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PSKY NASDAQ

Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock
1W: +1.7% 1M: -12.9% 3M: -4.0% YTD: -22.0% 1Y: -12.9% 3Y: -32.7% 5Y: -70.5%
$10.46
+0.18 (+1.75%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±6.6%
$9 $9 $10 $11 $11
NASDAQ · Communication Services · Entertainment · Alpha Radar Sell · Power 28 · $11.4B mcap · 240M float · 5.66% daily turnover · Short 47% of daily vol

Edge Score

Quantitative competitive moat analysis scoring five pillars of durable advantage — cost leadership, brand intangibles, switching costs, network effects, and efficient scale — using industry percentile rankings on a 0–100 scale.

NO EDGE
30.5 / 100
NoneWeakNarrowWide
Primary source: Efficient Scale  ·  ROIC: -17.9%
Cost Advantage
30
Intangibles
14
Switching Cost
12
Network Effect
45
Scale ★
75
The Edge Score quantifies a company's competitive moat using five pillars: Cost Advantage (20%, operating margin and SG&A efficiency vs industry peers), Intangible Assets (25%, gross margin premium, R&D intensity, brand pricing power), Switching Costs (25%, revenue stability, earnings consistency, customer retention proxied by operating leverage), Network Effects (15%, revenue growth with expanding margins, market share dominance), and Efficient Scale (15%, market concentration, ROIC sustainability). Each pillar is scored 0–100 using industry percentile rankings, then weighted into a composite. Wide ≥ 70, Narrow ≥ 55, Weak ≥ 40, None < 40. PSKY has No discernible competitive edge (30.5/100). The business operates without significant structural advantages. The primary source of advantage is Efficient Scale. Negative ROIC of -17.9% indicates the company is currently destroying value, though this may reflect a growth investment phase.

Analyst Insights

Wall Street analyst consensus based on price targets and buy/sell/hold recommendations from institutional research coverage over the trailing 12 months.

Analyst Price Targets
$0
Low
$10
Avg Target
$13
High
Based on 9 analyst ratings (12 mo)
Analyst Recommendations
Strong Buy: 0Buy: 8Hold: 10Sell: 11Strong Sell: 0
Rating Summary
ConsensusSell
Avg Target$10.00
Analysts1
Consensus Change History
DateFieldFromTo
2026-04-04 consensus Hold Sell
2026-02-26 consensus Sell Hold
Price Target Change History
DateFirmAnalystOldNewChangeUpside @ CallStock@Call
2026-03-09 Wells Fargo $16 $10 -6 -10.6% $11.19
2025-12-15 Wolfe Research Peter Supino Initiated $13 -3.9% $13.53
2025-12-09 Morgan Stanley Initiated $12 -17.6% $14.57
2025-11-12 Guggenheim Michael Morris $13 $16 +3 -4.4% $16.74
2025-11-12 Bernstein Initiated $12 -28.3% $16.74
2025-10-23 Wells Fargo Initiated $16 -3.4% $16.57
2025-10-08 UBS $11 $12 +1 -35.2% $18.51
2025-09-05 UBS Initiated $11 -26.7% $15.00
2025-08-22 Guggenheim Initiated $13 -18.8% $16.00

Financial Rating

Composite financial health rating (A+ to F) based on discounted cash flow valuation, return on equity, return on assets, debt-to-equity leverage, and relative P/E and P/B multiples.

C-
May 22, 2026
DCF
1
ROE
1
ROA
1
D/E
1
P/E
1
P/B
4
The Financial Rating evaluates six fundamental factors — discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation, return on equity (ROE), return on assets (ROA), debt-to-equity leverage (D/E), and relative price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-book (P/B) multiples — each scored 1–5. PSKY receives an overall rating of C-. Strongest factors: P/B (4/5). Areas of concern: DCF (1/5), ROE (1/5), ROA (1/5), D/E (1/5), P/E (1/5).
Rating Change History
DateFromTo
2026-01-14 C C-
2026-01-06 C- C
2026-01-03 C C-

InsiderStreet Scorecard

Proprietary multi-factor scorecard rating companies across seven fundamental dimensions — profitability, balance sheet strength, earnings quality, growth, value, momentum, and safety — each scored 0–100.

29 Grade D
Profitability
18
Balance Sheet
32
Earnings Quality
55
Growth
52
Value
50
Momentum
50
Safety
15
Cash Flow
43
The InsiderStreet Scorecard rates companies across eight dimensions: Profitability (margins, ROA, ROE), Balance Sheet (leverage, liquidity, coverage), Earnings Quality (accruals, cash conversion), Growth (revenue and earnings trajectory), Value (P/E, P/B, earnings yield, Graham criteria), Momentum (revenue and earnings acceleration), Safety (Altman Z-Score risk adjustment), and Cash Flow (operating cash flow quality, FCF conversion, cash coverage). The overall score blends 35% quality, 35% value, and 30% momentum, with a penalty for distress-zone Altman scores. PSKY scores highest in Earnings Quality (55/100) and lowest in Safety (15/100). A grade of D flags significant fundamental concerns across multiple dimensions.

Risk & Quality Signals

Academic financial models used by institutional investors to assess bankruptcy risk, earnings manipulation, financial strength, and credit quality.

Altman Z-Score
0.43
Distress Zone
Piotroski F-Score
5/9
Beneish M-Score
-2.74
Unlikely Manipulator
Ohlson O-Score
-6.38
Bankruptcy prob: 0.2%
Low Risk
Credit Rating
B-
Score: 22.7/100
Trend: Deteriorating
Earnings Quality
OCF/NI: -0.81x
Accruals: -2.4%
The Altman Z-Score (1968) combines five ratios — working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, market value of equity, and sales, all relative to total assets or liabilities — into a single bankruptcy predictor. PSKY scores 0.43, placing it in the Distress Zone (safe > 2.99, distress < 1.81). Historically, companies in this range face elevated bankruptcy risk. The Piotroski F-Score (2000) is a 9-point binary checklist — four profitability tests (positive ROA, positive cash flow, improving ROA, cash flow exceeding net income), three leverage tests (declining debt ratio, improving current ratio, no share dilution), and two efficiency tests (improving gross margin, improving asset turnover). Each pass scores 1 point. PSKY scores 5/9, indicating moderate financial health — some areas of strength offset by weaknesses in others. The Beneish M-Score (1999) is an 8-variable model that detects earnings manipulation by comparing year-over-year changes in receivables, gross margins, asset quality, sales growth, depreciation, SG&A, leverage, and accruals. Scores above −1.78 statistically resemble past manipulators. PSKY's score of -2.74 falls below this threshold, suggesting earnings are unlikely to be manipulated. The Ohlson O-Score (1980) is a 9-variable logistic regression that estimates bankruptcy probability using firm size, leverage, working capital, current ratio, profitability (ROA), cash flow coverage, negative equity flag, consecutive losses flag, and earnings trajectory. The raw score is converted to a probability via logistic transformation. PSKY's implied 0.2% bankruptcy probability is well within safe territory. Our Credit Rating model scores companies on five weighted components — solvency (30%), earning power (25%), leverage (20%), liquidity (15%), and cash flow quality (10%) — then blends the absolute score with sector and industry peer rankings. For companies with large buyback programs, equity is adjusted by adding back cumulative 5-year repurchases (capped at 80% of FCF generated) to avoid penalizing shareholder-friendly capital allocation. PSKY receives an estimated rating of B- (score: 22.7/100), with a deteriorating trend.

Valuation

Key valuation multiples comparing the stock's market price to its earnings, revenue, book value, and cash flows. Lower multiples may indicate relative undervaluation versus peers.

P/E
-11.48x
PEG
0.00x
P/S
0.39x
P/B
0.59x
P/FCF
24.45x
P/OCF
14.77x
EV/EBITDA
-3.95x
EV/Revenue
0.62x
EV/EBIT
-3.45x
EV/FCF
61.95x
Earnings Yield
-8.36%
FCF Yield
4.09%
Shareholder Yield
2.86%
Graham Number
Equity-based multiples (P/E, P/B, P/FCF) compare the stock price to per-share fundamentals and are affected by capital structure. Enterprise value multiples (EV/EBITDA, EV/Revenue, EV/FCF) strip out debt and cash, making them more useful for cross-company comparisons regardless of how companies are financed. The Graham Number — √(22.5 × EPS × Book Value) — is Benjamin Graham's formula for the maximum price a defensive investor should pay. PSKY currently has negative earnings — the P/E ratio is not meaningful.

DuPont Decomposition (5-Factor)

The 5-factor DuPont framework breaks Return on Equity into its component drivers — tax efficiency, interest burden, operating profitability, asset utilization, and financial leverage — to reveal what truly drives shareholder returns.

Tax Burden
0.099
NI / EBT
×
Interest Burden
1.150
EBT / EBIT
×
EBIT Margin
-0.181
EBIT / Rev
×
Asset Turnover
0.656
Rev / Assets
×
Equity Multiplier
3.195
Assets / Equity
=
ROE
-4.3%
The 5-factor DuPont identity decomposes ROE as: Tax Burden × Interest Burden × EBIT Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier = ROE. This reveals whether returns are driven by operating performance, financial leverage, or tax efficiency — three very different sources of profitability. PSKY's ROE of -4.3% is driven by financial leverage (equity multiplier: 3.20x). Note: high leverage means ROE is amplified by debt rather than operational performance. A tax burden ratio of 0.10 suggests the company retains less than 60% of pre-tax earnings after taxes.

Graham-Dodd Adjusted Valuation

Our adaptation of Graham's growth formula (Fair P/E = 8.5 + 2g) from The Intelligent Investor. The classic version relies on analyst growth projections, which can be unreliable. This adjusted model substitutes the company's realized 3-year EPS CAGR — a backward-looking, verifiable measure of actual earnings power — grounding the valuation in demonstrated performance rather than forecasts.

Adj. Growth Rate
0.00%
Fair P/E
8.50x
Intrinsic Value
Price/Value
Margin of Safety
Premium
Assessment
Overvalued

Profitability Trends

Historical profitability ratios tracking how efficiently the company converts revenue into returns for shareholders over time.

Leverage & Solvency Trends

Debt and liquidity metrics showing the company's financial leverage and ability to meet short-term and long-term obligations.

Efficiency & Working Capital Trends

Operating efficiency metrics measuring how quickly the company converts inventory to sales, collects receivables, and manages its cash conversion cycle.

Growth Trends (YoY %)

Year-over-year growth rates for key financial metrics, showing the trajectory of revenue, earnings, and cash flow generation.

Earnings Stability

R-squared of linear regression measuring how predictably revenue, earnings, and margins follow a trend over the trailing 5 years. 1.0 = perfectly predictable; lower values indicate erratic or cyclical behavior.

Monte Carlo Price Simulation

Geometric Brownian Motion with 1,000 antithetic paths over 1 year, seeded from 1800 days of historical volatility. Percentile bands show the range of statistically plausible outcomes — this is a statistical model, not a forecast.

Current Price
$10.46
Median 1Y
$7.29
5th Pctile
$2.74
95th Pctile
$19.22
Ann. Volatility
59.7%
Analyst Target
$10.00
25th–75th percentile 5th–95th percentile Median path Historical Analyst target

Executive Compensation

C-suite compensation breakdown including salary, stock awards, options, and incentive pay. The CEO-to-employee pay ratio and Gini coefficient measure pay distribution fairness.

C-Suite Compensation

ExecutiveSalaryStockTotal
Robert M. Bakish
Former President and Chief Executive Officer; Director
$2,611,154 $15,081,642 $86,961,498
George Cheeks Office
of the CEO, President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS
$2,750,000 $8,006,829 $22,154,446
Brian Robbins Office
of the CEO, President and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon
$2,750,000 $8,137,565 $19,608,224
Chris McCarthy Office
of the CEO, President and Chief Executive Officer of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks
$2,750,000 $8,044,141 $19,483,239
Christa A. D’Alimonte
Former EVP, General Counsel and Secretary
$675,000 $2,498,541 $8,919,623
Naveen Chopra EVP,
Chief Financial Officer
$1,400,000 $3,840,335 $8,780,183
Nancy Phillips EVP,
Chief People Officer
$968,238 $1,460,456 $4,204,391

CEO Pay Ratio

230:1
CEO-to-Employee Pay Ratio
CEO Total Comp: $86,961,498
Avg Employee Cost (SGA/emp): $378,295
Employees: 17,600

C-Suite Pay Equality (Gini)

CEO Compensation Mix

Workforce & Productivity

Workforce efficiency metrics measuring revenue, profit, and R&D spend per employee — key indicators of operational leverage and human capital productivity.

Employees
17,600
Revenue / Employee
$1,659,830
Rev: $29,213,000,000
Profit / Employee
$-351,705
NI: $-6,190,000,000
SGA / Employee
$378,295
Avg labor cost proxy

Scaling Efficiency

All Ratios & Metrics

Complete fundamental data with up to 20 periods of history, sparkline trends, and current values across 13 categories and 130+ financial metrics.

Profitability
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
ROE -1.4% -0.4% -0.1% -1.7% -4.4% -4.3% -4.32%
ROA -0.5% -0.2% -0.0% -0.6% -1.4% -1.4% -1.35%
ROIC 0.8% -2.5% 0.0% 2.5% -18.3% -17.9% -17.91%
ROCE 0.3% 1.8% 2.9% 3.7% -16.5% -16.2% -16.23%
Gross Margin 27.5% 29.8% 31.2% 35.2% 37.0% 33.9% 33.92%
Operating Margin 3.9% 8.3% 10.8% 4.8% -81.8% 9.5% 9.54%
Net Margin -2.8% 2.1% 0.8% -3.8% -6.8% 2.3% 2.29%
EBITDA Margin 2.4% 8.9% 7.0% 6.0% -77.0% 13.5% 13.50%
FCF Margin 0.7% 1.2% 1.3% 1.1% 1.1% 1.0% 1.01%
OCF Margin 2.1% 2.3% 2.3% 2.1% 1.7% 1.7% 1.67%
ROIC Economic snapshot only -16.02%
Cash ROA snapshot only 1.13%
Cash ROIC snapshot only 2.15%
CROIC snapshot only 1.30%
NOPAT Margin snapshot only -13.90%
Pretax Margin snapshot only -20.80%
R&D / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
SGA / Revenue snapshot only 20.45%
SBC / Revenue snapshot only 0.67%
Valuation
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
P/E Ratio -30.19 -103.58 -566.67 -47.30 -14.33 -11.96 -11.480
P/S Ratio 0.85 0.49 0.39 0.45 0.30 0.25 0.387
P/B Ratio 0.41 0.46 0.52 0.79 0.76 0.62 0.593
P/FCF 120.78 41.66 29.01 41.77 27.55 24.45 24.451
P/OCF 40.26 21.43 16.77 21.44 18.35 14.77 14.771
EV/EBITDA 102.23 24.74 16.51 15.16 -4.00 -3.95 -3.946
EV/Revenue 2.50 1.36 0.98 0.91 0.68 0.62 0.624
EV/EBIT 199.36 31.69 20.78 19.05 -3.71 -3.45 -3.452
EV/FCF 355.99 115.25 73.97 84.54 61.92 61.95 61.955
Earnings Yield -3.3% -1.0% -0.2% -2.1% -7.0% -8.4% -8.36%
FCF Yield 0.8% 2.4% 3.4% 2.4% 3.6% 4.1% 4.09%
PEG Ratio snapshot only 0.004
Price/Tangible Book snapshot only 1.877
EV/OCF snapshot only 37.426
EV/Gross Profit snapshot only 1.811
Shareholder Yield snapshot only 2.86%
Leverage & Solvency
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Current Ratio 1.30 1.30 1.30 1.30 1.26 1.26 1.257
Quick Ratio 1.15 1.15 1.15 1.15 1.12 1.12 1.119
Debt/Equity 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 1.23 1.23 1.229
Net Debt/Equity 0.81 0.81 0.81 0.81 0.95 0.95 0.949
Debt/Assets 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.33 0.332
Debt/EBITDA 81.19 18.98 12.06 9.22 -2.88 -3.09 -3.093
Net Debt/EBITDA 67.55 15.79 10.03 7.67 -2.22 -2.39 -2.389
Interest Coverage 0.47 1.51 1.61 1.57 -6.11 -5.88 -5.884
Equity Multiplier 2.83 2.83 2.83 2.83 3.71 3.71 3.707
Cash Ratio snapshot only 0.309
Debt Service Coverage snapshot only -5.146
Cash to Debt snapshot only 0.228
FCF to Debt snapshot only 0.021
Defensive Interval snapshot only 236.0 days
Efficiency & Turnover
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Asset Turnover 0.17 0.33 0.48 0.62 0.65 0.66 0.656
Inventory Turnover 4.05 7.58 10.88 13.92 13.45 13.32 13.317
Receivables Turnover 1.15 2.19 3.18 4.15 4.32 4.34 4.340
Payables Turnover 6.07 11.37 16.31 20.87 20.91 20.70 20.703
DSO 316 166 115 88 85 84 84.1 days
DIO 90 48 34 26 27 27 27.4 days
DPO 60 32 22 17 17 18 17.6 days
Cash Conversion Cycle 346 182 126 97 94 94 93.9 days
Fixed Asset Turnover snapshot only 8.843
Operating Cycle snapshot only 111.5 days
Cash Velocity snapshot only 8.970
Capital Intensity snapshot only 1.476
Growth (YoY)
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Revenue 2.7% 93.5% 93.52%
Net Income -1.8% -7.4% -7.40%
EPS -1.8% -7.6% -7.58%
FCF 4.8% 65.4% 65.36%
EBITDA -26.6% -6.6% -6.57%
Op. Income -17.9% -6.7% -6.67%
OCF Growth snapshot only 40.80%
Asset Growth snapshot only -6.13%
Equity Growth snapshot only -28.35%
Debt Growth snapshot only -9.21%
Shares Change snapshot only -2.06%
Dividend Growth snapshot only 57.53%
Growth Quality
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Revenue Stability
Earnings Stability
Margin Stability
Rev. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.500
Earn. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000
FCF Positive Streak 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Earnings Persistence
Earnings Smoothness
ROE Trend
Gross Margin Trend
FCF Margin Trend
Sustainable Growth Rate
Internal Growth Rate
Cash Flow Quality
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
OCF/Net Income -0.75 -4.83 -33.80 -2.21 -0.78 -0.81 -0.810
FCF/OCF 0.33 0.51 0.58 0.51 0.67 0.60 0.604
FCF/Net Income snapshot only -0.489
CapEx/Revenue 1.4% 1.1% 1.0% 1.0% 0.6% 0.7% 0.66%
CapEx/Depreciation snapshot only 0.291
Accruals Ratio -0.01 -0.01 -0.01 -0.02 -0.02 -0.02 -0.024
Sloan Accruals snapshot only -0.019
Cash Flow Adequacy snapshot only 1.586
Dividends & Buybacks
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Dividend Yield 0.5% 1.0% 1.3% 1.3% 1.0% 1.6% 1.91%
Dividend/Share $0.06 $0.11 $0.16 $0.25 $0.14 $0.17 $0.20
Payout Ratio
FCF Payout Ratio 66.1% 40.8% 36.5% 55.5% 27.9% 38.9% 38.85%
Total Payout Ratio
Div. Increase Streak 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Chowder Number 1.44 0.59 0.591
Buyback Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 1.3% 1.27%
Net Buyback Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 1.3% 1.27%
Total Shareholder Return 0.5% 1.0% 1.3% 1.3% 2.0% 2.9% 2.86%
DuPont Factors
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Tax Burden (NI/EBT) 1.21 -0.95 -0.08 -0.52 0.10 0.10 0.099
Interest Burden (EBT/EBIT) -1.85 0.12 0.18 0.38 1.15 1.15 1.150
EBIT Margin 0.01 0.04 0.05 0.05 -0.18 -0.18 -0.181
Asset Turnover 0.17 0.33 0.48 0.62 0.65 0.66 0.656
Equity Multiplier 2.83 2.83 2.83 2.83 3.20 3.20 3.195
Per Share
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
EPS (Diluted TTM) $-0.33 $-0.11 $-0.02 $-0.40 $-0.94 $-0.91 $-0.91
Book Value/Share $24.39 $24.07 $24.00 $24.00 $17.61 $17.61 $19.20
Tangible Book/Share $5.09 $5.02 $5.01 $5.01 $5.81 $5.81 $5.81
Revenue/Share $11.93 $22.38 $32.39 $42.25 $44.00 $44.23 $44.23
FCF/Share $0.08 $0.26 $0.43 $0.45 $0.49 $0.45 $0.45
OCF/Share $0.25 $0.51 $0.75 $0.88 $0.73 $0.74 $0.74
Cash/Share $3.98 $3.92 $3.91 $3.91 $4.93 $4.93 $2.92
EBITDA/Share $0.29 $1.23 $1.93 $2.52 $-7.53 $-7.00 $-7.00
Debt/Share $23.67 $23.35 $23.28 $23.28 $21.65 $21.65 $21.65
Net Debt/Share $19.69 $19.43 $19.37 $19.37 $16.72 $16.72 $16.72
Academic Models
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Altman Z-Score 0.434
Altman Z-Prime snapshot only -0.294
Piotroski F-Score 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
Beneish M-Score -2.81 -2.74 -2.741
Ohlson O-Score snapshot only -6.382
ROIC (Greenblatt) snapshot only -87.93%
Net-Net WC snapshot only $-25.81
EVA snapshot only $-6362120000.00
Credit
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Current
Credit Rating snapshot only B-
Credit Score 25.63 30.69 30.84 36.49 30.95 22.71 22.715
Credit Grade snapshot only 16
Credit Trend snapshot only -7.976
Implied Spread (bps) snapshot only 900.000
Industry Credit Rank snapshot only 0
Sector Credit Rank snapshot only 0

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