PARAA vs. FOXA, FOX, PARA, NXST, TGNA, TV, SBGI, GTN.A, GTN, and SSP
Should you be buying Paramount Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Global include FOX (FOXA), FOX (FOX), Paramount Global (PARA), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), TEGNA (TGNA), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), Sinclair (SBGI), Gray Television (GTN.A), Gray Television (GTN), and E.W. Scripps (SSP). These companies are all part of the "television broadcasting stations" industry.
FOX (NASDAQ:FOXA) and Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARAA) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, FOX had 3 more articles in the media than Paramount Global. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for FOX and 4 mentions for Paramount Global. Paramount Global's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat FOX's score of 0.69 indicating that FOX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FOX received 966 more outperform votes than Paramount Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.20% of users gave FOX an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Paramount Global an outperform vote.
52.5% of FOX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.0% of Paramount Global shares are held by institutional investors. 21.8% of FOX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Paramount Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FOX currently has a consensus price target of $34.83, indicating a potential upside of 1.17%. Given Paramount Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe FOX is more favorable than Paramount Global.
FOX has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Global has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FOX has a net margin of 11.19% compared to FOX's net margin of -0.15%. Paramount Global's return on equity of 15.90% beat FOX's return on equity.
FOX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Paramount Global. Paramount Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FOX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of 0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. FOX pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Global pays out -133.3% 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. FOX has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. FOX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
FOX beats Paramount Global on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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