Paramount Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ:PSKY) Receives $12.00 Average Price Target from Analysts

Paramount Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ:PSKY) has received a consensus rating of “Reduce” from the sixteen brokerages that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a hold recommendation and two have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $11.1429.

PSKY has been the subject of several recent research reports. UBS Group dropped their price target on shares of Paramount Skydance from $10.00 to $8.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Paramount Skydance in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on Paramount Skydance from $8.00 to $7.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of Paramount Skydance from an “underweight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $11.00 to $14.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Guggenheim decreased their price objective on shares of Paramount Skydance from $14.00 to $12.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th.

Institutional Trading of Paramount Skydance

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Paramount Skydance by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 36,006,077 shares of the company’s stock worth $482,481,000 after buying an additional 132,613 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp bought a new stake in Paramount Skydance in the third quarter valued at about $524,371,000. Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Paramount Skydance by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 15,406,791 shares of the company’s stock valued at $206,451,000 after acquiring an additional 155,679 shares during the last quarter. Contrarius Group Holdings Ltd boosted its stake in Paramount Skydance by 52.9% during the 4th quarter. Contrarius Group Holdings Ltd now owns 15,088,097 shares of the company’s stock worth $202,180,000 after acquiring an additional 5,221,622 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MTCO Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Paramount Skydance by 21.4% during the second quarter. MTCO Ltd. now owns 7,650,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $75,429,000 after purchasing an additional 1,350,000 shares in the last quarter. 73.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Stories Impacting Paramount Skydance

Here are the key news stories impacting Paramount Skydance this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Quarterly earnings beat expectations: Paramount Skydance reported second-quarter adjusted EPS of $0.18, above the $0.15 consensus estimate, on revenue of approximately $6.91 billion. Stronger direct-to-consumer and studio performance, along with cost discipline, helped offset weakness in television media. Reuters article
• Positive Sentiment: Streaming outlook remains encouraging: Paramount+ subscribers grew to nearly 82 million, while retention reached a company record. Management also issued a solid third-quarter revenue outlook of $7.0 billion to $7.2 billion, broadly in line with expectations, and raised its full-year 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance. GuruFocus article
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst remains bullish: Benchmark lowered its PSKY price target from $19 to $16 but maintained a “buy” rating, implying substantial potential upside from recent trading levels. The target reduction reflects a more cautious valuation, but the continued buy rating provides support. Benzinga article
• Neutral Sentiment: Warner Bros. Discovery deal remains unresolved: Paramount CEO David Ellison said the company is open to settling the antitrust lawsuit but remains confident it will prevail at trial. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that state intervention in the transaction could damage capital markets, a comment that may reinforce concerns about regulatory overreach but does not resolve the litigation. Seeking Alpha article
• Negative Sentiment: Antitrust trial creates material financial and execution risk: A federal judge scheduled the states’ challenge to the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger for March 2027. The delay could increase deal uncertainty and financing costs; reports indicate Paramount’s backers could owe more than $1 billion to Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders based on the trial timing. Business Insider article

Paramount Skydance Stock Up 4.5%

Shares of PSKY stock opened at $8.76 on Thursday. Paramount Skydance has a one year low of $7.62 and a one year high of $20.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 1.10 and a quick ratio of 1.00. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $9.56 and a 200 day moving average price of $10.27. The stock has a market cap of $9.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.55 and a beta of 1.45.

Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $6.91 billion for the quarter. Paramount Skydance had a negative net margin of 2.13% and a positive return on equity of 4.09%. Analysts predict that Paramount Skydance will post 0.62 earnings per share for the current year.

Paramount Skydance Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a $0.05 dividend. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. Paramount Skydance’s payout ratio is 35.09%.

About Paramount Skydance

Paramount Skydance Media Group (Nasdaq: PSKY) is a media and entertainment company created through the proposed combination of Paramount Global’s filmed entertainment and streaming operations with Skydance Media, a privately held content studio. The combined business will encompass the development, production and distribution of feature films, television programming and digital content, drawing on a library of legacy Paramount Pictures franchises alongside Skydance’s blockbuster tentpoles and animation slate.