Paramount Global (PARA) Competitors

Telefónica (NYSE:TEF) and Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk and volatility, TEF or PARA?

Telefónica has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Global has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TEF or PARA a better dividend stock?

Telefónica pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Telefónica pays out -550.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Global pays out -2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Telefónica is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to TEF or PARA?

In the previous week, Paramount Global had 16 more articles in the media than Telefónica. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Paramount Global and 6 mentions for Telefónica. Paramount Global's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Telefónica's score of 0.20 indicating that Paramount Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Telefónica	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Paramount Global	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TEF or PARA?

1.1% of Telefónica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Paramount Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Telefónica shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Paramount Global shares are held by company 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.

Do analysts recommend TEF or PARA?

Paramount Global has a consensus target price of $12.09, indicating a potential upside of 13.10%. Given Paramount Global's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Paramount Global is more favorable than Telefónica.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Telefónica	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
Paramount Global	6 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.71

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TEF or PARA?

Telefónica received 575 more outperform votes than Paramount Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.38% of users gave Telefónica an outperform vote while only 15.29% of users gave Paramount Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Telefónica	Outperform Votes 599 57.38%	Underperform Votes 445 42.62%
Paramount Global	Outperform Votes 24 15.29%	Underperform Votes 133 84.71%

Which has better earnings & valuation, TEF or PARA?

Paramount Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telefónica. Telefónica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Telefónica	$41.32B	0.64	-$965.41M	-$0.04	-116.50
Paramount Global	$29.21B	0.24	-$608M	-$9.32	-1.15

Is TEF or PARA more profitable?

Telefónica has a net margin of -2.84% compared to Paramount Global's net margin of -18.89%. Telefónica's return on equity of 10.10% beat Paramount Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telefónica	-2.84%	10.10%	2.54%
Paramount Global	-18.89%	5.81%	2.33%

Summary

Telefónica beats Paramount Global on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.