Contrasting Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación (OTCMKTS:AIOSF) and Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY)

Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) and Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación (OTCMKTS:AIOSF) are both communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

73.0% of Paramount Skydance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.9% of Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Paramount Skydance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Paramount Skydance and Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paramount Skydance	9	4	1	0	1.43
Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación	0	0	0	0	0.00

Paramount Skydance currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.51%. Given Paramount Skydance’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Paramount Skydance is more favorable than Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Paramount Skydance and Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paramount Skydance	$29.21 billion	0.40	-$6.19 billion	($0.03)	-360.33
Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.29	20.00

Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Paramount Skydance. Paramount Skydance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Paramount Skydance and Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paramount Skydance	-0.95%	3.95%	1.41%
Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Paramount Skydance pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Paramount Skydance pays out -666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Paramount Skydance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Paramount Skydance beats Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Paramount Skydance

Paramount Global is a media and entertainment company which creates premium content and experiences for audiences. The company’s portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount , Pluto TV and Simon & Schuster, among others. Paramount Global, formerly known as ViacomCBS Inc., is based in NEW YORK.

About Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación

Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A., an audiovisual company, engages in the television, digital and multimedia development, advertising, cinema, radio, and events organization businesses in Spain and internationally. The company is involved in the production, distribution, dissemination, and marketing of audiovisual content; management of copyright and music rights; development and operation of digital content; and local digital terrestrial television business. It is also operates Atresplayer, a video on demand platform; and Sociedad de Distribución Digital Sonora de Entretenimiento S.L., an audio on demand platform. The company operates under the Antena 3, La Sexta, Onda Cero, and Europa FM, as well as Mega and Atreseries, and Melodía FM brands. In addition, it is involved in the provision of IT; marketing; audiovisual product documentation management; radio broadcasting; and funeral services. The company was formerly known as Antena 3 de Televisión, S.A. Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A. was incorporated in 1988 and is based in Madrid, Spain.