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 weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Paramount Skydance to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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	8.87%	-62.58%	-3.30%

Volatility and Risk

Paramount Skydance has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Skydance’s peers have a beta of 0.93, meaning that their average share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 19.3% and pay out 78.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Paramount Skydance and its peers, as reported 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	1794	4399	9439	243	2.51

Paramount Skydance presently has a consensus target price of $11.38, indicating a potential upside of 7.91%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 26.73%. Given Paramount Skydance’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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	36.38
Paramount Skydance Competitors	$4.52 billion	$76.31 million	12.25

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.

Summary

Paramount Skydance peers 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.