Paramount Skydance Corporation trades attractively at 12.1x forward earnings with analysts seeing 21% upside, but its quality score of 2.8 is well below the minimum threshold, a death cross pattern is recovering, and consecutive earnings misses in 2 of 3 available quarters create a challenging near-term fundamental picture.
Thesis pillars
- Quality Floor Breach Structural→Stable
- Valuation Attractive Analyst Upside→Stable
- Earnings Miss Pattern→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Paramount Skydance Corporation (PSKY) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup
Communication Services · Entertainment
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $8.22: Quality below floor (2.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10 and A.R:R 2.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 15%; Elevated put/call ratio: 2.49; Below-average business quality.
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $8.22: Quality below floor (2.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10 and A.R:R 2.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 15%; Elevated put/call ratio: 2.49; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 19, MACD bearish. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: speculative.
Recent developments
updated 2026-07-27Recent Developments — Paramount Skydance Corporation
Latest news
- NEWS Paramount Skydance's $110 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition Faces New Blow as Union Joins Fight Against Merger — benzinga Jul 27, 2026 negative
- NEWS Benzinga Bulls and Bears: IBM, Super Micro, Tesla — benzinga Jul 25, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Paramount Delays Warner Bros. Deal to June 2027 Amid Legal Fight — But Calls It 'Significant Win' — benzinga Jul 24, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Paramount Skydance Extends Expiration Dates Of Previously Announced Exchange Offers And Tender Offers; Expiration Dates — benzinga Jul 24, 2026 neutral
- NEWS 'Paramount Agrees to Delay Warner Bros. Merger for Months' - The New York Times — benzinga Jul 24, 2026 neutral
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Rating Breakdown
5 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Risk profile below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Unprofitable operations — net margin -2.1%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $8.22: Quality below floor (2.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10 and A.R:R 2.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 15%; Elevated put/call ratio: 2.49; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 19, MACD bearish. Prior stop was $7.92. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $10.25 (+24.9% upside). Prior stop was $7.92. Stop-loss: $7.92.
Quality below floor (2.8 < 4.0).
Paramount Skydance Corporation trades at a P/E of 410.5 (forward 9.3). TrendMatrix value score: 8.8/10. Verdict: Sell.
27 analysts cover PSKY with a consensus score of 2.7/5. Average price target: $12.
What does Paramount Skydance Corporation do?Warner Bros. Share per quarter to commence after September 30, 2026, and increased the regulatory termination fee...
Warner Bros. Share per quarter to commence after September 30, 2026, and increased the regulatory termination fee payable by us to $7.0 billion if the transaction does not close due to regulatory matters. On the same date, the Warner Bros. Board determined that our revised proposal could reasonably be expected to lead to a "Company Superior Proposal" as defined in the Netflix merger agreement, although no final determination has been made as to whether our proposal is superior to the Netflix ...