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Paramount Skydance Corporation (PSKY)

Communication Services Out of favour

Paramount is a classic media giant that owns iconic film studios, television networks, and a streaming service, now merging with Skydance Media.

$7.96

Is Paramount Skydance Corporation a good stock for a UK beginner?

The honest version: Paramount is a classic media giant that owns iconic film studios, television networks, and a streaming service, now merging with Skydance Media.

No rating · no target price · nothing for sale here
Price-28.4%
Priced in USD - as a UK investor your £ return also moves with the pound-to-dollar exchange rate, on top of the share price itself.
52-week range-38% past year
$7.96
Low $7.62High $20.86
Where today's price sits versus its past year - context, not a signal.
If you had put $1,000 into Paramount Skydance Corporation
$716-28%

Over about 2 years to 2026-07-31. This is the share price only - reinvesting the dividends would add to it. And it's the USD return - as a UK investor your actual £ return also moves with the exchange rate. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.

Market cap: The company's total value on the stock market - share price times the number of shares. Big = 'large-cap', small = 'small-cap'.
$8.91B
Avg volume: How many shares change hands on a typical day. Higher means it's easy to buy or exit without moving the price.
9.73M
Day range: The lowest and highest price the shares traded at during the latest day.
$7.62 – $8.00
52-week range: The lowest and highest the shares have traded over the past year - a sense of how wide the swings have been.
$7.62 – $20.86
P/E ratio: Price-to-earnings: the share price divided by yearly profit per share. Lower can mean cheaper; higher often means investors expect fast growth.
398.0
Dividend yield: The yearly dividend as a percentage of the share price - roughly the income you'd earn from dividends alone.
2.5%
Beta: How bumpy the share price is versus the whole market. Above 1 swings more than the market; below 1 is calmer. It's about the ride, not whether it goes up or down.
1.45
How bumpy is it?Beta: How bumpy the share price is versus the whole market. Above 1 swings more than the market; below 1 is calmer. It's about the ride, not whether it goes up or down. 1.45
Calm
Wild
Bumpier than the market

Based on beta - how much the price swings versus the whole market. Bumpier isn't bad; it just means a rougher ride, which matters more the sooner you might need the money.

Why has it been moving?▼ -6% past week · ▼ -38% past year

Prices move on results, news and the mood of the whole market - no single headline explains a day, and a quiet week is usually just noise, not a signal.

The bull case

The company successfully pivots to a digital-first media powerhouse

The bear case

Failure to compete with larger tech-focused streaming rivals

What does Paramount Skydance Corporation do?

Paramount creates and distributes entertainment through household names like CBS, MTV, and the Paramount Pictures film studio, while also running the Paramount+ streaming platform. The money rolls in from advertising, cable subscription charges, and licensing their movies and shows to other platforms. The big story right now is their transition into a new partnership with Skydance, which aims to modernise their business model for the digital age.

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Factor profile

On our factor screen it looks strongest on value and income, and weakest on momentum.

Value: How cheap the stock looks versus profits, sales and assets (higher = cheaper). 70Quality: How profitable and financially healthy the company is (higher = stronger). 19Growth: How fast revenue and earnings are growing (higher = faster). 13Momentum: How the share price has been trending recently (higher = stronger recent run). 5Income: The dividend income on offer and how sustainable it looks (higher = more/steadier). 39
Quick checks
What's strong
  • Value screens high (70/100)
  • Owns a massive library of valuable films and TV shows
  • Trading at a low valuation relative to its sales and assets
  • Provides a modest dividend income for shareholders
What to watch
  • Quality screens low (19/100)
  • Growth screens low (13/100)
  • Momentum screens low (5/100)
  • Intense competition from deep-pocketed tech streaming rivals
  • High costs associated with producing new hit content

What do Paramount Skydance Corporation's numbers mean?

Forward P/E
11.0
This suggests that if the company hits its future profit targets, investors are paying 11 times those expected earnings for the stock.
P/S
0.4
This shows that for every pound of annual sales the company makes, the market currently values the business at only 40 pence.
P/B
0.9
This indicates the company is trading for slightly less than the total value of its physical assets and equipment on its balance sheet.
Beta
1.4
A number above 1 means the share price tends to be more jumpy and volatile than the wider stock market.

How much money does Paramount Skydance Corporation make?

Revenue and profit by quarter, and how much of each sale turns into profit.

RevenueNet income
$0$2.00B$3.99B$5.99B$7.98BQ4 24Q1 25Q2 25Q1 26
Gross margin
32.6%
Net margin
-2.1%
Return on equity
-0.8%

Does Paramount Skydance Corporation pay a dividend?

Yes - Paramount Skydance Corporation currently pays a dividend of about 2.5% a year (the yearly payout as a share of the price). A dividend is a slice of profit handed to shareholders; the yield moves as the price moves, and a company can cut or stop it.

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What are the scenarios for Paramount Skydance Corporation?

An illustrative range for the year ahead, with the assumption behind each case — not a prediction or a price target.

$18$8$6today · $8▲ Bull · $9• Base · $8▼ Bear · $7in 1 yearILLUSTRATIVE · NOT A PREDICTION OR PRICE TARGET
Bull
+5% to +10%Successful integration of the Skydance merger
Base
-2% to +2%Steady performance in traditional TV advertising
Bear
-5% to -10%Continued decline in cable television subscribers

What are the pros and cons of Paramount Skydance Corporation?

3bull points
6bear points

How many points the write-up makes each way — a balance check, not a score or verdict.

The bull case3
  • Owns a massive library of valuable films and TV shows
  • Trading at a low valuation relative to its sales and assets
  • Provides a modest dividend income for shareholders
The catch3
  • Currently struggling with negative profit margins
  • Facing a long-term decline in traditional cable television
  • High volatility compared to the broader market
Key risks3
  • Intense competition from deep-pocketed tech streaming rivals
  • High costs associated with producing new hit content
  • Potential for further earnings disappointment
What would flip the thesis

The write-up's own warning lights — if these start happening, the case above changes.

Confidence: medium · data: USD · flags: none · Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™
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This plain-English summary was auto-generated on 2026-08-01 from public data and checked for an education-only, no-advice tone (the figures above carry their own, usually fresher, 'as of' date). It's information, never a recommendation.

Figures as of 2026-08-01. Prices may be delayed and numbers can go stale - always double-check before acting.