Paramount Global (PARA) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer PARA or TEF?

Paramount Global currently has a consensus target price of $11.33, suggesting a potential downside of 6.76%. Given Paramount Global's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Paramount Global is more favorable than Telefónica.

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PARA or TEF?

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

Is PARA or TEF 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
Paramount Global	-18.89%	5.81%	2.33%
Telefónica	-2.84%	10.10%	2.54%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PARA or TEF?

Telefónica received 576 more outperform votes than Paramount Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.29% of users gave Telefónica an outperform vote while only 14.97% of users gave Paramount Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paramount Global	Outperform Votes 25 14.97%	Underperform Votes 142 85.03%
Telefónica	Outperform Votes 601 57.29%	Underperform Votes 448 42.71%

Which has more volatility & risk, PARA or TEF?

Paramount Global has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefónica has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PARA or TEF?

Paramount Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Paramount Global	$28.72B	0.29	-$608M	-$8.23	-1.48
Telefónica	$41.04B	0.73	-$965.41M	-$0.38	-13.86

Does the media prefer PARA or TEF?

In the previous week, Paramount Global had 22 more articles in the media than Telefónica. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Paramount Global and 3 mentions for Telefónica. Telefónica's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Paramount Global's score of 0.17 indicating that Telefónica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Paramount Global	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	11 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Telefónica	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PARA or TEF a better dividend stock?

Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Telefónica pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Paramount Global pays out -2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefónica pays out -63.2% 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Telefónica is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

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