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Paramount Global (PARA) Competitors

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$11.04 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 08/7/2025

PARA vs. CMCSA, DKNG, NFLX, PARAA, WBD, BRK.A, BRK.B, DIS, VOD, and FOXA

Should you be buying Paramount Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Global include Comcast (CMCSA), DraftKings (DKNG), Netflix (NFLX), Paramount Global (PARAA), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Walt Disney (DIS), Vodafone Group (VOD), and FOX (FOXA).

Paramount Global vs. Its Competitors

Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and risk.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Paramount Global$28.76B0.26-$6.19B-$0.03-368.00
Comcast$124.18B1.00$16.19B$6.055.54

Paramount Global has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comcast has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Comcast had 34 more articles in the media than Paramount Global. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Comcast and 7 mentions for Paramount Global. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Paramount Global's score of -0.18 indicating that Comcast 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)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Comcast
35 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Comcast pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Paramount Global pays out -666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Comcast pays out 21.8% 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 and Comcast has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Comcast is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Paramount Global presently has a consensus price target of $11.70, indicating a potential upside of 5.98%. Comcast has a consensus price target of $40.73, indicating a potential upside of 21.57%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Comcast is more favorable than Paramount Global.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Paramount Global
7 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.58
Comcast
3 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41

Comcast has a net margin of 18.44% compared to Paramount Global's net margin of -0.05%. Comcast's return on equity of 18.86% beat Paramount Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Paramount Global-0.05% 4.51% 1.68%
Comcast 18.44%18.86%6.24%

73.0% of Paramount Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Comcast shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Paramount Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Comcast shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Comcast beats Paramount Global on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PARA vs. The Competition

MetricParamount GlobalMEDIA CONGLOM IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.44B$16.59B$8.57B$9.85B
Dividend Yield1.70%2.33%3.06%4.02%
P/E Ratio-367.8834.4817.8726.63
Price / Sales0.262.885.26120.56
Price / Cash0.4818.1516.9759.36
Price / Book0.432.064.796.70
Net Income-$6.19B-$291.62M$227.38M$265.68M
7 Day PerformanceN/A2.10%3.43%3.46%
1 Month Performance-15.34%-3.72%13.82%1.11%
1 Year Performance3.18%49.28%51.55%24.00%

Paramount Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PARA
Paramount Global
0.8963 of 5 stars
$11.04
flat
$11.70
+6.0%
N/A$7.44B$28.76B-367.8818,600
CMCSA
Comcast
4.971 of 5 stars
$33.43
-0.1%
$40.73
+21.9%
-16.0%$123.56B$123.73B5.53182,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DKNG
DraftKings
4.0532 of 5 stars
$45.78
+1.9%
$54.50
+19.1%
+35.3%$40.78B$4.77B-70.535,100Insider Trade
NFLX
Netflix
4.0858 of 5 stars
$1,245.34
+0.5%
$1,297.66
+4.2%
+75.9%$529.26B$41.69B53.0714,000Trending News
PARAA
Paramount Global
1.7182 of 5 stars
$16.91
flat
N/AN/A$11.40B$29.21B-563.4824,500
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
3.1014 of 5 stars
$11.82
-0.3%
$13.14
+11.2%
+49.8%$29.30B$39.32B39.4535,000Positive News
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.5927 of 5 stars
$717,567.53
+0.0%
N/A+7.6%$1.03T$371.43B16.41372,000
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
1.7028 of 5 stars
$478.34
+0.2%
$575.00
+20.2%
+7.7%$1.03T$371.43B16.41392,400
DIS
Walt Disney
4.8492 of 5 stars
$116.59
+1.0%
$131.18
+12.5%
+30.0%$209.66B$91.36B18.28233,000Trending News
VOD
Vodafone Group
4.7742 of 5 stars
$11.71
+0.3%
$136.00
+1,061.9%
+22.4%$28.43B$39.39B10.2892,000Gap Down
FOXA
FOX
2.4346 of 5 stars
$57.59
-1.3%
$56.20
-2.4%
+45.0%$25.66B$16.30B11.7310,400Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PARA) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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