PARA vs. WBD, FWONK, TEF, FOXA, VOD, BCE, FOX, TU, TME, and RCI
Should you be buying Paramount Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Global include Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Formula One Group (FWONK), Telefónica (TEF), FOX (FOXA), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), BCE (BCE), FOX (FOX), TELUS (TU), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), and Rogers Communications (RCI). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Paramount Global vs.
Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) and Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Paramount Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Warner Bros. Discovery. Warner Bros. Discovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Paramount Global has a net margin of -18.89% compared to Warner Bros. Discovery's net margin of -28.34%. Paramount Global's return on equity of 5.81% beat Warner Bros. Discovery's return on equity.
60.0% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Paramount Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Paramount Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Warner Bros. Discovery currently has a consensus target price of $11.56, suggesting a potential upside of 21.45%. Paramount Global has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.71%. Given Paramount Global's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Paramount Global is more favorable than Warner Bros. Discovery.
Warner Bros. Discovery has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Global has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Warner Bros. Discovery received 32 more outperform votes than Paramount Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.90% of users gave Warner Bros. Discovery an outperform vote while only 14.86% of users gave Paramount Global an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Warner Bros. Discovery had 36 more articles in the media than Paramount Global. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Warner Bros. Discovery and 12 mentions for Paramount Global. Paramount Global's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Warner Bros. Discovery's score of 0.27 indicating that Paramount Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PARA) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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