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Is It Worth Investing in Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.21. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 12 as “hold,” and 6 as “sell.”
The public float for PARA is 597.15M, and at present, short sellers hold a 13.49% of that float. On June 17, 2025, the average trading volume of PARA was 7.74M shares.
PARA’s Market Performance
The stock of Paramount Global (PARA) has seen a -0.08% decrease in the past week, with a 0.76% rise in the past month, and a 2.65% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.51%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 0.91% for PARA. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 0.04% for PARA’s stock, with a 8.33% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of PARA
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for PARA stocks, with Citigroup repeating the rating for PARA by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for PARA in the upcoming period, according to Citigroup is $12 based on the research report published on May 29, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Deutsche Bank, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see PARA reach a price target of $12. The rating they have provided for PARA stocks is “Hold” according to the report published on April 02nd, 2025.
Wells Fargo gave a rating of “Equal Weight” to PARA, setting the target price at $11 in the report published on August 09th of the previous year.
PARA Trading at 3.38% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought PARA to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -4.39% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at PARA starting from Robbins Brian, who sale 85,355 shares at the price of $11.40 back on Nov 12 ’24. After this action, Robbins Brian now owns 0 shares of Paramount Global, valued at $973,047 using the latest closing price.
THE SRR FAMILY TRUST, the Trustee is Officer of Paramount Global, proposed sale 85,355 shares at $11.40 during a trade that took place back on Nov 12 ’24, which means that THE SRR FAMILY TRUST is holding shares at $973,124 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for PARA
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.06 for the present operating margin
- 0.32 for the gross margin
The net margin for Paramount Global stands at -0.19. The total capital return value is set at 0.05. Equity return is now at value -28.56, with -11.27 for asset returns.
Based on Paramount Global (PARA), the company’s capital structure generated 0.48 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.04. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.94. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 2.08.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -4.92 billion with net debt to EBITDA at -2.92. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.74. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.2for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.63. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.29.
Conclusion
To sum up, Paramount Global (PARA) has seen a better performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “sell” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
