Head to Head Review: Paramount Skydance (PSKY) & The Competition

Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) is one of 186 publicly-traded companies in the “Entertainment” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Paramount Skydance to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

73.0% of Paramount Skydance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Paramount Skydance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Paramount Skydance and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paramount Skydance	8	5	2	0	1.60
Paramount Skydance Competitors	1773	4377	9410	242	2.51

Paramount Skydance currently has a consensus price target of $11.38, indicating a potential upside of 9.15%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 23.54%. Given Paramount Skydance’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Paramount Skydance has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Paramount Skydance and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paramount Skydance	$28.89 billion	-$621.00 million	35.97
Paramount Skydance Competitors	$4.62 billion	$76.31 million	13.15

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

Profitability

This table compares Paramount Skydance and its peers’ 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	8.93%	-60.85%	-3.28%

Dividends

Paramount Skydance pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Paramount Skydance pays out 69.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Entertainment” companies pay a dividend yield of 19.2% and pay out 80.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk and Volatility

Paramount Skydance has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Skydance’s peers have a beta of 0.93, indicating that their average stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Paramount Skydance peers 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.