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PARA vs. CMCSA, DKNG, NFLX, PARAA, WBD, BRK.A, BRK.B, DIS, TME, 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), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), and Telefonica (TEF).

Paramount Global vs. Its Competitors

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

Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Comcast pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Paramount Global pays out -2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Comcast pays out 32.4% 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 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.

In the previous week, Comcast had 27 more articles in the media than Paramount Global. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Comcast and 22 mentions for Paramount Global. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Paramount Global's score of -0.13 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Comcast
43 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Comcast has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Paramount Global's net margin of -19.09%. Comcast's return on equity of 19.70% beat Paramount Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Paramount Global-19.09% 4.80% 1.77%
Comcast 12.72%19.70%6.34%

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$29.21B0.29-$6.19B-$8.23-1.53
Comcast$123.56B1.07$16.19B$4.078.72

Paramount Global currently has a consensus price target of $11.67, indicating a potential downside of 7.52%. Comcast has a consensus price target of $40.96, indicating a potential upside of 15.43%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Comcast is more favorable than Paramount Global.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Paramount Global
4 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80
Comcast
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42

Paramount Global has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comcast has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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$8.50B$16.76B$8.26B$9.00B
Dividend Yield1.60%2.63%3.18%4.04%
P/E Ratio-1.5340.1620.9020.18
Price / Sales0.292.873.32125.05
Price / Cash0.5517.2516.6257.86
Price / Book0.502.004.655.59
Net Income-$6.19B-$285.69M$212.37M$248.60M
7 Day Performance-1.75%1.37%35.17%5.18%
1 Month Performance5.13%10.00%43.43%7.11%
1 Year Performance9.41%53.11%19.68%21.73%

Paramount Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PARA
Paramount Global
0.9513 of 5 stars
$12.62
-0.1%
$11.67
-7.5%
+13.0%$8.50B$29.21B-1.5318,600
CMCSA
Comcast
4.9893 of 5 stars
$35.55
+0.7%
$42.10
+18.4%
-3.6%$132.73B$123.56B8.73182,000Positive News
DKNG
DraftKings
4.4944 of 5 stars
$42.57
-0.7%
$54.03
+26.9%
+12.6%$37.86B$4.77B-51.294,200
NFLX
Netflix
4.4667 of 5 stars
$1,338.31
+1.1%
$1,172.73
-12.4%
+86.0%$569.54B$39.00B63.2514,000Trending News
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PARAA
Paramount Global
0.8466 of 5 stars
$22.52
+0.1%
N/A+9.4%$15.18B$28.72B-2.7424,500
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
1.4351 of 5 stars
$11.39
+0.8%
$12.17
+6.9%
+60.5%$27.96B$39.32B-2.5937,500Analyst Forecast
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.5025 of 5 stars
$727,300.00
-0.5%
N/A+16.5%$1.05T$371.43B12.92372,000
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
0.5422 of 5 stars
$484.98
-0.1%
$520.00
+7.2%
+16.7%$1.05T$371.43B12.93392,400
DIS
Walt Disney
4.6564 of 5 stars
$123.64
+1.1%
$125.79
+1.7%
+25.2%$222.27B$91.36B25.28233,000Trending News
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
2.4115 of 5 stars
$19.44
+1.8%
$16.60
-14.6%
+39.7%$33.36B$3.89B23.145,970Positive News
TEF
Telefonica
2.0293 of 5 stars
$5.21
+0.4%
N/A+23.1%$29.54B$41.04B-13.71104,200

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This page (NASDAQ:PARA) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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