Financial Review: Paramount Skydance (PSKY) vs. Its Competitors

Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) is one of 188 publicly-traded companies in the “Entertainment” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Paramount Skydance to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Paramount Skydance and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paramount Skydance	$28.76 billion	-$621.00 million	15.89
Paramount Skydance Competitors	$4.10 billion	$74.17 million	-9.25

Paramount Skydance has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Paramount Skydance is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

Paramount Skydance has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Skydance’s rivals have a beta of 1.06, suggesting that their average stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

73.0% of Paramount Skydance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.6% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Paramount Skydance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.2% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Paramount Skydance pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Paramount Skydance pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Entertainment” companies pay a dividend yield of 19.4% and pay out 78.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Paramount Skydance and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paramount Skydance	-2.13%	4.11%	1.21%
Paramount Skydance Competitors	10.52%	-3.59%	-3.02%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Paramount Skydance and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paramount Skydance	9	5	2	0	1.56
Paramount Skydance Competitors	1756	4349	9367	238	2.51

Paramount Skydance presently has a consensus target price of $11.14, indicating a potential upside of 22.99%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 25.91%. Given Paramount Skydance’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Paramount Skydance has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Paramount Skydance rivals beat Paramount Skydance on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Paramount Skydance

Paramount Global is a media and entertainment company which creates premium content and experiences for audiences. The company’s portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount , Pluto TV and Simon & Schuster, among others. Paramount Global, formerly known as ViacomCBS Inc., is based in NEW YORK.