revenue has grown by 16.7%. Specifically, in Q2 2019's revenue was $3.8B; in Q1 2019, it was $4.2B; in Q4 2018, it was $4B; in Q3 2018, CBS's revenue was $3.3B.

Acquisitions

COMPANY ACQUIRED

ACQUISITION DATE

AMOUNT

DESCRIPTION

Viacom, Inc.

Aug 2019

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$12B

Viacom operates as an entertainment media company that offers television programs and motion pictures.

Pop Media Group, LLC

Mar 2019

Source »

undisclosed

Pop TV is a cable and satellite television network that publishes entertainment programs and localized channels.

Network Ten Pty. Ltd.

Aug 2017

Source »

$162M

Network Ten is a broadcasting television network that engages in producing television programs and entertainment contents.

Eco media Inc.

May 2010

Source »

$undefined

CBS Interactive, Inc.

Jun 2008

Source »

$1.8B

CBS Interactive operates an online content network for information and entertainment.

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These are all the companies that CBS has acquired. CBS has acquired 11 companies and its latest acquisition was Viacom, Inc. in Aug 2019. Viacom operates as an entertainment media company that offers television programs and motion pictures.

CBS Funding History

Since CBS was founded in 1971, it has participated in 1 round of funding. In total CBS has raised $560.0M. CBS's funding round was on Mar 2014 for a total of $560.0M

IPO

Mar 2014

$560M

Total Funding: $560M

Since CBS was founded in 1971, it has participated in 1 round of funding. In total CBS has raised $560.0M. CBS's funding round was on Mar 2014 for a total of $560.0M

Investments

TargetSpot operates as a digital audio advertising network.

$8.6M

Mar 11, 2008

Series B

Mahalo provides a human powered search engine to find information and resources that are generated non-algorithmically by a team of profile builders

$16M

Jan 24, 2007

Series B

These are all the companies that CBS has invested in. CBS has invested 11 companies and its latest investment was Viacom, Inc. in Aug 2019. Viacom operates as an entertainment media company that offers television programs and motion pictures.

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