Paramount Global (PARA) Competitors

Telefónica (NYSE:TEF) and Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TEF or PARA?

Paramount Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telefónica. Telefónica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Global, 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
Telefónica	$41.04B	0.71	-$965.41M	-$0.38	-13.49
Paramount Global	$28.72B	0.28	-$608M	-$8.23	-1.44

Is TEF or PARA more profitable?

Telefónica has a net margin of -2.84% compared to Paramount Global's net margin of -18.89%. Telefónica's return on equity of 10.10% beat Paramount Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telefónica	-2.84%	10.10%	2.54%
Paramount Global	-18.89%	5.81%	2.33%

Which has more risk and volatility, TEF or PARA?

Telefónica has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Global has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TEF or PARA?

1.1% of Telefónica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Paramount Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Telefónica shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Paramount Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is TEF or PARA a better dividend stock?

Telefónica pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Telefónica pays out -57.9% 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. Telefónica is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer TEF or PARA?

Paramount Global has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.28%. Given Paramount Global's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Paramount Global is more favorable than Telefónica.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Telefónica	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.71
Paramount Global	6 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.69

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TEF or PARA?

Telefónica received 574 more outperform votes than Paramount Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.21% of users gave Telefónica an outperform vote while only 15.06% of users gave Paramount Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Telefónica	Outperform Votes 599 57.21%	Underperform Votes 448 42.79%
Paramount Global	Outperform Votes 25 15.06%	Underperform Votes 141 84.94%

Does the media favor TEF or PARA?

In the previous week, Paramount Global had 29 more articles in the media than Telefónica. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Paramount Global and 12 mentions for Telefónica. Telefónica's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Paramount Global's score of 0.08 indicating that Telefónica is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Telefónica	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Paramount Global	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	11 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Telefónica beats Paramount Global on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.