Contrasting Paramount Skydance (PSKY) and The Competition

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.0% of Paramount Skydance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Paramount Skydance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers 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 1.8%. 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 18.8% and pay out 78.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paramount Skydance	$28.76 billion	-$621.00 million	37.62
Paramount Skydance Competitors	$5.23 billion	$76.31 million	12.09

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Paramount Skydance and its competitors, 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	1788	4395	9419	243	2.51

Paramount Skydance currently has a consensus target price of $11.38, indicating a potential upside of 4.35%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 24.08%. 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.

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	9.10%	-61.46%	-3.19%

Volatility and Risk

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

Summary

Paramount Skydance competitors 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.