PLDT (PHI) Competitors

Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARAA) and PLDT (NYSE:PHI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PARAA or PHI?

6.0% of Paramount Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.3% of PLDT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Paramount Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of PLDT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PARAA or PHI more profitable?

PLDT has a net margin of 12.34% compared to Paramount Global's net margin of -18.89%. PLDT's return on equity of 22.11% beat Paramount Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paramount Global	-18.89%	5.81%	2.33%
PLDT	12.34%	22.11%	3.94%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PARAA or PHI?

PLDT received 363 more outperform votes than Paramount Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.47% of users gave PLDT an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Paramount Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paramount Global	Outperform Votes 1 33.33%	Underperform Votes 2 66.67%
PLDT	Outperform Votes 364 60.47%	Underperform Votes 238 39.53%

Do analysts recommend PARAA or PHI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paramount Global	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
PLDT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PARAA or PHI?

PLDT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Paramount Global.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paramount Global	$29.65B	0.51	-$608M	-$8.22	-2.76
PLDT	$3.79B	1.36	$479.05M	N/A	N/A

Is PARAA or PHI a better dividend stock?

Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. PLDT pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Paramount Global pays out -2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility & risk, PARAA or PHI?

Paramount Global has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PLDT has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PARAA or PHI?

In the previous week, Paramount Global had 3 more articles in the media than PLDT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Paramount Global and 1 mentions for PLDT. PLDT's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Paramount Global's score of 0.02 indicating that PLDT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Paramount Global	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
PLDT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

PLDT beats Paramount Global on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.