Paramount Global

BVL:PARA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$7.6b

Paramount Global Valuation

Is PARA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of PARA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: PARA ($11.43) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($41.46)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PARA is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PARA?

Key metric: As PARA is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for PARA. This is calculated by dividing PARA's market cap by their current revenue.
What is PARA's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.2x
SalesUS$28.87b
Market CapUS$7.58b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does PARA's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for PARA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.6x
NXST Nexstar Media Group
0.9x0.08%US$5.0b
VIV Vivendi
0.2x9.1%€2.6b
4072 MBC Group
3.8x7.0%ر.س18.4b
9404 Nippon Television Holdings
1.5x2.6%JP¥655.6b
PARA Paramount Global
0.2x1.5%US$7.6b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: PARA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the peer average (1.6x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does PARA's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Media Industry?

117 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.1.0x4.5%
PARA Paramount Global
 0.2x1.5%US$7.58b
PARA 0.2xIndustry Avg. 1.0xNo. of Companies124PS012345+
117 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.1.0x15.3%
PARA Paramount Global
 0.2x92.9%US$7.58b
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: PARA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the Global Media industry average (1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PARA's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PARA PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.2x
Fair PS Ration/a

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate PARA's Price-To-Sales Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst PARA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$11.43
US$12.77
+11.7%
23.9%US$20.00US$10.00n/a22
Dec ’25US$11.43
US$12.43
+8.7%
21.6%US$20.00US$10.00n/a22
Nov ’25US$10.53
US$12.36
+17.4%
22.1%US$20.00US$10.00n/a22
Oct ’25US$10.53
US$12.50
+18.7%
21.9%US$20.00US$10.00n/a22
Sep ’25US$10.50
US$12.63
+20.3%
24.2%US$20.00US$10.00n/a22
Aug ’25US$11.50
US$12.69
+10.3%
24.3%US$20.00US$10.00n/a22
Jul ’25US$10.25
US$12.57
+22.6%
25.9%US$20.00US$8.00n/a23
Jun ’25US$12.45
US$13.10
+5.2%
23.4%US$20.00US$9.00n/a22
May ’25US$12.05
US$13.60
+12.9%
27.5%US$25.00US$9.00n/a24
Apr ’25US$11.50
US$13.17
+14.6%
21.7%US$20.00US$9.00n/a26
Mar ’25US$11.15
US$13.56
+21.6%
25.9%US$22.00US$9.00n/a26
Feb ’25US$13.40
US$14.56
+8.6%
30.5%US$30.00US$9.00n/a26
Jan ’25US$14.30
US$15.17
+6.1%
32.3%US$30.00US$9.00n/a26
Dec ’24US$14.30
US$14.50
+1.4%
32.5%US$30.00US$9.00US$11.4327
Nov ’24US$16.20
US$16.39
+1.1%
33.5%US$32.00US$9.00US$10.5327
Oct ’24US$16.20
US$17.94
+10.7%
31.7%US$32.00US$10.00US$10.5325
Sep ’24US$16.20
US$18.62
+14.9%
32.3%US$32.00US$10.00US$10.5026
Aug ’24US$16.20
US$18.64
+15.1%
33.1%US$32.00US$10.00US$11.5025
Jul ’24US$16.01
US$19.50
+21.8%
35.4%US$35.00US$10.00US$10.2524
Jun ’24US$15.73
US$19.84
+26.1%
33.2%US$35.00US$11.00US$12.4524
May ’24US$22.12
US$21.74
-1.7%
34.3%US$40.00US$11.00US$12.0525
Apr ’24US$21.95
US$22.48
+2.4%
33.4%US$40.00US$11.00US$11.5024
Mar ’24US$23.00
US$21.86
-5.0%
33.1%US$40.00US$11.00US$11.1525
Feb ’24US$23.29
US$20.54
-11.8%
37.8%US$45.00US$11.00US$13.4025
Jan ’24US$16.75
US$20.72
+23.7%
38.0%US$45.00US$11.00US$14.3025
Dec ’23US$19.31
US$21.13
+9.4%
36.9%US$45.00US$11.00US$14.3024

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 08:45
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Paramount Global is covered by 74 analysts. 26 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Pierre-Marie D'OrnanoArete Research Services LLP
Andrew Charles BealeArete Research Services LLP
Joseph BonnerArgus Research Company