Paramount reported decent second-quarter results, with cost savings leading to profit growth across segments and streaming sales accelerating. However, ongoing developments in the Warner saga now make it clear that the deal will incur extra costs, regardless of the outcome.
Paramount maintains major film and television studios that generate valuable intellectual property and drive licensing opportunities and a pipeline for original streaming content.
Content is too dispersed among too many streaming services, which will make it difficult for a subscale platform like Paramount+ to increase both subscribers and pricing to a level it would need to offset the ongoing declines in linear television.
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Metric
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PSKY
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WBD
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DIS
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|---|---|---|---|
Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 8.13 | 382.40 | 17.72 |
Price/Book Value | 0.87 | 2.04 | 1.67 |
Price/Sales | 0.22 | 1.88 | 1.89 |
Price/Cash Flow | 0.41 | 4.53 | 9.55 |
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Metric
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PSKY
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WBD
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DIS
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Quick Ratio | 0.74 | 0.52 | 0.56 |
Current Ratio | 1.04 | 0.78 | 0.71 |
Interest Coverage | 1.44 | −0.74 | 7.71 |
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Metric
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PSKY
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WBD
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DIS
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|---|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | — | 0.70% | 2.61% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | — | 2.00% | 4.82% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | — | 3.55% | 3.77% |
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Market Cap
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| Netflix Inc
NFLX
| LOCK|H#!^xgv | LOCK|&gPM | $309B | |||
| The Walt Disney Co
DIS
| LOCK|Z$G?#g | LOCK|pb | $181B | |||
| Warner Bros. Discovery Inc Ordinary Shares - Class A
WBD
| LOCK|h#^%ww& | LOCK|xnk | $67B | |||
| Live Nation Entertainment Inc
LYV
| LOCK|W%gWQlH | LOCK|%#rp | $42B | |||
| Fox Corp Class A
FOXA
| LOCK|Bm@$JLNb | LOCK|%K | $25B | |||
| Fox Corp Class B
FOX
| LOCK|Xm^ky>#J | LOCK|L@ | $25B | |||
| Roku Inc Class A
ROKU
| LOCK|VbT?%&ck | LOCK|>M | $23B | |||
| News Corp Class A
NWSA
| LOCK|kLQCf% | LOCK|$#h | $16B | |||
| News Corp Class B
NWS
| LOCK|>&kcy!Q | LOCK|^? | $16B | |||
| Warner Music Group Corp Ordinary Shares - Class A
WMG
| LOCK|>$l#Xb? | LOCK|ly<Q | $14B |
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