Skydance (SKYD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Skydance Corporation is a global media and entertainment company formerly known as Paramount Skydance Corporation. Paramount Skydance was formed in 2025 through the combination of Paramount Global and Skydance Media. In October 2026, the company completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and changed its name to Skydance Corporation.

The company’s portfolio includes Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, CBS, HBO, HBO Max, Paramount+, Pluto TV, CNN, Discovery, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, TNT Sports and a broad range of cable and international television networks. Its businesses span film and television production, broadcast and cable networks, streaming services, live news and sports, consumer products, gaming and content licensing.

Skydance serves audiences worldwide through theatrical releases, broadcast and pay television, streaming platforms, digital services and licensing arrangements. Its portfolio includes major entertainment franchises and intellectual property across the Paramount, Warner Bros. and DC brands. David Ellison, who founded Skydance Media, serves as the company’s chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $9.13 to $9.84
• 50-Day Range: $3.91 to $9.81
• 52-Week Range: $9.13 to $9.84
• Volume: 25.31 million shs
• Average Volume: 26.61 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.01 billion
• P/E Ratio: 33.83
• Dividend Yield: 2.04%
• Price Target: $5.58
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Skydance Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Skydance scored higher than 74% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 77th out of 237 stocks in the communication services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Skydance has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.72, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 9 sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Skydance has a consensus price target of $5.58, representing about 43.1% downside from its current price of $9.81.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Skydance has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 54.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Skydance are expected to grow by 54.00% in the coming year, from $0.50 to $0.77 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Skydance is 33.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.71.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Skydance is 33.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 230.57.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Skydance has a PEG Ratio of 1.01. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Skydance has a P/B Ratio of 0.84. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.61% of the float of Skydance has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Skydance has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.69.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Skydance has recently increased by 11.25%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Skydance pays a meaningful dividend of 2.11%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Skydance does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Skydance is 68.97%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Skydance will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.97% next year. This indicates that Skydance will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.13

News Sentiment

Skydance has a news sentiment score of 0.13. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.41 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 65 news articles for Skydance this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

9 people have searched for SKYD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

11 people have added Skydance to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 175% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Skydance insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.43% of the stock of Skydance is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

73.00% of the stock of Skydance is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Record date for 10/1 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/1 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/01/2026
• Today: 10/06/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Entertainment
• Sub-Industry: Movies & Entertainment
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SKYD
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:PSKY
• CIK: 2041610
• Web: www.skydance.com
• Phone: 212-258-6000
• Fax: 212-975-4516
• Employees: 17,600
• Year Founded: 2019

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Skydance: $5.58
• High Price Target: $8.50
• Low Price Target: $1.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -43.1%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.72
• Research Coverage: 18 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.29
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 33.83
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.62
• P/E Growth: 1.01
• Net Income: -$621 million
• Net Margins: -2.13%
• Pretax Margin: 0.42%
• Return on Equity: 4.11%
• Return on Assets: 1.21%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.13
• Current Ratio: 1.04
• Quick Ratio: 0.88

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $28.89 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.38
• Cash Flow: $13.82 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.71
• Book Value: $11.63 per share
• Price / Book: 0.84

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,121,950,000
• Free Float: 1,117,122,000
• Market Cap: $11.01 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 1.53