PARA vs. TME, TEF, WBD, FWONK, VOD, FOXA, TU, FOX, BCE, and VIV
Should you be buying Paramount Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Global include Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Telefonica (TEF), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK), Vodafone Group (VOD), FOX (FOXA), TELUS (TU), FOX (FOX), BCE (BCE), and Telefonica Brasil (VIV). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Paramount Global vs. Its Competitors
Tencent Music Entertainment Group (NYSE:TME) and Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
Tencent Music Entertainment Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Paramount Global. Paramount Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tencent Music Entertainment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Paramount Global had 14 more articles in the media than Tencent Music Entertainment Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Paramount Global and 12 mentions for Tencent Music Entertainment Group. Tencent Music Entertainment Group's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Paramount Global's score of 0.13 indicating that Tencent Music Entertainment Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tencent Music Entertainment Group has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Global has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tencent Music Entertainment Group currently has a consensus target price of $16.60, suggesting a potential downside of 13.43%. Paramount Global has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential downside of 12.51%. Given Paramount Global's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Paramount Global is more favorable than Tencent Music Entertainment Group.
Tencent Music Entertainment Group has a net margin of 32.73% compared to Paramount Global's net margin of -19.09%. Tencent Music Entertainment Group's return on equity of 10.95% beat Paramount Global's return on equity.
Tencent Music Entertainment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Tencent Music Entertainment Group pays out 20.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Global pays out -2.4% 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. Paramount Global has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Paramount Global is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
24.3% of Tencent Music Entertainment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Paramount Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Paramount Global shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
Tencent Music Entertainment Group beats Paramount Global on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PARA) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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