Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) has a beta value of 1.21 and has seen 8.61 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $8.47B, closed the last trade at $11.94 per share which meant it lost -$0.16 on the day or -1.32% during that session. The PARA stock price is -9.3% off its 52-week high price of $13.05 and 20.1% above the 52-week low of $9.54.
The consensus among analysts is that Paramount Global (PARA) is Sell stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 3.46. 6 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 4 out of 16 have rated it as a Hold, with 5 advising it as a Buy. 1 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.36.
Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) trade information
Over the past 30 days, the shares of Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) have changed 2.49%.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $11.5, which means that the shares’ value could drop -3.83% from current levels. The projected low price target is $11.0 while the price target rests at a high of $12.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -0.5% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 7.87% from current levels.
Paramount Global (PARA) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have gained 12.22% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -2.48%.
20 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 6.89B for the current quarter. 19 have an estimated revenue figure of 6.75B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 6.81B and 6.73B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 1.20% for the current quarter and -2.48% for the next.
Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -20.51% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -4.81%.
PARA Dividends
Paramount Global is expected to release its next earnings report in July this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.20 at a share yield of 1.68%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.
Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA)’s Major holders
The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 63.85 million shares worth more than $663.45 million. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 9.5733% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 58.04 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $603.07 million and represent 8.7021% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRT-The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR F and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . As of Apr 30, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 4.28% shares in the company for having 27.14 shares of worth $324.07 million while later fund manager owns 17.23 shares of worth $205.74 million as of Mar 31, 2025 , which makes it owner of about 2.72% of company’s outstanding stock.
