Paramount Skydance (PSKY) versus Its Peers Head-To-Head Contrast

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

Dividends

Paramount Skydance pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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 19.3% and pay out 78.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paramount Skydance	$28.76 billion	-$621.00 million	16.42
Paramount Skydance Competitors	$4.10 billion	$74.17 million	-8.26

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

Profitability

This table compares Paramount Skydance and its competitors’ 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%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Risk & Volatility

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Paramount Skydance and its competitors, 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	1757	4351	9370	238	2.51

Paramount Skydance presently has a consensus target price of $11.14, indicating a potential upside of 19.03%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 24.45%. Given Paramount Skydance’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Paramount Skydance has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

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

Paramount Skydance Company Profile

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.