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PSKY NASDAQ

Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock
1W: -21.8% 1M: -34.8% 3M: -16.6% YTD: -44.1% 1Y: -57.2% 3Y: -36.2% 5Y: -79.5%
$9.78
Last traded 2026-10-15 — delisted
NASDAQ · Communication Services · Entertainment · Tech Score Sell · Power 34 · $10.6B mcap · 240M float · 5.88% daily turnover · Short 72% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 84% of companies Debt: 65.1% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the second-riskiest tenth, about 1 in 87 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.98 (down 90%), Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $15.16B against a stock market value of $8.11B.
Distance to default 2.29 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-15, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $7.91B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 57.3%; Altman Z'' -0.45. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

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.

WEAK EDGE
43.9 / 100
NoneWeakNarrowWide
Primary source: Cost Advantage  ·  ROIC: -17.0%
Cost Advantage ★
63
Intangibles
28
Switching Cost
58
Network Effect
23
Scale
42
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 shows a Weak competitive edge (43.9/100) — limited structural advantages that may face competitive pressure. The primary source of advantage is Cost Advantage. Negative ROIC of -17.0% 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
$8
Low
$12
Avg Target
$18
High
Based on 3 analysts since Aug 4, 2026 earnings
Analyst Recommendations
Strong Buy: 0Buy: 9Hold: 10Sell: 11Strong Sell: 0
Rating Summary
ConsensusSell
Avg Target$12.50
Analysts3
Consensus Change History
DateFieldFromTo
2026-04-04 consensus Hold Sell
2026-02-26 consensus Sell Hold
Price Target Change History
DateFirmAnalystOldNewChangeUpside @ CallStock@Call
2026-09-22 Morgan Stanley — $12 $12 -0 +16.0% $9.91
2026-09-17 Barclays Kannan Venkateshwar Initiated $8 — -28.2% $11.13
2026-08-05 UBS — $12 $18 +6 +114.8% $8.38
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

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.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 27 Grade D
Profitability
7
Balance Sheet
28
Earnings Quality
56
Growth
52
Value
49
Momentum
50
Safety
15
Cash Flow
44
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 (56/100) and lowest in Profitability (7/100). 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
0.45
Distress Zone
Piotroski F-Score
4/9
✗ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓
Beneish M-Score
-0.77
Possible Manipulator
Ohlson O-Score
-6.17
Bankruptcy prob: 0.2%
Low Risk
Credit Rating
B
Score: 28.8/100
Trend: Deteriorating
Earnings Quality
—
OCF/NI: -1.05x
Accruals: -2.8%
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 0.45, 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 4/9, 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 -0.77 exceeds the −1.78 red flag threshold — this does not confirm manipulation but indicates the earnings profile resembles past manipulators statistically. 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: 28.8/100), 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
-17.46x
PEG
0.05x
P/S
0.36x
P/B
0.93x
P/FCF
24.97x
P/OCF
16.90x
EV/EBITDA
-5.76x
EV/Revenue
0.83x
EV/EBIT
-4.72x
EV/FCF
55.72x
Earnings Yield
-5.65%
FCF Yield
4.00%
Shareholder Yield
2.08%
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
0.103
NI / EBT
×
Interest Burden
1.156
EBT / EBIT
×
EBIT Margin
-0.177
EBIT / Rev
×
Asset Turnover
0.659
Rev / Assets
×
Equity Multiplier
3.137
Assets / Equity
=
ROE
-4.4%
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 -4.4% is driven by financial leverage (equity multiplier: 3.14x). 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.

Two adjustments we make, and why. Growth is capped at 15%. Graham defined g as expected growth over the next seven to ten years, not last year's rate. Across US companies since 1994 the median realized 7-year EPS growth is 5–8% regardless of how fast a company grew beforehand, and of 4,457 company-quarters that grew faster than 200%, none sustained it. Uncapped, the formula assigned fair multiples in the hundreds to companies that had never held that rate — and scored worse than simply reading the P/E. Capped, it carries real information. The verdict has three states, not two. Tested over 377,249 stock-months, this ratio only separates outcomes at its extremes: below 0.25 beat the universe by 1.3 points a year, above 3.0 lagged by 2.7, and everything in between sat inside a one-point band. Rather than call two-thirds of the market "undervalued" on a threshold of 1.0, we say Neutral where the model cannot tell — which is most of the time.

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

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
$7.26
Median 1Y
$4.83
5th Pctile
$1.77
95th Pctile
$13.01
Ann. Volatility
61.1%
Analyst Target
$12.50
25th–75th percentile 5th–95th percentile Median path Historical Analyst target
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 Q2'26 Current
ROE -1.4% -0.4% -0.1% -2.3% -4.4% -4.3% -4.4% -4.36%
ROA -0.5% -0.2% -0.0% -0.6% -1.4% -1.3% -1.4% -1.39%
ROIC 0.8% -2.5% 0.0% 3.1% -18.3% -15.5% -17.0% -16.96%
ROCE 0.3% 1.8% 2.9% 4.1% -16.5% -15.6% -15.4% -15.37%
Gross Margin 27.5% 29.8% 31.2% 35.2% 37.0% 33.9% 6.9% 6.87%
Operating Margin 3.9% 8.3% 10.8% 4.8% -81.8% 9.5% 6.9% 6.87%
Net Margin -2.8% 2.1% 0.8% -3.8% -6.8% 2.3% 0.6% 0.59%
EBITDA Margin 2.4% 8.9% 7.0% 6.0% -77.0% 13.5% 12.6% 12.63%
FCF Margin 0.7% 1.2% 1.3% 1.1% 1.1% 1.0% 1.5% 1.49%
OCF Margin 2.1% 2.3% 2.3% 2.1% 1.7% 1.7% 2.2% 2.21%
ROIC Economic snapshot only -16.29%
Cash ROA snapshot only 1.46%
Cash ROIC snapshot only 2.57%
CROIC snapshot only 1.74%
NOPAT Margin snapshot only -14.57%
Pretax Margin snapshot only -20.40%
R&D / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
SGA / Revenue snapshot only 20.55%
SBC / Revenue snapshot only 0.80%
Valuation
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
P/E Ratio -29.63 -101.61 -556.24 -46.42 -14.12 -19.96 -17.69 -17.455
P/S Ratio 0.83 0.48 0.38 0.44 0.30 0.41 0.37 0.361
P/B Ratio 0.41 0.44 0.50 1.05 0.75 1.03 0.93 0.928
P/FCF 118.51 40.87 28.48 41.00 27.16 40.79 24.97 24.971
P/OCF 39.50 21.02 16.46 21.05 18.09 24.64 16.90 16.903
EV/EBITDA 101.58 24.18 16.08 14.03 -3.97 -5.75 -5.76 -5.764
EV/Revenue 2.48 1.33 0.96 0.84 0.68 0.91 0.83 0.833
EV/EBIT 198.08 30.98 20.24 17.63 -3.69 -5.03 -4.72 -4.718
EV/FCF 353.72 112.68 72.05 78.24 61.52 90.30 55.72 55.719
Earnings Yield -3.4% -1.0% -0.2% -2.2% -7.1% -5.0% -5.7% -5.65%
FCF Yield 0.8% 2.4% 3.5% 2.4% 3.7% 2.5% 4.0% 4.00%
PEG Ratio snapshot only 0.045
Price/Tangible Book snapshot only 2.688
EV/OCF snapshot only 37.717
EV/Gross Profit snapshot only 2.897
Shareholder Yield snapshot only 2.08%
Leverage & Solvency
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Current Ratio 1.30 1.29 1.39 1.34 1.26 1.10 1.04 1.040
Quick Ratio 1.15 1.18 1.21 1.16 1.12 1.00 0.88 0.883
Debt/Equity 0.97 0.94 0.93 1.23 1.23 1.42 1.29 1.288
Net Debt/Equity 0.81 0.78 0.76 0.96 0.95 1.25 1.15 1.149
Debt/Assets 0.34 0.34 0.35 0.34 0.33 0.37 0.34 0.341
Debt/EBITDA 81.19 18.62 11.81 8.58 -2.88 -3.57 -3.56 -3.564
Net Debt/EBITDA 67.55 15.41 9.72 6.68 -2.22 -3.15 -3.18 -3.181
Interest Coverage 0.47 1.51 1.61 1.57 -6.11 -5.88 -5.50 -5.504
Equity Multiplier 2.83 2.74 2.69 3.60 3.71 3.80 3.77 3.773
Cash Ratio snapshot only 0.153
Debt Service Coverage snapshot only -4.505
Cash to Debt snapshot only 0.107
FCF to Debt snapshot only 0.029
Defensive Interval snapshot only 205.1 days
Efficiency & Turnover
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Asset Turnover 0.17 0.33 0.49 0.67 0.65 0.65 0.66 0.659
Inventory Turnover 4.05 10.28 10.24 11.20 13.45 18.74 13.21 13.214
Receivables Turnover 1.15 2.22 3.50 4.56 4.32 4.29 4.72 4.721
Payables Turnover 6.07 14.74 18.91 28.87 20.91 26.69 31.46 31.463
DSO 316 164 104 80 85 85 77 77.3 days
DIO 90 36 36 33 27 19 28 27.6 days
DPO 60 25 19 13 17 14 12 11.6 days
Cash Conversion Cycle 346 175 121 100 94 91 93 93.3 days
Fixed Asset Turnover snapshot only 9.059
Operating Cycle snapshot only 104.9 days
Cash Velocity snapshot only 18.090
Capital Intensity snapshot only 1.509
Growth (YoY)
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Revenue — — — — 2.7% 93.5% 33.6% 33.63%
Net Income — — — — -1.8% -7.4% -40.4% -40.40%
EPS — — — — -1.8% -4.1% -24.1% -24.14%
FCF — — — — 4.8% 65.4% 50.2% 50.17%
EBITDA — — — — -26.6% -6.6% -4.2% -4.24%
Op. Income — — — — -17.9% -6.7% -4.3% -4.29%
OCF Growth snapshot only 28.21%
Asset Growth snapshot only -1.15%
Equity Growth snapshot only -29.54%
Debt Growth snapshot only -2.26%
Shares Change snapshot only 64.71%
Dividend Growth snapshot only -22.26%
Growth Quality
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Revenue Stability — — — — — — — —
Earnings Stability — — — — — — — —
Margin Stability — — — — — — — —
Rev. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.500
Earn. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000
FCF Positive Streak 0 0 0 0 1 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 Q2'26 Current
OCF/Net Income -0.75 -4.83 -33.80 -2.21 -0.78 -0.81 -1.05 -1.047
FCF/OCF 0.33 0.51 0.58 0.51 0.67 0.60 0.68 0.677
FCF/Net Income snapshot only -0.709
CapEx/Revenue 1.4% 1.1% 1.0% 1.0% 0.6% 0.7% 0.7% 0.71%
CapEx/Depreciation snapshot only 0.223
Accruals Ratio -0.01 -0.01 -0.01 -0.02 -0.02 -0.02 -0.03 -0.028
Sloan Accruals snapshot only -0.088
Cash Flow Adequacy snapshot only 1.873
Dividends & Buybacks
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Dividend Yield 0.6% 1.0% 1.3% 1.4% 1.0% 1.0% 1.2% 2.05%
Dividend/Share $0.06 $0.11 $0.16 $0.25 $0.14 $0.10 $0.12 $0.20
Payout Ratio — — — — — — — —
FCF Payout Ratio 66.1% 40.8% 36.5% 55.5% 27.9% 38.9% 31.1% 31.14%
Total Payout Ratio — — — — — — — —
Div. Increase Streak 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Chowder Number — — — — 1.44 0.58 0.29 0.293
Buyback Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 0.84%
Net Buyback Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 0.84%
Total Shareholder Return 0.6% 1.0% 1.3% 1.4% 2.1% 1.7% 2.1% 2.08%
DuPont Factors
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Tax Burden (NI/EBT) 1.21 -0.95 -0.08 -0.52 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.103
Interest Burden (EBT/EBIT) -1.85 0.12 0.18 0.38 1.15 1.15 1.16 1.156
EBIT Margin 0.01 0.04 0.05 0.05 -0.18 -0.18 -0.18 -0.177
Asset Turnover 0.17 0.33 0.49 0.67 0.65 0.65 0.66 0.659
Equity Multiplier 2.83 2.74 2.69 3.60 3.20 3.18 3.14 3.137
Per Share
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
EPS (Diluted TTM) $-0.33 $-0.11 $-0.02 $-0.40 $-0.94 $-0.54 $-0.55 $-0.55
Book Value/Share $24.39 $24.39 $24.57 $17.65 $17.61 $10.47 $10.51 $11.47
Tangible Book/Share $5.09 $5.38 $5.84 $6.55 $5.81 $3.69 $3.65 $3.65
Revenue/Share $11.93 $22.38 $32.39 $42.25 $44.00 $26.27 $26.28 $26.35
FCF/Share $0.08 $0.26 $0.43 $0.45 $0.49 $0.26 $0.39 $0.39
OCF/Share $0.25 $0.51 $0.75 $0.88 $0.73 $0.44 $0.58 $0.58
Cash/Share $3.98 $3.94 $4.03 $4.80 $4.93 $1.74 $1.45 $1.46
EBITDA/Share $0.29 $1.23 $1.93 $2.52 $-7.53 $-4.16 $-3.80 $-3.80
Debt/Share $23.67 $22.90 $22.80 $21.67 $21.65 $14.84 $13.53 $13.53
Net Debt/Share $19.69 $18.96 $18.78 $16.87 $16.72 $13.11 $12.08 $12.08
Academic Models
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Altman Z-Score — — — — — — — 0.448
Altman Z-Prime snapshot only -0.472
Piotroski F-Score 3 3 3 3 6 4 4 4
Beneish M-Score — — — — -2.81 -2.66 -0.77 -0.766
Ohlson O-Score snapshot only -6.171
ROIC (Greenblatt) snapshot only -1.42%
Net-Net WC snapshot only $-18.38
EVA snapshot only $-6819700000.00
Credit
Metric Trend Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Credit Rating snapshot only B
Credit Score 25.85 30.66 31.38 29.81 32.64 29.92 28.79 28.790
Credit Grade snapshot only 15
Credit Trend snapshot only -2.585
Implied Spread (bps) snapshot only 750.000
Industry Credit Rank snapshot only 29
Sector Credit Rank snapshot only 19

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