Do Wall Street Analysts Like Paramount Global Stock?

New York -based Paramount Global (PARA) is a pioneering company in the field of media, broadcasting and entertainment that offers television, film production and digital content across various international platforms. With the rate of 8.8 billion dollars, the company has a variety of entertainment brands and provides broadcasting services, including Paramount+, Pluto TV, Bet+and Noggin.

This entertainment giant shares are less than the broader market during the past year. The paragraph gained 16.5 % during this time frame, while the broader S&P 500 index ($ SpX) increased by approximately 17.1 %. However, in 2025, the paragraph stock increased by 24.7 %, exceeding the SPX decreased by 8.6 % on the basis of YTD.

Likewise, Para Sect Section SPDR ETF (XLC) follow, which gained about 27.9 % during the past year. However, YTD’s double -number revenue is 10.6 % over the same time frame.

Paramount shares increased by more than 1 % in pre -market trading on July 25, after receiving the approval of the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) to integrate the company with Skydance Media. This approval represents a major step forward in the proposed deal, which aims to combine the wide content library in Paramount and the global distribution network with innovative production capabilities in Skydance and a busy record in movies and television.

For the 2025 fiscal year, which ends in December, analysts expect the arrow’s profitability in the paragraph by 15.6 % on an annual basis to $ 1.30 on a reduced basis. Date of the company’s profits mixed. He beat the consensus in three of the last four quarters, while missing expectations on another occasion.

Of the 23 analysts covering the shares of the paragraph, the consensus is a “mild sale”. This depends on two “strong purchase” classifications, 11 “contracts”, and 10 “strong sale”.

This configuration is quieter for more than three months, as three analysts suggest “strong purchase”.

On July 28, Seaport Global Securities reduced the “Neutral” Paramount to “Neutral” to “Sell”, which sets a goal at a price of $ 11 before its merger on August 7 with Skydance. The company warns that the shares of the paragraph may restore the gains that depend on the last integration after the closure of the deal. The company will start trading under the PSKY index after the new integration.