PARAP vs. IAC, BREA, ADD, AENTW, ANGHW, CSSEP, CSSEL, EMWPF, HOFVW, and LGF-B
Should you be buying Paramount Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Global include IAC (IAC), Brera (BREA), Color Star Technology (ADD), Alliance Entertainment (AENTW), Anghami (ANGHW), Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSEP), Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSEL), Eros Media World (EMWPF), Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment (HOFVW), and Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF-B). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARAP) and IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) are both mid-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
IAC has a consensus price target of $78.69, suggesting a potential upside of 47.53%. Given IAC's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IAC is more favorable than Paramount Global.
IAC received 1052 more outperform votes than Paramount Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.13% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Paramount Global an outperform vote.
IAC has a net margin of 6.09% compared to Paramount Global's net margin of 0.00%. Paramount Global's return on equity of 0.00% beat IAC's return on equity.
In the previous week, IAC had 6 more articles in the media than Paramount Global. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for IAC and 8 mentions for Paramount Global. Paramount Global's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat IAC's score of 0.25 indicating that Paramount Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IAC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Paramount Global.
88.9% of IAC shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.6% of IAC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
IAC beats Paramount Global on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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