Cable One (CABO) Competitors

Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) and Cable One (NYSE:CABO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Does the media favor PARA or CABO?

In the previous week, Paramount Global had 16 more articles in the media than Cable One. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Paramount Global and 3 mentions for Cable One. Paramount Global's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Cable One's score of 0.70 indicating that Paramount Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Paramount Global	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cable One	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend PARA or CABO?

Paramount Global currently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.89%. Cable One has a consensus target price of $554.40, indicating a potential upside of 82.81%. Given Cable One's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cable One is more favorable than Paramount Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paramount Global	6 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
Cable One	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PARA or CABO?

Cable One received 277 more outperform votes than Paramount Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.90% of users gave Cable One an outperform vote while only 14.86% of users gave Paramount Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paramount Global	Outperform Votes 22 14.86%	Underperform Votes 126 85.14%
Cable One	Outperform Votes 299 60.90%	Underperform Votes 192 39.10%

Is PARA or CABO a better dividend stock?

Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cable One pays an annual dividend of $11.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Paramount Global pays out -2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cable One pays out 27.3% 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PARA or CABO?

Cable One has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Paramount Global. Paramount Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cable One, 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
Paramount Global	$29.65B	0.24	-$608M	-$8.22	-1.32
Cable One	$1.68B	1.02	$224.62M	$43.24	7.01

Is PARA or CABO more profitable?

Cable One has a net margin of 15.86% compared to Paramount Global's net margin of -18.89%. Cable One's return on equity of 10.98% beat Paramount Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paramount Global	-18.89%	5.81%	2.33%
Cable One	15.86%	10.98%	3.04%

Which has more risk and volatility, PARA or CABO?

Paramount Global has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cable One has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PARA or CABO?

73.0% of Paramount Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Cable One shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Paramount Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Cable One shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cable One beats Paramount Global on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.