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PARA vs. CMCSA, DKNG, NFLX, PARAA, WBD, BRK.A, BRK.B, DIS, CHT, and TEF

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), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), and Telefonica (TEF).

Paramount Global vs. Its Competitors

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

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

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

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
Comcast18.44% 18.86% 6.24%
Paramount Global -0.05%4.51%1.68%

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
Comcast$123.73B0.96$16.19B$6.055.23
Paramount Global$29.21B0.26-$6.19B-$0.03-371.97

Comcast currently has a consensus price target of $40.73, indicating a potential upside of 28.61%. Paramount Global has a consensus price target of $11.70, indicating a potential upside of 4.85%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Comcast is more favorable than Paramount Global.

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

In the previous week, Comcast had 5 more articles in the media than Paramount Global. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for Comcast and 67 mentions for Paramount Global. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Paramount Global's score of 0.31 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Comcast
49 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Paramount Global
15 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
25 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Comcast pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Comcast pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Global pays out -666.7% 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. Comcast has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years and Paramount Global has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Comcast is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PARA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PARA vs. The Competition

MetricParamount GlobalMEDIA CONGLOM IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.44B$16.16B$8.12B$9.57B
Dividend Yield1.81%2.68%3.21%4.18%
P/E Ratio-371.8440.7218.7725.14
Price / Sales0.262.884.76102.95
Price / Cash0.4816.8516.4358.58
Price / Book0.441.894.475.59
Net Income-$6.19B-$285.69M$216.94M$265.48M
7 Day Performance-14.23%-0.84%1.17%1.22%
1 Month Performance-11.65%-2.90%-0.63%0.39%
1 Year Performance9.29%42.88%24.05%23.47%

Paramount Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PARA
Paramount Global
1.366 of 5 stars
$11.16
-5.0%
$11.70
+4.8%
+6.7%$7.44B$29.21B-371.8418,600Trending News
High Trading Volume
CMCSA
Comcast
4.9956 of 5 stars
$33.50
-0.5%
$41.13
+22.8%
-17.8%$124.95B$123.56B8.22182,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
DKNG
DraftKings
4.351 of 5 stars
$44.24
-1.4%
$54.38
+22.9%
+50.0%$39.43B$4.77B-53.425,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
NFLX
Netflix
4.409 of 5 stars
$1,172.89
-0.6%
$1,297.66
+10.6%
+93.0%$497.06B$39.00B49.8414,000Trending News
Insider Trade
PARAA
Paramount Global
1.994 of 5 stars
$23.23
+0.1%
N/A-25.1%$15.65B$28.72B-2.8224,500High Trading Volume
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.1108 of 5 stars
$13.71
+1.6%
$12.41
-9.5%
+53.8%$33.59B$39.32B-3.1135,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.4373 of 5 stars
$722,461.90
-0.5%
N/A+8.6%$1.04T$371.43B12.84372,000
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
1.5447 of 5 stars
$481.62
-0.5%
$575.00
+19.4%
+8.3%$1.04T$371.43B12.85392,400
DIS
Walt Disney
4.865 of 5 stars
$120.27
-1.0%
$128.13
+6.5%
+31.3%$216.47B$91.36B24.62233,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
1.3169 of 5 stars
$43.42
-0.7%
N/A+22.2%$33.69B$229.33B29.1432,452Earnings Report
TEF
Telefonica
1.0769 of 5 stars
$5.23
-3.1%
N/A+23.1%$29.63B$41.04B-13.75100,870

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